D is for Dog Sled

At Susan's the children have started working through "A Winter Alphabet" project.  Every day the children will focus on a letter of the alphabet (going in order) in conjunction with a winter topic.  To date they've done:

A is for Angel, Snow Angel

B is for Boots, Winter Boots

C is for Cold (Brrrrr!!!!)

D is for Dog Sled

E is for Evergreen

Their craft is centred around this daily theme and they also learn other words associated with the letter.  What a fun way for the children to learn/practice their alphabet in conjunction with our Saskatchewan weather.

Play & Painting

The weather this month has been quite up and down.  One day we'll have beautiful weather that allows us to get outside and enjoy the fresh air, then the next few days end up being so frigid we're housebound.  During these indoor days, the children keep busy with many fun activities such as creative play and free paint.  These are terrific times for the children to use their imagination and experiment with colour.

Snowflakes Are Falling

With the weather warming up a bit, we've seen a bit of snow fall from our skies.  This has led to Snowflake week at Susan's.  During today's crafts, the children made snowflakes using tape and paint.  First, they made the snowflake using tape.  Then, they painted the entire sheet (including over the tape).  Once the paint was dry, they removed the tape to reveal a snowflake.  They turned out very well!

Princess Week

With many of our families on holidays this week, we've been left with only our lady clients in attendance.  Therefore, we've dubbed this week "Princess Week".  Much of our time has been focused around well-known (to this age) princesses, aka Disney princesses.  Yesterday we decided to leave 2013 by crowning ourselves princesses.  In doing so, we made our own beautiful tiaras each created with personal designs.

Happy New Year

From all of us at Susan Cares 4 Kids we wish you a happy new year!  May 2014 be filled with love, laughter and many wonderful things for all our families. :)