Welcome to the gift making workshop! :)
This morning the friends were very excited to begin making and wrapping presents for their family and friends.
The friends also had a lot of fun playing together in the block center! While they are playing together, they are learning valuable social skills including problem solving, cooperation, and versatility.
We had some time to play in the commons before chapel.
Mrs. Helmkamp led our chapel today! She shared a birthday invitation with us! We set up the church for the party, but we forgot to see who is the guest of honor. Many of the children guessed that it is Jesus, and they were correct! Mrs. Helmkamp reminded us that the best part of Christmas is Jesus' birthday! Jesus is our Savior! He was born so that He could live a perfect life, die on the cross, and rise again to take away our sins. What better reason to celebrate?!
During small group time we played a roll and decorate the Christmas tree game on the SMARTboard! This game helps children practice counting and quantifying!
We also played another roll and decorate the tree game with Mrs. Buchholz!
We practiced writing Christmas words in our journals. As I have said before, just as each child is unique, success for each child is also unique. Writing success for some children is using correct pencil grip and pressure. Success for some children is writing upper and lower case letters. Writing success for some children is exploring lines and curves to make letters. As you know, we celebrate each child's individual success and work to scaffold each child's writing abilities.
During second free choice time, the children once again worked together to create their own games. They worked to assign roles to one another, plan their play, and then act it out. This mature play promotes cognitive development and it a large reason why free choice play is so important.
After free choice, we danced to some fun songs on the SMARTboard!
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