// Curriculum Update: First Week in December //

The children were excited when they realize it is December, the last month of 2018. We have been very busy artists in Red Room, preparing for the art show on December 12th.  We have also been painting snow on evergreens, stamping stars and candy canes,  using watercolor pencils to make cardinals and blue jays, and gluing triangles to make evergreens.  

We sorted animals that hibernate from animals that adapt to winter in New Jersey.  Using a model of a forest, we place the hibernating animals under rocks, logs, and in the pond under the mud. We put the animals that adapt out in the snow to search for food. 

We also read “The Mitten” by Jan Brett.  The children created their own mittens and the animal characters from the story. We practice sequencing as we place the animals in the mitten in the correct order.