Archive | January 2023

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable winter break! Welcome 2023! Below I have included our best attempts at a family holiday picture! lol!

            

As we enter into the new year, I am preparing for my return to the classroom! My first day back will be next Wednesday, January 18th.  During this period of transition, I share many of the first day jitters we all feel, both the children and grownups, as we part ways each morning with our children.  I remind myself, as I do my students, that once you dive into the fun you are doing in the moment, you will have adventures and stories to share once you arrive back home!

In years past, including last year, for the winter months our class boarded our pretend plane and traveled to China to learn all about Chinese New Year.  I love this unit and the many opportunities it provides us to learn about other cultures and traditions around the world.  This year we will be traveling a bit further…. into outer space!

Our class will be boarding a rocket ship this year, as we learn more about our solar system, our planet, and the sun and the moon.  We will discuss what it means to be an explorer, ask questions, and find answers!  Why can you still see the moon during the day? Why do we have night and day? Why is it darker in the winter here? Where does the sun go at night?  Why does the sun shine but it is still cold? why does the moon sometimes look like a fingernail? We will also read a variety of books including nonfiction, folktales, and just for fun fiction! And don’t worry…. we will cycle back to our Chinese New Year Unit next year if you missed it last year!

           

Please find below some December classroom pictures! I will also be sending out our monthly classroom Newsletters once again, so be sure to check out your child’s folder for it next week!