The Gingerbread man/ El hombre de jengibre

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This week we learned about the gingerbread man. We read several versions of the book. We transformed our dramatic area into a bakery, the children pretended to bake cookies, use rolling pins and mixed ingredients. At art, the children decorated gingerbread men, stamped with gingerbread man cookie cutters. At sensory, the children played with oatmeal, cinnamon sticks, bells and magnets. The children counted how many bells can stick to their magnets.  At science, we explored a candy cane. We measure it, tasted and found out that a candy cane sinks. Also, we found out that candy canes can dissolve quickly in hot water than cold water. The children used magnet tiles to build gingerbread structures and count 1:1 correspondence gingerbread men. At math table, the children practice patterns, count 1:1 correspondence to match cookies, used Candyland blocks to build and use snap cubes to make winter patterns. At writing table, the children used stickers to match letters on their gingerbread houses. At literacy, the children continued learning the letters and sounds. It was a week full of fun! 

 

Esta semana aprendimos sobre el hombre de jengibre. Leemos varias versiones del libro. Transformamos nuestra área dramática en una panadería, los niños simularon hornear galletas, usar rodillos e ingredientes mezclados. En el arte, los niños decoraron hombres de jengibre, estampados con cortadores de galletas de hombre de jengibre. En el sensorial, los niños jugaron con avena, ramas de canela, cascabeles e imanes. Los niños contaron cuántas campanas pueden pegarse a sus imanes.  En ciencias, exploramos un bastón de caramelo. Lo medimos, lo probamos y descubrimos que un bastón de caramelo se hunde. Además, descubrimos que los bastones de caramelo se pueden disolver más rápidamente en agua caliente que en agua fría. Los niños usaron fichas magnéticas para construir estructuras de pan de jengibre y contaron muñecos de jengibre por correspondencia 1:1. En la mesa de matemáticas, los niños practican patrones, cuentan correspondencia 1:1 para unir galletas, usan bloques de Candyland para construir y usan cubos a presión para hacer patrones de invierno. En el escritorio, los niños usaron pegatinas para unir las letras de sus casitas de jengibre. En la alfabetización, los niños continuaron aprendiendo las letras y los sonidos. ¡Fue una semana llena de diversión!




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