"Wee" Are Santa's Elves
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
2008 Christmas Program
"Wee" Love Preschool Christmas Program 2008
What a fun night. Our families came to watch us sing our songs that we have been practicing. They also saw the fun Christmas Crafts we had been working on in preschool.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Christmas Party
Today we Practiced our Christmas Program with our crafts that we had been making. We also decorated a Christmas Box, that we can keep all our handmade Christmas crafts in. This is our Present to our parents. We played Christmas Bingo, Reindeer Nose, and Around, Around, The Christmas Tree.
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Christmas Traditions
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Lots of crafts were done today! We made traditional things for Christmas and our up coming Christmas program. We painted Christmas pine cone trees and decorated them. We painted egg create bells, and laced Christmas cards.
We read lots of Christmas Stories, and peeled our own Christmas Orange to eat for a snack. We Drank Wassail which wasn't a favorite Holiday drink among us preschoolers. (we opted for apple juice instead).
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Christmas Around the World
Today we talked about how Christmas is celebrated in other parts of the world. We got out the large 24X36 inch world map and located the different countries we talked about. it was fun finding where we lived and how far away the children in other countries lived. We traveled to Germany, and read a story about the first Christmas tree. Traveling to Netherlands where Santa Clause is called Sinter Clause. Over to Sweden where St. Lucia and a Christmas Gnome deliver presents. England and most of Europe Celebrate Christmas the same as we do. A big jump to Mexico we learned that the 3 wise men deliver gifts, and Christmas is celebrated Christmas eve night.
For a snack we made pudding and used England's tradition of putting a lucky nut in the pudding. Yule logs were talked about and a chocolate log with a pretend fire was sent home to eat.
For a snack we made pudding and used England's tradition of putting a lucky nut in the pudding. Yule logs were talked about and a chocolate log with a pretend fire was sent home to eat.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Other December Holiday's Celebrated
Hanukka, and Kwanzaa
Other Children don't Celebrate Christmas. An unbelievable concept to understand. However, we talked about the fun traditions they do during this holiday. The children in preschool took turns lighting the nine candles on the menorah, and played the traditional "Spinning the Dreidel" game. We had pretend Latkes, (pancakes) for snack, and with two triangles figured out how to make a "Star of David".
Kwanzaa we learned was a lot like Thanksgiving. Like Hanuka, Kwanzaa has 7 candles that is lit every night. We made a "fruit bowl" with the traditional colors of Black, Red, and Green which we glued to a traditional Kwanzaa mat. Unlike Christmas, The children who celebrate Kwanzaa, dress in their bright native African clothing. We had a fruit basket full of oranges, apples, pears, and bananas, and cut them up to eat.
Other Children don't Celebrate Christmas. An unbelievable concept to understand. However, we talked about the fun traditions they do during this holiday. The children in preschool took turns lighting the nine candles on the menorah, and played the traditional "Spinning the Dreidel" game. We had pretend Latkes, (pancakes) for snack, and with two triangles figured out how to make a "Star of David".
Kwanzaa we learned was a lot like Thanksgiving. Like Hanuka, Kwanzaa has 7 candles that is lit every night. We made a "fruit bowl" with the traditional colors of Black, Red, and Green which we glued to a traditional Kwanzaa mat. Unlike Christmas, The children who celebrate Kwanzaa, dress in their bright native African clothing. We had a fruit basket full of oranges, apples, pears, and bananas, and cut them up to eat.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Thanksgiving Feast
Our Preschool Thanksgiving Feast.....
Everyone brought part of the meal!! Yum! We had all the trimmings! Some ate everything, some only ate one or two items. We had, turkey, corn, mashed potatoes, gravy, jello, rolls, stuffing, and apple juice. For dessert, we ate pumpkin cookies. We wore our bonnets or hats, and felt like real pilgrims. For a craft, we tempted to make fall leaf banners. With the help of Miss Janalynn, we used the Iron to "seal" the cellophane of the banner. We played games, like "Hot Potato" and "Pumpkin seed, Pumpkin seed, Who Has The Pumpkin Seed?".
One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians
One Little, Two Little, Three Little, Indians........
Wednesday, November 19th we learned about Pilgrims and Indians and read the story "The Very First Thanksgiving", by Rhonda Greene. This is a fun and colorful book we read together in class. We also read the book "One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims", by B.G. Hennessy. By the end of Class we were all singing "One Little, Two Little, Three Indians". We decorated Indian head dresses, with beads, sequences, and ribbons. The number of the day was the number "5" so each of us glued 5 feathers to our head dresses. We looked at some real Indian Corn, and made some Indian corn craft with bubble wrap to take home.
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