Dear Families,

The children have been working hard on snowman projects which have culminated in their first books of the year! We have been reading stories about snow and snow people, we watched a short and beautiful wordless video about a magical snow person and we have imagined what it feels like to fall from the clouds as snowflakes, twirling and settling on the ground.

The children made snow people with Model Magic, carefully tearing, rolling and stacking balls.  Some people made scarves and hats from felted wool and everyone made a small landscape for their snow person.  Several children attached mosaic tiles, describing them as icy, shiny parts of rivers and ponds.

 

Painting a snowy landscape.

 

Felting a red wool scarf.

 

Attaching “shining ice” and tiny trees.

 

“Moony the snowman. “

 

Drawing what we see. Noticing shapes and tiny details!

Children looked carefully at the worlds they created and drew what they saw.  Their ability to represent what they see continues to grow and this skill has translated into their emerging letter, word and numeral writing.

 

Model Magic letters.

 

Morning message snow people with the letter, ‘E.’

 

We began working on books.  Each child spent time thinking of a short story inspired by their snow people. We have been studying parts of books: Titles, numbers on pages, dedications, illustrations, authors, front cover, back cover.  Please take time to come and read your child’s story and look at their amazing creations!

We ended our week with author presentations.  I was very proud of how respectfully everyone listened to their friends’ stories and how well everyone does asking questions, giving thoughtful answers and truly listening to and supporting one another!

 

Looking at parts of a book while creating our own.

 

Suleman shares his story and art with the class.

 

On Friday we got to meet Aaron.  He has moved to the Berkshires from Hong Kong.  We are so delighted to have a new friend in our class.  Please join me in welcoming him and his family to our community!
Welcome to the B3s, Aaron!

 

 All the best,

Sarah

 

Pressing mosaic tiles into Model Magic. “They’re hibernating under there.”

 

Yellow mosaic tiles and Model Magic. “These my eggs!”

 

Searching under the snow for our pumpkin.  “Is it hibernating?”

 

The children wanted a “looking window,” so we made steps for them to climb up! We see lots of cars and trucks going by and sometimes the UPS man!