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Trees are going up and lights are being turned on.  So what better way to bring in the season then with this lap book to big book Green Light, Green Light.  It is my gift to you for the holiday season.  Just go to Teachers Pay Teacher or Teachers Notebook and download it for free.

Happy Holidays!

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Now that we have all enjoyed our families and have stuffed ourselves with turkey it is time to start planning for the month of December.

We will be starting out the season with the Gingerbread Boy.

 Color Bingo using colored pom poms and tweezers to help build those fine motor skills.

One to One Correspondence We will be using different kinds of plastic cookies and kitchen tongs to place the cookies onto cookie sheets.  

 Gingerbread Craft, children will be creating  their own gingerbread person.

 Gingerbread Small Group Activities

Say It, Count It, Write It Math Game

Counting Buttons

Grid Board and Path Board Math Games

Sound Sorting and Letter Sorting Games

All of these activities can be found in the Gingerbread Pal Lesson Plan

 Before we head off to winter break we will be ending with Santa's in Town.

 We will read the book Green Light, Green Light

This is a free resource

 Paper Plate Wreaths

 Small Group Activities will include

ABC Lotto Game

Letter Match Game

Trace and Write Sheets

Santa's in Town Lotto Game

 Paper Plate Santa Craft

Just remember to enjoy the season and have fun!!!

Maps in the Block Area

I added maps to my block center along with clipboards and the children have been deciding where they will be traveling to (Disneyland, San Francisco and the beach).  Along with making their own driving directions.

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Thanksgiving Family Feast

We finished off our giving thanks and family unit with a family feast.  Parents joined us for turkey, gravy and all the fixings. 

 The children even made all the pumpkin pies for the feast.

 Here is some picture of some of the art we did throughout the weeks.

The Mayflower

 Plymouth

Santa's in Town Giveaway

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New Word Bank

In Theresa A. Roberts book No Limits to Literacy for Preschool English Learners she states that we should be teaching children 12 to 15 new words a week.  These words need to be words that aid comprehension of story books, classroom themes and centers.

To keep us in check we created a New Word Bank board.  This board shows us how many words we introduced in a week as well as reminding us to be using these words throughout the week.  It is also a great way to show families what words are be learned so that they too can be using them with their children at home. 

Thankful Tree

Get your little ones thinking about what they are thankful for.  Here is a fun art activity that the children can do after you have had a group discussion on thankfulness.

 During small group have a discussion on what makes each of us thankful.  Have the children draw a picture of what they are thankful for and write down what each child said.

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From Trash to Art

Children were given a variety of items that would of normally been thrown out for trash.  The children create something special Art with all of those trash items.

Finished Projects