December

More Sweets to Enjoy!

Thank you to ALL of our amazing parents who came to school to bake with our groups. They had so much fun participating with you all and we hoped you enjoyed them in your goodie bags you took home as well as during our celebration! If you did not get a chance to come bake or be a mystery reader, not to worry! We have plenty of time in the new year to schedule dates for you to come in and participate. It can even be a child's grandparent if you wish!

Roasting Marshmallows by The Open Fire

The children collected sticks and went out to the West Yard with their teachers and Zach to roast marshmallows before the excitement of their parents coming. By the look of their faces, they were delicious! What a fun way to start our morning!

Winter Solstice Celebration

We celebrated all together with cheer and joy felt by all! 

We wish you and your family happy holidays and a joyful new year!

Baking

We started baking for our Winter Solstice Celebration this week! We are so thankful for all of our bakers who volunteered and the children have enjoyed working with their parents. Everyone is so excited to try our yummy cookies next week!

Scrapbooks

One of our favorite traditions at ACP is creating personalized scrapbooks for all of the children. These books contain pictures of important moments or things that are special to each individual child. They also contain pieces of work such as paintings, collages, or even books that your child made! 

We sent the scrapbooks home on Thursday and we hope you enjoy looking through them with your child and family. Please remember to bring them back to school in January so that we can continue to add to them!

Bird Feeders

One important part of our Winter Solstice celebration is hanging bird feeders all over our schoolyard. We talk to the children about how the birds sometimes have trouble finding food in the winter, especially if it snows. We string cereal (Cheerios and Froot Loops) onto pipe cleaners, and then twist them into loops so that they are ready to hang on the tree branches. This can also be a great math activity for the children to count the cereal and talk about the colors they are using or the patterns they are making.

Sharing Family Holiday Traditions

 Matthew and Riley's mom, Courtney, shared a tradition with Rachel's group that her family does at home. Every year, Matthew and Riley create a new ornament to decorate their house for the holidays with! 

We created Christmas trees and decorated them with glitter and a variety of collage materials. 

Snow Creatures Continued

Our snow creatures finished coming together this week! The children went through several available materials to decorate their snow creatures. Would they pick googly eyes or buttons for eyes? A carrot nose or an acorn nose? So many scarves to choose from! Each child put a lot of thought into their work in order to make their creature their own.

Mystery Readers of the Week

We welcomed two more Mystery Readers this week!

December Game Day

We had our third Game Day of the year on Wednesday! Check out what the children were playing:

Box Social

What did your imagination lead you to build last Friday with your family? There was so much creativity bursting throughout the school from rocketships to robots, to houses and boats!

Pajama Day

We had a very cozy day in our pajamas on Wednesday! We read Timothy and The Strong Pajamas and drank warm cocoa in the library.  

Creating Snow Creatures with Billie

The beginning of another fun project in the Art Studio...creating snow creatures! The children are choosing to glue on snow shoes, sleds, tires, and skis- oh snow fun! We can't wait to share updates on their work in progress soon.

Counting and Identifying Numbers

This week in the Math and Science area, the children were invited to play the "number slot game." The children counted the objects shown on their puzzle piece, and matched it to the number shown above the slot. 

Mystery Reader Surprise!

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