We are walking in a winter wonderland in the Giraffe classroom as we prepare for Christmas! The students are learning about how Shepherds and Wisemen traveled far to see the Jesus after he was born. Just like the Shepherds could not wait to share the news of what they had seen, we are excited to share the news of how much Jesus loves us!

Check out some of the activities we did this week!

We reviewed letters A - J

Students painted the letter P! P-p-paint!

We encouraged students to use a variety of colors 

and fill up the whole letter with paint.

 We played a game about Shepherds. 

Students had to use pictures of shepherds to 

fan the "sheep" into the safe grazing area.

Students traced the letter P with stamps

 Students used paper snowflakes to trace shapes and pictures.

 On Wednesday, students got a surprise visit from Santa!

We used beads to make mini candy-canes. 

We talked about making a red and white pattern.

We traced the first letter of our names with Marshmallows!

We practiced spelling our names.

 The students used cotton balls to make snowmen.

Students traced the number ten with stickers!

We hope everyone has a blessed and safe Christmas celebrations!

See you next time!

It may feel like fall outside, but the Giraffes are walking in a winter wonderland! We are having fun learning about the real reason for the season: Jesus! Jesus was born in a stable (or the kids might call it a barn) surrounded by animals. This is very interesting because Jesus is a King! Jesus is a very special King who cares about everyone! Next week we will be learning about how Jesus had visitors after he was born.

Fun at Home

Journey to Bethlehem:

Help children relate to the nativity story by role playing the journey to the manger . Set up a stable area with a star above the manger (a fort made of pillows will work) and set up paper stars for the child to follow around the house until they reach the baby!

Check out some of the activities we did this week!

We used fruit-loops to count nine ornaments on our Christmas trees.

 Mr. Mark read us a story after Jesus time!

The students got to make their own nativity sets!

 It might not be snowy outside, but we pretended it was snowy 

in the classroom with some flour sensory exploration.

The students love pretending they are elves at the North Pole. 

The teachers' favorite part was seeing them make toys for 

each other and give each other presents.

 We made snowflake ornaments using marshmallows and glue. 

 Ring around the rosy...

 We talked about shapes as we matched ornaments to their shape on the tree.

One of our friends made a ladder with dominoes!

 We made letter P penguins!

 We practiced spelling our names on ornaments!

Until next time - Merry Christmas!