Today was filled with happy holiday cheer. The children noticed right away that the room was different.....it's set up in four different 'stores' as part of our community sale.
This morning we began with play practice and assigned roles for the 'merchants'. The children practiced greeting 'customers', counting the number of items, and receiving money. What great language and social skill practice! They are excited for the real 'customers' to come tomorrow!
Today's story was The Night Before Christmas, which has many opportunities for vocabulary development (chimney, haste, dash, flash (fast), hoof/hooves, creature, St. Nicholas, nestled, visions, kerchief, clatter, and shutter). Since it's a poem we also focused on rhyming words. Using Boardmaker, we completed a vocabulary game on the computer. The children have excellent computer/mouse skills!
The greatest event today was the peer gift exchange. Each child brought a gift for a friend and exchanged it one by one. As a language activity, it was a hit! The children waited patiently for their turn, opening the gifts one at a time. The children named the gift then thanked their friends. What a great way to send holiday greetings to our friends! Great idea, parents!
We look forward to seeing you at 10:30 tomorrow for the play and community sale. Thank you for your help with our holiday celebrations!
