The Gingerbread man/ El hombre de jengibre
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 ginger...