What a busy week we had! The children had a great time on Global Play Day having time to play their games, work on puzzles, draw, etc. The children needed no intervention by adults and thoroughly enjoyed playing among themselves! It was a nice opportunity for Mrs. Driver and myself to watch and observe the children to see how they problem solved, shared and directed their own activities. The children were wonderful! On Friday, the 100th Day the children displayed their projects and shared with one another and then paraded through the wing to view other projects. It is always amazing to view the creativity involved with some of these projects! Please check out our photos! 
We are wrapping up our unit on Animals in Winter. The children are putting the finishing touches on their poems about the animals they researched. Their poems will be displayed along with their paintings of their animals from Art class. We hope to have these displayed in the very near future, so if stopping by, please be on the look-out for them! As part of an engineering task for this unit, the children were challenged to design a coat for an animal to protect it from the cold. The children used thermometers as their animals and had to dress them in different materials to simulate a coat. The children then tested their coats to see which insulated their animals the best by taking them outside timing them for 5 minutes and then checking the temperature on their thermometers. The children will be looking at the properties of the different materials and re-designing another coat with the goal of improving on their original design. During the month of February and March, we will be reading all the Red Clover Books. The Red Clover Award is a Vermont children's book award that is awarded to an author by the children of Vermont. After reading all 10 books, each child votes for their favorite and the author who is selected is awarded the Red Clover Award. We are beginning a writing unit on Opinion Writing that will integrate these books into our writing unit. If you are looking for ways to support your child with math at home, telling time is an area you can focus on. This month the children will work on reading analog clocks and telling time. Math facts to twenty in both addition and subtraction are another way to support your child at home. Thank you for all you do to support us at home! Have a great week ahead!
Creating a chain of 1,000 paperclips to celebrate the 100th day of school times 10
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