Author: Claire Petersen

January 2023 - Fairy Tales, Winter Wonderland, & Seasons Fairy Tales January we explored classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes. The preschoolerS enjoyed dressing up like queens, kings, princesses, princes, knights, jesters and dragons. We acted out classics like "The Three Little Pigs", "Goldilocks", and "The Billy Goats Gruff" Winter Wonderland It took until mid January for our winter wonderland to arrive. The preschoolers loved sledding and building with the snow. It has been a warm winter so we were excited to finally get some much needed snow. The big room turned into a "winter wonderland" as well with an indoor snowball fight kit and a skating rink for the preschoolers to play with. Seasons We talked about the changing of the seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. We focused…

December 2023 - Holidays & Family Traditions Santa's Workshop & PJ week The art room house transformed with stockings hung by the chimney with care. There were reindeer antlers, Santa hats, and pretend cookies. The preschoolers took turns filling pretend presents and putting them under the tree. Santa's workshop was in the big room. We took turns ordering toys from the elves that worked in the workshop. They enjoyed building toys, pretending to be Santa, and playing family on Christmas day. The week before our holiday break was PJ week and the kids enjoyed making forts and being cozy! Holiday Concert & Santa Visit All the preschoolers worked very hard to learn 7 songs for our holiday program! We had a special visitor from the North Pole. They loved seeing…