Polar Bears

Wrapped up all warm!

Paper Chinese Lanterns

Lanterns play an important part in the Chinese New Year. 

On the 15th day, the last day, of the New Year celebration is the Lantern Festival. 

Thousands of lanterns are hung around the city or town and families parade the streets with their own stick lanterns. 

What you need:

construction paper

glue

scissors

tape

glitter

What to do:

Using a piece of yellow paper, I rolled the short sides of the paper into a cylinder so that the ends overlap by a 1/2 inch. Tape together and set it aside.

Take a piece of red paper and fold it length-wise (hot dog way). On the folded edge, cut slits equal in length and size, but do not cut all the way to the open end. Be sure to leave at least a 1/4 inch at the end of each cut. These first two steps I prepared ahead of time for the younger kids. I left sheets of paper out for the older kids who have no problem using scissors, so they could accomplish the above steps on their own.

Unfold your red sheet of paper and decorate. The kids decorated their lanterns with markers and later with glitter.

Using your rolled yellow sheet of paper, wrap the red, opened piece of paper around the yellow. Secure by taping the red ends together and by also taping the red paper to the yellow paper.

If you’d like, decorate your lantern with glue and glitter at this time. Let dry.

To make a handle cut out two one strip of paper. (This is another step I did ahead of time for the younger kids)

Fasten both ends of the strip to the inside of the lantern using tape.

Hang and Enjoy!

Chinese New Year is January 31, 2014.

Snowman Sticks

What you need:
6 popsicle sticks
1 larger popsicle stick.
glue
Cardboard
white and black tempura paint
flower decorations
google eyes
pom pom
red marker

What to do:
Glue 6 popsicle sticks to cardboard.
Glue larger popsicle stick across to make the top look like a hat.
Paint top black and bottom white. Let it dry.
Add google eyes, pompom (you could also try a button).
Draw a smile with the red maker.
Add a flower to add a finishing touch.

Snowman

Snowman looking for snowflakes in the sky.

We reviewed rectangles and squares with this craft.

2 year old art work

3 year old art work.

Winter Weather

Are you Cold?

WEATHER TALK

Our weather conversation today: 

Is it cold or warm today? 

What clothes did you put on this morning? 

What is the weather like outside? 

Did we need raincoats or snow boots or sandals today?

 Is it sunny, cloudy, rainy,snowy? 

Told children that winter is the coldest season 

and that many areas have very cold weather with snow and ice.

 Talked about the four seasons and reminded children this season is winter.

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The children learned about the arctic and how the ice floats in that area.

BOOKS:

Knut

If you were a Penguin

Without You

365 Penguins

 SONGS:

(tune: If you're happy and you know it).

If youíre chilly and you know it clap your hands. 

If youíre chilly and you know it clap your hands. 

If youíre chilly and you know it

Then your face will surely show it.

If youíre chilly and you know it clap your hands. 

Brrrrrr! 

New Year Magic Wand

Song:

It's January

(tune: If you're happy and you know it)

January is the first month of the year (clap, clap)

At the stroke of midnight everyone will cheer (clap, clap)

Oh, the weather's very cold

Hello, new year; goodbye old!

January is the first month of the year (clap, clap)

Craft Supplies

Star Cut Out

contact paper

gold and silver sequins

straws

 curly ribbons

Ice Skates

The girls tried on Brandon's hockey skates.

 and then made their own!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Years from Aunt Tami's House!

New Years Eve Shakers

Kids can have fun on New Years Eve too! 

 They inserted pipe cleaners, pompoms, ribbon, sequins, sparkles, tinsel, feathers and glitter into recycled water bottles.

 Then we shook them up!

Song

Greet the New Year

tune: London Bridge

Gree the new year with a bang,

With a crash, with a clang!

Gree the new year with a twang!

Happy New Year!