This week we had fun with gingerbread activities! We read many books, sang chants, and made a gingerbread man cookie, After we made our gingerbread cookie, we put it in the oven then set a timer. When we came back for the gingerbread man, we opened the oven and he was gone! He left us lots of clues to find him and we finally found him in the office. Back in the room we practiced our manners as we were given our gingerbread man to eat. We then took a vote on who liked the taste of the gingerbread and who did not like it.
During our gym time, the hippos ran, walked, jumped, and tip toed as they pretended to be a gingerbread man. We had to listen to do these movements slowly or fast. The students then did different movements based on our books. For example, when they heard the word fox, the students swam with their arms. When they heard the words old lady, they made a bowl with their arms and stirred the dough. This game worked on listening and memory.
Our dramatic play area turned into a kitchen with gingerbread men, pans, an oven, plates, oven mitts, aprons, etc. The students enjoyed pretending!
Learning goals this week:
- fine motor practice-cutting, art, manipulatives, writing name, dot to dots, stencils
- cutting out paper chains
- making decisions independently
- answering questions from the different stories
- comparing books read in class by questioning/same/different
- putting gingerbread men in numerical order and by size
- working together to solve problems
- gross motor
- playdough with cookie cutters and items to complete the gingerbread man
- counting, recognizing numbers, tracing matching # to quantity using animal crackers which was based on one of the gingerbread books
- sensory tub with flour, cinnamon, measuring spoons and cups
- turning our arch into a gingerbread house
- practicing positional concepts with our names and gingerbread men
- making gingerbread houses with blocks, magna tiles
- making our own gingerbread man and lemon drop
- Journal-Where would your gingerbread man run to??? (making representational pictures)
- Mixing colored water using ice trays and pipettes. (strengthening finger muscles with pipettes)
Books Read this Week and Next WeekThe Gingerbread Boy
The Gingerbread BearThe Gingerbread CowboyThe Gingerbread Goes Animal CrackersThe Gingerbread Man Loose at the Fire Station
The Gingerbread Baby
Questions to ask:
1. What happened to the gingerbread man we made at school? (he ran away)
2. Where did we go to look for him? (the nurse's office, the cafeteria and the big colorful tree in the hallway)
3. Where did we find him? (in the office)
4. In the book, The Gingerbread Goes Animal Crackers, how did the animal crackers get rid of the fox so not to be eaten? Did they whisper or roar in his ear? (roar)
5. What did the boy make for the gingerbread baby? a house or a car? (house)
6. Did you like the taste of the gingerbread man we ate in class?
Reminders:
*School resumes Tuesday, January 6th
Next Month-Winter
Enjoy the hippos in action.
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| Party Fun! |
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Run fast like the gingerbread boy.
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| Art party! |
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| ABC gingerbread hunt in the hallway. |
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| We made gingerbread men with a variety of materials. |
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| Happy Birthday, Harry. |
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| Tracing practice. |
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| Weighing and sorting buttons. |
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| Shape bingo. |
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| Music fun! |
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| We practiced positional concepts with our names. |
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| Cutting wrapping paper. |
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| Numerical order. |
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| Lacing letters. |
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We traced the letter G for gingerbread using
cinnamon sticks. |
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| Making houses for the gingerbread men. |
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| Decorating our gingerbread. |
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| Colored water using pipettes. |
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| Where would your gingerbread run to? |
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| Most of the hippos liked the taste of the gingerbread man. |
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| Our gingerbread man escaped to the office. |
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| We followed clues to find him. |
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| We put our gingerbread man in the oven. |
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| We played a gingerbread matching letter game. |
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| Teamwork to put the gingerbread puzzle together. |
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Each child helped push down the dough to finish
our gingerbread man. |
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| Look at my gingerbread man. |
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| Happy Birthday, Sydney. |
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After reading our book about a gingerbread
girl and her animal cookie friends, we practiced
counting the crackers and matching the correct number. |
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| Our dramatic play area turned into a gingerbread bakery. |
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We cut out paper chains for our
gingerbread house (arch). |
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| Our table contained flour, cookie cutters and scoopers. |
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| We cut then decorated our lemon drops with glitter. |
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The kids followed the line as they painted frosting
on the arms and legs of the gingerbread man. |
