Butterflies - February Update

February was a busy and exciting month for this group! They worked so hard at their weekly skating practices with Reba and Meagan and gained confidence each week. This really complimented their ongoing interest in hockey, too! Hockey has made it’s way into various types of play, from arena building to designing team logos and getting into character as their favorite players! We have used this interest to promote literacy skills by practicing writing names (and numbers) for their jerseys, and filling out “registration forms” to play.

Valentine’s Day was another highlight this month and the children were so excited to make cards with stamps and play with glittery valentine slime! We also read a few special Valentine’s books featuring Franklin, Dora, and other loveable cartoon characters!

Now that we are FINALLY coming out of the deep freeze, we have been enjoying more outdoor play again and the children have really been into using tools (plastic snow saws, snow molds, shovels) to work with the snow. Sometimes they work side by side just cutting or shaping the snow, and sometimes they work together to build walls and forts!

We have also tried doing yoga in the snow! Balancing was hard, but the children had so much fun trying and had big smiles the whole time!