We began our Christmas Countdown this week! Your child should have brought home a Santa with cotton balls to glue onto his beard and hat, one for each day until Christmas! Please help them remember to do this, and let them identify the numbers and count to see which one comes next!
We had fun celebrating a birthday with a very excited 6 year old Max! Here he is getting a great big birthday hug from the class!
Although Hanukkah isn't until Dec. 22nd this year, I wanted to squeeze in a little celebration as part of our Holidays Around the World Unit. So we celebrated Hanukkah this week in Kindergarten! We read a wonderful book by Alaskan author Barbara Brown called Hanukkah in Alaska. We made menorah's and "lit" the candles with glitter...
... we played dreidel, and sang Hanukkah songs...
... and we made our own passports (I know, I think this is illegal) and flew to Israel to make latkes, which are delicious fried potato pankcakes!
Back in the U.S., we wrote stories about what we would do if we were reindeer. The kids then presented their story in front of the class to practice public speaking.
Then we made cute little reindeer from our hands and feet! They are displayed on the Kinder Art wall by the lunchroom! Come take a look, there are some very unique little reindeer! :)
In math we have been having fun playing Which One Doesn't Belong? We played with coins on Friday, and then used our sense of touch to try to discover which coin was which without looking. Then we practiced sorting coins.
Last but not least, Friday afternoon we went to the hockey game to watch our classmates Max and Grayson play in their first home game! It was super exciting, and they did great! Way to go guys!!!!
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