We explored typical Christmas scents, we set up a nativity scene, we wrote letters to Santa Claus, we cooked Gingerbread Men, we created gifts and cards for you dear parents/guardians, we read ‘The Nutcracker’ among other Christmas stories, we drew poinsettias, we sung, we danced…. and much much more…..we had a blast!
Dear Parents/Guardians,
The below picture shows what we call ‘The Documentation Panel’. It shows the development of our project. On the top left hand side is the web. The notes in blue are those that the children came up with when we started the project and those in green indicate new knowledge they learned along the way.
On the top right corner we found out that the favourite bear species in class is the Panda while the least favourite is the Brown Bear. On this board you can also see some pictures of the children during some activities, our results of the ‘Am I as Tall As a Bear’ activity and our preparations for the Teddy Bear Picnic amongst others.
This panel is updated regularly and you are always welcome to come and have a look for yourself 🙂
Today we watched this story and the children loved it! I’m sure they’ll enjoy it if you watch it again together (click on the picture above). It has a nice rhyme and melody to it, in fact we also clapped to it. Also, there are loads of activities you can do together related to this story. There are many ideas online. One of my favourites is creating a sensory tray as illustrated in the below link (just click on the picture)
Have a great time!! Feel free to send any pictures of your activities together with your child to school. I will give the child the opportunity to share his/her experience with the rest of us during circle time 🙂
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