Holiday Traditions Around the World

Please join us on Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m for our annual Holiday House Decorating! It is such a great time! Hope to see you all there.

Happy holidays and Happy New Year from all of us at The Children's Center!

Week of: December 19- 23
Theme: Holiday Traditions Around the World
Social Learning Goal: Accepting others differences, being generous
Spanish Learning Goal: Numeros
Academic Learning Goal: Syllables, Letter J/j

Books:
Harold and the Purple Crayon at the North Pole 
How Santa Lost His Job
The Snowman 
The Little Tree 
Can You Say Peace? 
The Mitten 
Geraldine's Big Snow 
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 


Activities:
Weekend talk
Mitten memory
How people celebrate the holidays around the world (PPT)
J Mystery bag
J poem
Story retelling
The holidays are about... (whiteboard)

Ariann's Project: Holiday lights and tree ornaments (M,T) Reading group (W), Reindeer and snow globes (TH)

Julie's Project: Spin the driedel (M,T,W)
AJ's Project: How to make the grinch grin and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (M, T, W)