This week we are listening for and looking at the letter Gg. We are mainly focusing on the soft or /j/ sound of Gg, but we do talk about the fact that Gg makes two sounds.
Table activities include dramatic play, gingerbread playdoh, decorating paper gingerbread people, clay mat gingerbread, decorating wooden gingerbread, gingerbread coloring pages and lacing gingerbread.
Small group activites include making felt gingerbread ornaments, decorating and eating gingerbread cookies and adding a Gg is for gingerbread page to our journals.
KDI for the week is-
Body Awareness- Children know about their bodies and how to navigate them in space.- This week as we play with gingerbread, we ask how many legs, arms, etc. , where do their eyes go? We'll also play some games moving our body parts in certain ways.
Jesus Time- This week we move into the New Testament as we prepare for the birth of Jesus. This week we hear about the angel Gabriel coming and announcing Jesus birth to Mary. Mary was a young woman living in the town of Nazereth. She was engaged to a man named Joseph, but they weren't yet married. The angel Gabriel came to her and told her that she would have a baby. She didn't know how this could be, since she had never been with a man. The angel explained that the child would be from the Holy Spirit. When she told Joseph that she was pregnant, he was going to let her not marry him. Then an angel also came to Joseph in a dream and explained to him what was happening. Mary willingly gave herself over to God's will, trusting that God would do what was best for her and through her, do what was best for the world!
Our books of the week are "Gingerbread Friends" by Jan Brett, "The Gingerbread Man" a folktale, and "Maisy Makes Gingerbread" by Lucy Cousins.
I will be pulling names for our Christmas gift exchange later this week. The Christmas parties will be held the last week of school before Christmas, the Tuesday/Thursday class on Thursday, December 19 and the Monday/Wednesday/Friday class will be on Friday, December 20. The gift should be no more than $5 and brought the day of the party with the child's and your child's name on it.
Preschoolers also participate in the Peace Lutheran School Christmas Service on Sunday, December 22nd. We have two services, one at 8:30 and one at 11:00. Preschoolers are not expected to be at both services, so you can choose which one you would like to attend. There will be a sign up on the table for you to indicate which service you will be attending. We also have a Saturday practice for this service on December 14th. I believe it will be from 9-11am. I will let you know for sure by the end of the week!
Have a sweet week!
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