Thanksgiving

 Before we get to Thanksgiving, we did have one regular day of preschool last week! During centers time, we talked about colors. One of the centers was playing Candy Land. The kids loved playing and games are such a great teaching tool. Along with helping them review colors, it also gives us an opportunity to talk about playing fair and being good sports. We worked on taking turns and being a good sport whether you win or not. The kids were so nice to each other and wanted to keep playing until everyone made it to the end! 

For our occupation that day, we talked about teachers. We made a list of all the different types of teachers we know about and what we learn from them. The kids then took turns being the teacher. We learned how to do a flower dance, how to play soccer,  how to sing the Bob the Builder song and about the colors in the rainbow.

On Wednesday we got to celebrate Thanksgiving. We used the opportunity for a little social studies and learned about the first Thanksgiving. We watched clips from several videos on the Scholastic website that gave the kids an idea of what life was like back then. We talked about the Mayflower and then made and raced our own little boats. We then learned a little about the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians and what they were celebrating at the first Thanksgiving. The kids got to make their own Indian headbands after learning about their significance in one of the video clips. Finally, we talked about what they might have eaten at the first Thanksgiving and made our own version with turkey sandwiches, corn and apple slices.