Gingerbread Unit - December 20-23

This week we will continue our Gingerbread Unit!
Books This Week:
The Gingerbread Girl, By Lisa Cmpbell Ernst
Small Groups:
Language - Students will talk about and sequence the steps involved in making a snowman.
Math - Students will use dot stickers to create a patterned path to help the gingerbread man find his gingerbread house.
Special Activities -
1) On Tuesday we will have our Gingerbread Family Party! The morning Class party begins at 10:45 am and the afternoon class party begins at 1:45 pm. We look forward to perfoming for you and enjoying gingerbread cookies toegether.
2) On Thursday we will watch Frosty the Snowman and have popcorn together.
Students will make a special holiday gift for their family members.
3) Students will share their Gingerbread Man adventure with the class.
Choice Time -
-Sensory Table- flour and gingerbread men
- Games table - I-pod touch gingerbread game
-Library- Books about winter
-Easel - students will rub crayons over big and small sand paper gingerbread men to create gingerbread man pictures.
-Dramatic Play - Gingerbread bakery; students will use cinnamon play dough and cookie cutters to make gingerbread cookies.
-Rug - Lite brights with gingerbread man cut outs.
**Art table - We will begin learning about a new letter each week! This week we will learn about the letter "G". Students will gingerbread men to decorate the letter "G" and save the picture to create an alphabet book.** Please look around your house with your child to find something that starts with the letter "G." Send it in this week for show and tell!
Songs, Word Play, and Letters
5 Little gingerbread men
Gingerbread, Gingerbread
Oh Do you know the gingerbread man?
The gingerbreads are here
5 Gingerbread cookies in the bakery shop
Come find your name on the gingerbread man
Extra Notes:
- We will not be sending home the Book Packs over the vacation.