During the month of December, we will be exploring a thematic unit of the gingerbread man. We will be reading various versions of the gingerbread man. We will also addressing various preschool skills and concepts while focusing on the theme of gingerbread. This is a favorite unit for students and teachers.We look forward to having fun and learning during the month of December.
Book this week: The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
Small Groups-Games- Candyland and/or Candyland Castle
-Positional Book- Each child will create a positional book, "Where is the gingerbread man?" Positional words include on, above, next to, below,between, and behind.
-Math- We will be rolling a number cube, identifying the number, then finding the same number on our gingerbread men paper. Then we will put a sticker on the number.
-I-touches- We will be creating virtual gingerbread men on our class itouches.
-Color Spinner Game- We will be spinning a gingerbread man color and identifying the color it lands on. Then we will use clothespins and attach them on to their own tally boards. We will then count how many clothespin are on each color, record how many on a paper, then discuss which color we had the most, least or the same.
-Uppercase and lowercase lettter match- We will be matching gingerbread men with uppercase and lowercase letters to their partner letters. We will be also matching uppercase to the same uppercase letters.
Centers
Blocks- Light brites on the rug
Art- using shaving cream, brown paint, and glue mixed together to make puffy gingerbread men to decorate.
Sensory- buttons
Easel- using spray bottles with brown colored water to spray onto white papertowels to create gingerbread men
Dramatic Play- Taking care of animals (related to characters to gingerbread men stories)
Writing center- vocabulary words
Puzzles- various puzzles
Library- gingerbread men felt for storytelling
Songs
-Five Gingerbread Cookies
-The Gingerbread Man Finds Shapes
-The Gingerbread Man
-The Gingerbreads are here, The Gingerbreads are there, The Gingerbreads, The Gingerbreads are Everywhere
-Gingerbread, Gingerbread (tune of: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear)
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