Good Afternoon!

After reading, ‘The Night Before Christmas’ in K/PREK1, we addressed a topic that children have been asking about and that’s Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Both of these holidays appear on our calendar so today, we talked a little bit about what each holiday entails.

This wasn’t meant to learn the ins and outs of each holiday but more so, acknowledging that people celebrate different holidays. Each child shared one specific thing that their family does during Christmas time and even though we celebrate the same holiday, we all celebrate it in many different ways.

That was the meaning of our conversation: acknowledging and appreciating the differences between all of us.

Social Studies: K.1.2 Identify celebrations and holidays as a way of remembering and honoring people, events and America’s heritage.

In PREK2, children read the story ‘If You Take A Mouse To The Movies’ which deals with sequencing of events. After the story was done, they created their own sequence of events.

Enjoy the rest of the pictures from our day!

Breakfast– Whole grain oatmeal with honey and fresh pears.

Lunch– Farm fresh scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, mixture of whole wheat tortilla and flatbread, fresh pears/apples, and fresh cherry tomatoes/snap peas.

PM snack– Hummus with blue corn chips.

Wee Sprout– Fresh snap peas/cucumber.

Have a lovely night!

-Mindy

Link to pictures: WF 12/11