Santa’s Workshop

It’s time for a Celebration at Santa’s Workshop!

This last week we did so many fun Learning Activities with Experience Early Learning Curriculum . Our Theme this month is Ice Castle and today I am sharing some of the Activities we did. 

I am so thankful for the opportunity to use  Experience Early Learning Curriculum with my students and to share our experiences on my blog. 

In exchange for my unbiased and honest reviews Experience Early Learning has provided me with the curriculum free of charge.

I have used Experience Early Learning Curriculum in my Classroom since 2017. This Curriculum has been a True Blessing for me and my students! ❤️

A Christmas Celebration 

With the Holiday Season it is a perfect time to have a Santa’s Workshop Celebration with the children in your life. You can do this with some amazing ideas from Experience Early Learning! Just visit their website today to download their Santa’s Workshop A Complete Celebration Kit for free

Today I am going to be sharing some of these activities with you. It is fun spending time together during the holidays and creating special memories.

A Complete Celebration Kit 

https://resources.experienceearlylearning.com/christmas-celebration-kit/

Special Story Time 
‘‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” 

The kit includes the Story 

“Twas the Night Before Christmas “  and Story Pieces.
My granddaughter read the story to us and used the beautiful story pieces. 
It has always been one of my favorite stories and hearing my granddaughter read it was such a special treat! ❤️🎄







Game Time
 Santa’s Beard Game 

The children played this fun game. They placed all the stocking cards face down. They then chose a stocking card and looked at the number and placed a cotton ball on the matching number on Santa’s Beard. If they selected the Angry Robber they had to take 3 cotton balls off Santa’s Beard. They continued until Santa’s Beard was full. 🎅 










Reindeer Training Game 


Making Fancy Reindeer Moves
Galloping, Stomping, Crawling, Jumping, Freezing and Walking Backwards = to lots of laughs 😂









Decorate the Christmas Shapes 

Sensory play is always fun! Especially when you are decorating Christmas Shapes! 🎄

Santa’s Reindeer Snack

Time for a fun snack time. What could be cuter than a snack that looks like Santa’s Reindeer.

Using These Supplies:

Graham Crackers 

Peanut Butter

Pretzels 

Raisins

Dried Cherries 

🎄❤️🎄❤️

 

They Finished with aChristmas Song Called  “Jolly Santa Song” 🎵 

We had such a Great Time Creating this

Christmas Memory Together! ❤️🎄❤️🎄 Thank you to Experience Early Learning for this Celebration Kit!

Igloo

This last week we did so many fun Learning Activities with Experience Early Learning Curriculum . Our Theme this month is Ice Castle and today I am sharing some of the Activities we did. 

I am so thankful for the opportunity to use  Experience Early Learning Curriculum with my students and to share our experiences on my blog. 

In exchange for my unbiased and honest reviews Experience Early Learning has provided me with the curriculum free of charge.

I have used Experience Early Learning Curriculum in my Classroom since 2017. This Curriculum has been a True Blessing for me and my students! ❤️

  

Would you want to live in a Igloo?

Learning About Igloos
An igloo is a shelter built out of snow blocks. Some people build igloos to protect themselves from the cold. Even if it very cold outside, the inside of an igloo can be warmed to safe temperatures from body heat alone.

Discovery in Sensory 

In sensory center the children get to discover textures. They are discovering the texture of rock salt because we are pretending it is snow. When igloos are built, snow blocks are needed for the structure.

Sensory is one of the children’s favorite centers because they love getting their hands in it and the discovery.

Creative Art

Making an Igloo 

What would you need to build an igloo?

First, Ariana colored her igloo shape. Then she cut out the snow block shapes and glued them on.


She then set out the cute animal pieces and color & cut them  out. Then she was ready to finish her igloo.

This was such a cute project and it so fun learning about Igloos!

See you Soon, ❄️ 

Mrs. Vonda - Pre-K Teacher,

Blog Ambassador and Program Director 

Mrs. Laura - My Awesome Classroom Assistant 

Ice & Snow

This last week we did so many fun Learning Activities with Experience Early Learning Curriculum . Our Theme this month is Ice Castle and today I am sharing some of the Activities we did. 

I am so thankful for the opportunity to use  Experience Early Learning Curriculum with my students and to share our experiences on my blog. 

In exchange for my unbiased and honest reviews Experience Early Learning has provided me with the curriculum free of charge.

I have used Experience Early Learning Curriculum in my Classroom since 2017. This Curriculum has been a True Blessing for me and my students! ❤️

My Favorite Time 

This is my favorite time of the year. I love the cooler weather in Texas. I love the sights and smells. Most of all I love the magic and the reason for the season.

