This week was the start of our Holidays Around the World unit. I have had so much fun planning this unit and have learned lots of things that I didn't know. Hopefully this kids will love it as much as I do!
Our letter of the week was L, which was just perfect for learning to sing Deck the Halls! The kids are getting pretty good at the words and have definitely got the "Fa-la-la"s down. We also learned about things that start with L and worked on writing and finding the letter L. Today we did some fun review activities to go over what we've learned about the alphabet so far. We used some trucks to haul blocks to the mat and match the letters on the blocks to the letters on the mat. After that we used stickers to complete some alphabet mazes!
On Monday I introduced the new unit, had the kids make their suitcases and passports, and introduced our friend, Mr. Grinch. We read How the Grinch Stole Christmas and talked about what Christmas is really about. This month, as the kids see each other doing nice things, they get to add hearts to the Grinch. If he is filled up before the last day of school, we will have a special Christmas party on the last day! So far we have four hearts for things like helping other students clean up, asking nicely for things we wanted and waiting patiently when we couldn't have them right then. At the end of the month, I will send the hearts that each student earned home with them so you can see the nice things they've done!
On Wednesday we started our travels with Christmas in Italy. We learned about some of the foods they eat in Italy on Christmas like spaghetti and panettone. We also talked a lot about Befana, the Christmas witch who rides on a broom and brings Christmas presents to the kids in Italy. To show what we learned, we made broomstick Christmas Tree ornaments.
Today we traveled to Israel and learned about Hanukkah. We read several books that talked about why Jews celebrate Hanukkah and what they do for their celebrations. We made a couple of our own menorahs. One out of paper and one to eat for snack!
We also made our own dreidels and played the dreidel game. The instructions were sent home in their suitcases in you would like to play at home!
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