Chanukah oh Chanukah!

This post is long overdue, but with snow and various staffing issues things have been very busy this winter! Our Chanukah celebrations were cut a bit short at Tree of Life Montessori, but we still enjoyed lots of holiday art and practical life! The adventures in weather were also fun to explore at school.

Our "treasure sand" was a fun sensory experience, and the children had to be very careful not to spill and all over the place!

Using cutters, salt dough, and texture tools to create a beautiful Chanukah decoration.

Painting salt-dough ornaments to take home to decorate for Chanukah!

 An epic game of dreidel kept everyone's attention!

Polishing the brass menorah feels extra special just before the holidays!

Look! It's snowing!

Fitting candles into the menorah and spinning the wooden dreidels

Painting a delicate wooden snowflake.

Leaves are stuck in a sheet of ice

The sun shines through a sheet of ice on a very cold but sunny day.

Catch a snowflake on your tongue!

Gift-wrapping was a very popular addition to the practical life area for the holidays. 

Helping a friend with the tricky folds to cover a box with shiny paper.

The children in the afternoon art class also made many beautiful decorations for our class Chanukah party, as well as mosaic menorahs!

Menorah is progress.

Families enjoying dreidel at our party.

Shaking up the snow globe she made - another party activity

There were plenty of latkes for everyone!