Winter Celebrations/ Celebraciones de Invierno

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This week we learned about winter celebrations. We learned about that the Christmas tree tradition came from Germany. We discussed about their Christmas decoration and the children help to decorate our classroom Christmas tree. At art table the children used construction paper and cotton to make a Santa hat, used geometric shapes to decorate a Christmas tree and use tissue paper to make an ornament. At house keeping the children pretended to bake cookies for Santa. At sensory table, they played with measuring cups, oatmeal and bottle. The children counted the number of cups to fill the bottle. At science table, the children used magnets to build and used gum drops and toothpicks to build structures. It was challenging but a fun activity! Also, we made predictions and observed what happens when you put a candy cane in hot and cold water. We found the candy cane dissolve faster in hot water. At literacy, we continued practicing recognizing letters, sounds and recognizing words with the beginning sound. At manipulate table, we are learning to follow patterns, recognizing numbers and shapes. At blocks, we added bows and ornaments and the children built amazing structures. We continued learning to retell a story and answer questions during large group and during our social group we played with Stella and fed her treats.

 

Esta semana aprendimos sobre las celebraciones de invierno. Nos enteramos de que la tradición del árbol de Navidad vino de Alemania. Hablamos sobre su decoración navideña y los niños ayudaron a decorar el árbol de Navidad de nuestra clase. En la mesa de arte, los niños usaron papel de construcción y algodón para hacer un gorro de Papá Noel, usaron formas geométricas para decorar un árbol de Navidad y usaron papel de seda para hacer un adorno. En el servicio de limpieza, los niños simularon hornear galletas para Santa. En la mesa sensorial, jugaron con tazas medidoras, avena y biberón. Los niños contaron el número de vasos para llenar la botella. En la mesa de ciencias, los niños usaron imanes para construir y usaron chicles y mondadientes para construir estructuras. ¡Fue un desafío pero una actividad divertida! Además, hicimos predicciones y observamos lo que sucede cuando pones un bastón de caramelo en agua fría y caliente. Descubrimos que el bastón de caramelo se disuelve más rápido en agua caliente. En alfabetización, continuamos practicando el reconocimiento de letras, sonidos y el reconocimiento de palabras con el sonido inicial. En la mesa de manipulación, estamos aprendiendo a seguir patrones, reconociendo números y formas. En los bloques, agregamos lazos y adornos y los niños construyeron estructuras asombrosas. Continuamos aprendiendo a volver a contar una historia y responder preguntas durante el grupo grande y durante nuestro grupo social jugamos con Stella y le dimos una merienda.


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