preschool happenings

It's tricky to TEACH about winter when we live in a climate that feels a lot like summer fall spring repeat… I make up for it by doing wintery activities, like this cute little melting snowman guy. The preschoolers built this putty snowman.

An hour later, and this is what he looked like! They love this activity and can repeat it as often as they like. This was a gift to Hawken from Auntie Robin and we love it!

We also made snow dough, which is made out of cornstarch and white hair conditioner and a little glitter. It's like play dough, but softer and smells better. It was messy to mix and I thought it may have been a mistake to try for preschool, but after it was thoroughly mixed, it was great!  I was glad that we mixed it up the night before preschool though, because I was a gooey mess for a bit.

We added marshmallows to hot cocoa cups… Very wintery.

We painted pictures of snowmen...

And then we went out and realized we like our winters better like this anyway. No shoes, no coats, playtime whenever we want it without the frostbite.

This isn't winter related, but it happened at preschool and was too cute not to share. 2 of the kids at preschool have pregnant moms now and so the kids often play family and talk about having babies. Lullaby is all for that! She shoved a doll up her shirt and told everyone she was about to have a baby. The other 2 girls followed suit and they ran into the room asking if anyone was a doctor who could help them get their babies out. It was really cute.

If anyone ever wants to read more about what Lullaby is doing in preschool, you can read about it on her preschool blog HoustonKindergartenPrep.blogspot.com.  We really have the best time in preschool.