December in Pre-K

It's almost time for Winter Break and we can feel the excitement in the air! Although we haven't seen any snow, we are hoping it will come on Christmas Day. Only a week and two days into December, here are some of the things we have been learning about in Pre-K.

This week for Sound of the Week, Rose was in charge of sharing the /G/ sound with us. She brought in items from home such as a golf ball, glue, goggles, a goat, and a Go Fish game. After reviewing the items that Rose brought in, we brainstormed for other words that begin with the /G/ sound. Some of those words were good, gift, Google, grow, garden, garbage, goodies, girl, glasses, grapes, go, gate, ghost, gobble, guess, gorilla, guys, gone, galloping, guitar, goldfish, get, and giggle.

We read the AlphaTales book, Gorilla, Be Good!, and watched the Letter G Song video, from ABCmouse.com, on the big screen. For our /G/ sound activities, we made a gumball machine with the letter g, used glue, water, and Borax to create some gak, and constructed some cool structures with gummy bears. In addition to these activities, we use our handwriting skills to practice writing the letter g. We even practiced by writing on the backs of our friends! Most of us were tickled by it, but it was a lot of fun!



Sound of the Week with Rose!



Making gak and constructing gummy bear towers!

 

 

Gumball machines!       In keeping with our theme, Celebrations of light, we created some beautiful snowflakes and colored pictures of snowmen. We also decorated our own Menorahs and learned a little about the Dreidel game. We made our own candles in the Art Barn with Kate, and  even got to taste latkes (potato pancakes). They were very delicious!   We have read several books that talk about Winter and Light celebrations across the world.   Eating Latkes and applesauce!        Simple Gifts are gifts we can give to others without spending money on them. Some simple gifts Pre-K thought up were:   Making stuff for people - Leila Flying a kite - Bryce Hugs - Lucey Looking at a rainbow - Ibou Making presents - Rose Giving presents - Owen Simple Gifts     PK wishes for snow(flakes)!