We started back by making a "melted snowman" craft. We used a bunch of different shapes and glued them all over!
We always love making play-dough, especially the playing part at the end! It is great for our fine motor skills. This time, we decided to make white "snow" and add silver sparkles to it!
Using twisted pipe cleaners as stamps, we made snowflake art with blue and white paint! We got to choose whether we wanted big or small snowflakes, white or blue paint, and white or blue paper.
With all the cold weather, we felt the need to make a warm soup! We chose to make a delicious slow cooker taco soup and, oh, was it yummy! There was so much to add to the bowl! We got to be Little Chefs!! Some of us had the soup for lunch the next day.
Next, we made a name craft, continuing our winter/snowman theme, by making a snowman using boulders for the letters in our names! we added ribbons for scarves and some of us even got creative with arms! We used a pompom in white paint to make it snow around our snowman.
Our last snowman activity was creating sensory balls using white balloons. We chose what we wanted to put in our balloon; rocks, flour, oatmeal or play-dough. Each one made the balloons feel different. We tied the balloons with our choice of coloured ribbon and added a face!
When February rolled around, we started doing some Valentine's day activities! Our Principal, Mme. Parent, came in to bake and decorate some tasty Valentine's cupcakes.
First, we followed our picture symbols to help us understand what steps we were going to do. We then had to add all the ingredients in.
Once all the ingredients were in the bowl, it was time to mix it! We had a switch hooked up to the mixer so we had to work with a buddy; one of us pressed the switch while the other held the mixer. We a pros at team work!
After our batter was perfectly mixed, we helped our teachers by pouring it into the cupcake trays. Our teachers then put the trays into the oven to bake. We had to wait a whole day before we could decorate them!
The next day, once the cupcakes were cool, we finally got to decorate them. We got to make a choice as to whether we wanted pink or purple icing, and which sprinkles we wanted on them. We each got to decorate two cupcakes. They turned out great!
In the spirit of Valentine's day, we also made some nice heart art. Using a pom pom, clothespin to hold and paint, we got very creative. We chose our paint colours and sparkles.
Valentine's Day turned out to be a fun day both in our DE classroom and in our integration classes. We gave out and received many Valentine's cards. We needed a place to keep them all, so we made cute owl bags to hold our cards. We glued on the different parts of the owl, many pieces shaped as hearts, and put our names on the owl's belly.
February also brought Flag Day. That morning, the whole school went out to the front of our school with our Canadian flags and sang our National Anthem.
To celebrate Kindness Week, we made special coffee filter heart art. We took heart shaped coffee filters and decorated them with bingo daubers. We chose which colours we wanted to use. Next, we sprayed the decorated coffee filters with water. The water helped spread the colours all over the hearts. We had to let them dry for a while. Everyone's was unique and beautiful.
Another way to show our kindness in February was by making a soup for someone in need. We made a potato soup with lots and lots of potatoes! First, we added potatoes and then we added more potatoes! Next, we measured and poured in cream and milk. The soup turned out great and was very much enjoyed!
We had a busy start back after Christmas and it is only getting busier! Stay tuned for all the fun we have been having during March!
