Letter I Week
December 5, 2025
Dear TK Families,
It was an incredible week in the TK class! The room was filled with Impressionist art, icicles, and insects!
Our Star activity this week was painting Impressionist art! We listened to the book Katie Meets the Impressionists by James Mayhew and discussed the style in which the Impressionists painted. Instead of using strokes with a paintbrush, these painters used “dabs” when painting. We took a walk outside and looked at our environment with squinted eyes. The boys and girls noticed that everything seemed blurry. We explained that this is how some of the Impressionist art might look if you are far away from the picture. It is like getting a “glimpse”! We set up our Art table in front of the window looking out to the courtyard. This was our inspiration! Our “art museum” is filled with beautiful colorful paintings!
The TK children enjoyed making our classroom into a winter wonderland this week. They were busy cutting out lots of “icicles” to hang all around our room. Feels like we are living in an ice castle!
A big hit in our room this week was our “ice” skating rink! The children could choose to put on “skates” or slide around in their socks on our ice rink. Everyone loved showing off some tricks and spins! Ask your child if they did this fun activity!
Some other fun activities around the room this week were: insect math, an ice cream shoppe in the sandbox, and playing an I Spy puzzle game.
Some questions to ask your child:
- Did your child build igloos out of sugar cubes?
- Can your child tell you what songs we sang in music?
- What details did your child add to their December self-portrait?Next week, we will jump for joy for the letter J!
Have a great weekend!
Best,
Mandee, Lynn and Emily