A Valentine Miss

Well, this weather pattern is one for the books...  We have yet another snow day and therefore have missed our Valentine celebration.  We will however, be sure to mark the occasion upon our return to school after next week's February vacation.  In other February news, we were able to celebrate the 100th Day of School with some fun activities this week:

100 dots for the 100th Day of School!

The 100th day of school would not be complete without someone completing the Hundred Board.

Coloring  a 100th Day crown (the children cut these out and we stapled them to a strip to make hats).

Coloring the flag of Russia in honor of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Teen numbers - quantity and symbol with the Teen Beads and Boards.

Exploring shapes and patterns with the Constructive Triangles (Third Box).

Matching words to pictures.

Olympic Rings coloring.

Dynamic Addition with the Golden Beads.

An interesting Pink Tower/Brown Stair exploration.

Prewriting - tracing shapes from the Geometric Cabinet.

Building a pagoda using the Red Rods and Number Rods.

Watercolor hearts.

Love this extension work with Red Rods and Number Rods!

Writing sight words with the Small Moveable Alphabet.

Writing sentences.

Exploring geometry by sliding the blue triangles to form new shapes.

2014 Olympics

We have been enjoying some special coloring activities thanks to the current Olympic Games.  Since I know the Russian language, I showed the children how to write 'Sochi' and 'Russia' using the Cyrillic alphabet:

Olympic Rings coloring activity.

Flag of Russia coloring.

My students are fully enjoying this opportunity and it has been a pleasure watching them write these words in Russian!  :-)

The Olympic Torch

I wanted to mark the event of this year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia with a special activity in the classroom.  Thanks to Trillium Montessori's wonderful resources, I was able to introduce the children to this topic using the Olympic cards found here.  We talked about the Olympic torch as a symbol of the games and the following craft was introduced (another super idea from Trillium Montessori!):

Olympic Torch materials:  brown paper with torch outline, black paper, pencil, scissors, pieces of tissue paper, glue, brush.  (I purposefully chose to use my Russian dish set to house the materials… )  :-)

After cutting out the torch outline, pieces of the tissue paper are glued to make flames.

This activity has certainly generated lots of excitement about the Olympics!