Saturday, December 21, 2013

Christmas!

This week was all about Christmas! We started out the week by reading "Santa Claus and the Three Bears". It is the same story as Goldilocks and the Three Bears but with Santa Clause as Goldilocks and Polar Bears instead of brown bears. During centers we made ornaments for the parents! The kids filled a glass ornament with fake snow and then made it look like a snowman head by giving it eyes, a nose, and smile using their fingertips. 
They turned out great! The kids loved that they were makig a gift for their parents!

The next day we read "Llama Llama Holiday Drama". During centers I let the kids wrap their present for their parents. After they warped it they colored a Christmas tree and some gifts and then had to cut and glue the gifts under the tree. They did a good job with this! 

Wednesday was our Christmas party! We started out all together and read "Pete the Cat Saves Christmas". We then split up into our three classes and had differnt centers. In one classroom the students got to play some Christmas games including pin the nose on Rudolph and snow ball toss. In anther classroom they got to do some sugar cookie decorating! In my classroom we did a craft making a Santa face. The kids loved this and looked so cute! 
When the centers were over I had my kids come back into our classroom and I gave them the Christmas present from me. They were so excited to open a present!
Each child received a book, the girls got a "Princesses and Puppies" book and the boys got a "Pete the Cat" book. They were overjoyed! Haha

Thursday my husband came to the school and read the kids "The Night Before Christmas". They always love visitors! During centers they made a stocking by lacing two pieces of red construction paper together. 
They then got to hang them over our pretend fireplace! 

Friday we read "Fancy Nancy's Christmas". We discussed the "fancy" words aroma and delectable. During centers we made fancy Christmas trees!
We had a special guest visit us Friday! Mr . Kenny Stamatis came and did a read aloud for us! He read "Santa Claus and the a Three Bears". The kids loved his voices for the bears! 
We had another special visitor that day. Santa Claus came to the preschool! 
Happy the Elf was all over the place this week! Monday we came in to find him with a plate of cookies from the North Pole! They were very yummy! 
Later in the day the kids found him by our clip up stick! He had clipped everyone up to pink! I guess he thought the kids had all been especially good that day! 
The next day we came in to find him making himself some oatmeal! Silly elf!
Wednesday he was hanging upside down in our Christmas tree! I think he was pointing out the presents. 
The next day he was haning out by our stockings and then stuffed them with candy! 
Our last day we found him hanging out with his buddy Pete the Cat! He left us a note saying he had to go back to the North Pole but that he would be back next year!
This week was so much fun! This semester has been wonderful and I'm edited to see what the spring semester brings!

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