celebrating the chinese new year...

we made ink and wash paintings...

and some red envelopes for good luck...

we also made fortune cookies- not the easiest project with four excited children, but fun nonetheless!

what's more difficult than making fortune cookies with kids? trying to take photos of the process!

and lastly, our chinese dragon dance! 

president's week...

for president's week we focused on george washington, abe lincoln and president obama. i told the tale of washington and the cherry tree and afterwards talked about the importance of always telling the truth, even when it's scary or difficult. 

continuing our chinese new year celebration we finished our chinese dragons, which were a hit!

outside the kids had fun searching for icicles...

last week at fiona's...

i gave the kids conversation hearts along with a candy heart counting sheet. i then showed them how to sort and count by lining up the candies on the boxes. next came the most difficult part- gluing the hearts onto the sheet! everyone looked a bit panicked at the thought of putting glue on the candy but as an incentive i told everyone they could have a few (un-glued) hearts once finished. 

marlowe concentrated on placing the hearts inside the boxes- i think he was the first to complete his sheet!

friday beckett came dressed as a police officer- which couldn't have been more perfect! we spent circle time discussing both valentine's day and the chinese new year. we read chinese new year: a time for parades, family and friends and talked about the different traditions and symbols during the new year celebration. we shared a tangerine to symbolize good luck and afterwards began to work on our mini chinese dragons, which i didn't get a chance to take any photos of. 

...and then there was sledding!