Holiday traditions/Tradiciones navideñas

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This week we learned about some holiday traditions. The children decorated our Christmas tree and decorated their own stockings. At science table, the children build with gingerbread magnets and bells, and built with toothpicks and gum spice drops and count 1:1 chocolate chip cookie.  At table game, the children used stickers to make pattern candy cane and used dice to count 1:1 and drew lines on candy canes. Also, they built with candy blocks and used pattern blocks.  At literacy, the children recognized letters and found the missing letters, dressed up man mat with a Santa outfit and practiced writing the letters U. At art table, the children decorated stockings, made a paper ornament and played with playdough. At dramatic play, the children pretended to bake cookies and decorated our Christmas tree. At sensory table, the children played with magnets and bells. It was so much fun!

 

Esta semana aprendimos sobre algunas tradiciones navideñas. Los niños decoraron nuestro árbol de Navidad y decoraron sus propios calcetines. En la mesa de ciencias, los niños construyen con imanes de pan de jengibre y campanas, y construyen con palillos de dientes y gotas de chicle y cuentan galletas con chispas de chocolate 1:1. En el juego de mesa, los niños usaron pegatinas para hacer patrones de bastones de caramelo y usaron dados para contar 1:1 y dibujaron líneas en bastones de caramelo. Además, construyeron con bloques de dulces y usaron bloques de patrones. En la alfabetización, los niños reconocieron las letras y encontraron las que faltaban, vistieron al hombre con un traje de Papá Noel y practicaron la escritura de la letra U. En la mesa de arte, los niños decoraron medias, hicieron un adorno de papel y jugaron con plastilina. En el juego dramático, los niños simularon hornear galletas y decoraron nuestro árbol de Navidad. En la mesa sensorial los niños jugaron con imanes y cascabeles. ¡Fue muy divertido!



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