Week of December 1, 2014
It's December Already?
It's hard to believe it's already December! We are together for three weeks before winter break, so we are going to go ahead and dive into Christmas this week in Transition! We will talk about Christmas as Jesus' birthday and make connections to our own birthday celebrations. We will also introduce the Nativity story, the story of when Jesus was born. We will learn about the way the shepherds and angels celebrated and sang and how the Wise Men brought the first Christmas gifts.
We will have a secondary focus on health and hygiene this week, as the winter season is upon us! The children can practice being the receptionist, doctor, or patient in the Dramatic Play Doctor's Office, describing their symptoms, and giving care instructions. They will also get the chance to practice washing dishes in the Sensory Table, making more bubbles the more they scrub! We will also emphasize personal care practices like washing hands and using tissues.
Some of the vocabulary we will introduce and review this week includes Christmas, birthday, Jesus, Mary, Joseph, shepherds, angels, wise men, manger, winter, ice, snow, doctor, and patient.
Music Time!
One of the songs we will sing this week in class and in chapel is "Away in a Manger." The lyrics are: (We will most likely only do the first verse)
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.
The stars in the sky looked down where He lay,
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,
But little Lord Jesus no crying He makes.
I love you, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky,
And stay by my cradle til morning is nigh.
Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay,
Close by me forever and love me, I pray.
Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care,
And fit us for heaven, to live with Thee there.
Emma's friends washing dishes.
Dr. Emma taking a break from seeing patients to complete a puzzle.
Busy in the kitchen.
End of school play-doh time!
Week of December 8, 2014
Away in a Manger...
This week, we will continue learning about Christmas! We celebrate Christmas because it is Jesus's birthday! We will connect what the children already know about birthday celebrations to the celebration of Christmas. We will also review the Nativity story, the account of Jesus's conception and birth from the Bible. The children will get the chance to act out this story in our dramatic play Nativity! We will focus this week on the Wise Men bringing gifts to Jesus. We will talk about giving gifts to people that we love!
Some of the vocabulary we will introduce and review this week includes Christmas, birthday, Jesus, Mary, Joseph, shepherds, angels, wise men, manger, gifts, winter, ice, and snow.
Music Time!
We have a board book set of Christmas carols in the classroom that we have been listening to on CD. The songs included are: Away in a Manger, Silent Night, and Hark the Herald Angels sing!
Week of December 15, 2014
Happy Birthday, Jesus!
This week is our last week talking about Christmas! We will review the Nativity story and learn about some of the traditional celebrations of Christmas. We will bake gingerbread cookies: following a recipe, mixing ingredients, rolling and cutting the dough, baking them in the oven, and taking them home to taste! We will celebrate Jesus's birthday with a "Happy Birthday, Jesus!" party. Come celebrate with us at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. December 17. Hope to see you there!
Some of the vocabulary we will introduce and review this week includes Christmas, Jesus, Joseph, Mary, angels, nativity, shepherds, sheep, donkey, Wise Men, star, gifts, stockings, ornaments, birthday, party, and celebration.
Music Time!
Among the Christmas carols we have been singing in school, we have also been singing the song "Jingle Bells!" The lyrics are:
Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh,
Over the fields we go, laughing all the way!
Bells on bobtail ring, making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and sing our sleighing song tonight! Oh!
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
Emma's friends playing with the nativity set.
Emma and Drew taking a turn with the nativity set.
Little Christmas tree for the kids to decorate.
Sloan playing in the manger.
Playing with pretend snowballs.
Music, Month of December
We will be listening to a classical piece by Glazunov and keeping a steady beat with our jingles. These also are fun when we begin doing our Christmas songs such as Jingle Bells and Silent Night.
We will learn the folk dance called "Sally Go Round the Sun" which is a line dance. Later we will add a hop and change direction! We continue to listen to sound clips--this month of horses. We will also learn "See the Pony Galloping" and listen to the sung story "Over the River and Through the Wood."
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