Winter! Invierno!

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This week, we begin our study on winter; we discuss the signs of winter such as cold weather, and bare trees and how humans use warm clothes during this season. We transform our dramatic play into a skating rink. The children pretended to skate, shovel snow and bake cookies. We added snow to our sensory table; the children played with plastic animals and measuring cups. At art center the children created beautiful wintery art. They painted snowflakes, created a winter tree and used scissors to make a snowman.  At the science table, we learned that snowflakes are different, but the beginning shape of a snowflake is a hexagon and crystals are connected to this shapes to create amazing snowflakes. We practiced our literacy and fine motor skills by make letters with play dough. 

Esta semana, empezamos nuestro estudio en  el invierno, discutimos acerca las primeras señales del invierno como  el clima frio, los arboles sin hojas y como los humanos usamos ropa que nos promociona calor durante esta estación del ano. Transformamos nuestra área de dramático en un pista de patinaje sobre hielo. Los niños pretendieron patina, paliar nieve y hornear galletas. Añadimos en nuestra mesa sensorial nieve, los niños jugaron con animales plásticos y tazas de medir. En el centro de arte los niños crearon hermosos arte de invierno. Los niños pintaron copos de nieve, crearon un árbol en el invierno y usaron tijeras para hacer un muñeco de nieve. En la mesa de ciencia aprendimos que las copos de nieves son diferentes, pero en la forma principal de la nieve es un hexágono y que los cristal se conectan a esta figuras para crear hermosos copo de nieves. Practicamos nuestra literatura y motricidad fina habilidades  haciendo letras con plastilina.


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