For our Christmas theme we read a few books about Christmas. And sang some Christmas songs. We marsh around the room with bells while singing songs.
We worked on our fine motor skills by lacing foam Christmas trees and weaving strips into foam shaped ornaments. We also tore up pieces of construction paper and tissue paper and glue it on to a paper plate with sequence to make a wreath.
We used Christmas shaped cookie cutters to paint.
I painted the children's hands white and drew on a snowman face on each finger to send home for their parents as a keepsake.
We colored a picture of a Christmas tree and the kids were able to decorate however they saw fit.
We used shaving cream and red food coloring to paint candy canes on construction paper. After that the kids played with the shaving cream and we talked about snow and Santa's beard also being white and the kids were able to use cookie cutters with the shaving cream to make shapes as well.
On Thursday we had our Christmas party and the kids came in their pajamas. During our Christmas party we played a Christmas version of corn hole where I took a cardboard box cut holes in it and painted a Christmas tree on it then we used plastic ornaments to throw into the holes. I also took a giant box and wrapped it with gift wrap and we played a game to try and guess what was in the present. The kids took turns hiding objects and themselves in the box and guessing what was in it. For the party, I made cookies and the kids each took turns the decorating their cookie with icing, sprinkles and chocolate chips.
The children also colored Christmas stockings and glued cotton to the top of the stockings. On the back of the stockings I wrote down each child's answer to what they wanted for Christmas, what their parents wanted for Christmas, and what their sibling(s) and/or grandparents wanted for Christmas.
Last but not least, we elfed ourselves. I took pictures of the children and let them color the bodies then I helped them glue everything together so each child had their own elf that looked like them.
It was a very fun week!
We worked on our fine motor skills by lacing foam Christmas trees and weaving strips into foam shaped ornaments. We also tore up pieces of construction paper and tissue paper and glue it on to a paper plate with sequence to make a wreath.
We used Christmas shaped cookie cutters to paint.
I painted the children's hands white and drew on a snowman face on each finger to send home for their parents as a keepsake.
We colored a picture of a Christmas tree and the kids were able to decorate however they saw fit.
We used shaving cream and red food coloring to paint candy canes on construction paper. After that the kids played with the shaving cream and we talked about snow and Santa's beard also being white and the kids were able to use cookie cutters with the shaving cream to make shapes as well.
On Thursday we had our Christmas party and the kids came in their pajamas. During our Christmas party we played a Christmas version of corn hole where I took a cardboard box cut holes in it and painted a Christmas tree on it then we used plastic ornaments to throw into the holes. I also took a giant box and wrapped it with gift wrap and we played a game to try and guess what was in the present. The kids took turns hiding objects and themselves in the box and guessing what was in it. For the party, I made cookies and the kids each took turns the decorating their cookie with icing, sprinkles and chocolate chips.
The children also colored Christmas stockings and glued cotton to the top of the stockings. On the back of the stockings I wrote down each child's answer to what they wanted for Christmas, what their parents wanted for Christmas, and what their sibling(s) and/or grandparents wanted for Christmas.
Last but not least, we elfed ourselves. I took pictures of the children and let them color the bodies then I helped them glue everything together so each child had their own elf that looked like them.
It was a very fun week!