We are learning about snow this week. The weather even cooperated and gave us some snow to go along with our lesson. Yesterday, we filled a glass with snow and watched it melt. We saw that the water was not clean and did not fill up the glass like the snow did. We will find out why snow can be good for people and plants.

Thank you for sending your children dressed for the weather. Now we just need a little warmer temperatures so we can play outside in the snow.

The children have been busy working in our room. They enjoyed learning about penguins and Antarctica last week. They learned that penguins only live in the Southern hemisphere and would never meet a polar bear. We also talked about the father penguin keeping the egg on his feet to keep it warm. The largest penguin, the emperor, is about 4 feet tall and the smallest, the fairy or blue penguin, is about 1 foot tall. There are 17 kinds of penguins.

This week we are learning about landforms. So far this week we have covered lake/island, gulf/peninsula and bay/cape.

We have had unusually warm weather this year. Weather reports indicate that we will be returning to more normal temperatures. Please remember to dress your child appropriately for the weather. If there is snow, remember to send snowpants and boots. If we go outside in the snow, your child will need shoes to wear in the room because the boots will get wet. Thank you for your help.

We hope everyone had a nice holiday break. Thank you to everyone for the generous gift cards we received. The books of the children's pictures were wonderful to look at. We appreciate your thoughtfulness.

The children came in yesterday excited to see each other. They are ready to be back in a routine. We will be learning about Antartica and penguins this week and landforms next week.