Coronavirus and the Preschool 

During the middle of the Holiday Season with the coronavirus cases rising up so high in Texas it is making things harder on the preschool and local schools.

Teachers and Students are having to quarantine. Last week I had 3 staff members out of 6 out in one day due quarantine regulations. Thankfully none were ill. We have one more week left before Christmas Break so I am praying we continue to have enough staff  & substitutes and that everyone stays well.

Experience Early Learning at Home or at School 

Ice Castle Theme 

My granddaughter was under temporary quarantine so she enjoyed some of the Wonderful Activities from the Ice Castle Theme. It is Awesome & Wonderful how you can use Experience Early Learning Curriculum at home or in the classroom with your children. It is even more perfect during this time of uncertainty.

Hanging Snowflake 

Snow only forms in really cold clouds. A snowflake has 6 sides and each is unique.

How many points will your snowflake have?

Ariana created this Beautiful Snowflake using craft sticks, crayon, glitter and glue. 

Falling Snowflake ( A rhyme with each child’s name)

Ariana is a snowflake falling down,

Floating from the clouds to the ground.

If it is cold, then she will stay,

But when it’s warm, she melts away.

Snowman Names

We can pack snow together to make art.

What shapes do you see on a Snowman?

For this activity the children write one letter of their name on each circle with an extra circle for the head to decorate.

This activity is excellent for name and letter recognition.

Experiencing Snow

In December 2017 We were blessed with one Beautiful night of snow. The next morning before the sun could melt it away we were able to get a few photos and have some snow fun.

One of Ariana’s wishes for a very long time was to see snow and it finally came true.

Ariana loved the snow. She said it was fluffy & glittery and she liked making snowballs but her hands felt like ice cubes.
For Ariana the opportunity to experience a real snow was truly amazing.

Icicles are formed when snow starts to melt and drip off rooftops. They can grow in length by melting and  then freezing again.

  

Torn Icicles

Creating Torn Icicles with foil, paper, paint and pipe cleaners.

Drip, drip, drip, icicle,

Drip, drip, drip, icicle, 

Freeze !

Torn Icicle Art

The children love this creative art activity!

This was only a few activities from Week l .

I am Looking Forward to Week Two - Alpine Tundra.

See you Soon, ❄️ 

Mrs. Vonda - Pre-K Teacher,

Blog Ambassador and Program Director 

Mrs. Laura - My Awesome Classroom Assistant 

Rainforest Canopy Layer

 

This last week we did so many fun Learning Activities with Experience Early Learning Curriculum . Our Theme this month is Explore the Rainforest and today I am sharing some of the Activities we did. 

I am so thankful for the opportunity to use  Experience Early Learning Curriculum with my students and to share our experiences on my blog. 

In exchange for my unbiased and honest reviews Experience Early Learning has provided me with the curriculum free of charge.

I have used Experience Early Learning Curriculum in my Classroom since 2017. This Curriculum has been a True Blessing for me and my students! ❤️

Snakes

During our time out of school I did some Snake Activities with my Granddaughter from the Rainforest Theme.  During the summer she enjoyed the curriculum as well so she was so excited to experience it again.

The Big Anaconda 

We discussed how the Green Anaconda is the largest snake in the world. It can grow to be 30 feet and over 500 pounds!

Small Group Math

Building a Snake 

Ariana worked to build the snake by matching the designs.

She started off building a snake but soon figured out that she needed to start over because it was too short.

So she took the pieces apart and started over.

She was actually able to build two snakes with all the pieces.

How do you think snakes move?

Creative Art

Snakeskin

We talked about the scaly texture of snakeskin and how to use the bubble wrap to make it like snakeskin. Ariana painted textures on her paper in the shape of a snake.

She put the color on the bubble wrap and then pressed it onto to the paper.

 After making the snake shape , she drew the snake head.

In the Classroom Questions to Ask:

What would you do if you saw a snake?

How can you move like a snake?

Classroom Activity:

Place 30 sheets of paper on the floor in one long line and tape the sheets together. Let the children explore walking along the snake path.Work together to decorate and then tape on wall.

Snake Letters

This is a cute Early Literacy Game. The children select a Uppercase Snake and have it move along the Forest to the Matching Lowercase Tree.

Here is a matching set up close.

 Below, the children choose a snake card from the stack.

This is a super fun Early Literacy Game that the children will love and play again & again. ❤️ 🐍 🌳 

See you Soon,

Mrs. Vonda - Pre-K Teacher,

Blog Ambassador and Program Director 

Mrs. Laura - My Awesome Classroom Assistant