November was a busy month learning about germs and healthy foods! We learned how germs spread using different colored glitter and the importance of hand washing with our song "This is the way we wash our hands". We talked about what healthy foods we like to eat while playing in our dramatic play center! We played scientist with our celery food coloring experiment,  using our 5 senses to guess what would happen next!  

In December we focused on holidays and how different cultures celebrate. Learning how many families spend their holidays! We made ornaments for our families; dreidels to play with and made crafts for kwanza.  We sang songs about the holidays and snow. Preforming some of our favorite holiday songs at our cookie night for our families!! 

In November we focused Health and Fitness. Learning about healthy habits included healthy eating, exercising, and limiting our screen time! Getting along and working together, was also very important. We played cooperative team games which included, Basketball, Four Square and new tag games. The students also made Thanksgiving turkey cup crafts for the Griswold Senior Center. The cups had riddles inside for the Seniors to enjoy reading. During December we learned about various holiday traditions from around the world and shared our own holiday traditions. We made gingerbread houses and wooden ornaments. We had fun making  “ fake snow” and talking about different snow activities. We also learned about the winter solstice and made a craft to go with it. The Second grade class would like to wish everyone “Happy Holidays!”