Today we started a new theme- The Gingerbread Man! We all enjoyed reading this text and, by the second reading, we all helped Ms. Ellen 'read' the repetitive verses! "Stop, stop- you look good to eat!" Then, "Run, run, as fast as you can. You can't stop me. I'm the Gingerbread Man!" It was so much fun to hear everyone reading together.
Tucker pointed out rhyming words in our story, which was the perfect segway to our rhyming activity. Using written words with picture cues, we found rhyming words for the -an word family: man, can, tan, ran, van, and fan. We will continue to practice these this week.
We also used a variety of holiday cookie cutters to trace, just like the gingerbread man. Then we decorated the men with eyes and buttons, just like the old lady did in our story.
Using four sequences from the story, we were able to cut out the story parts, order them, then glue them in order. Retelling the story is the most important part! Help your child tell you the story.
Ms. Carol helped each of the children make ornaments, which we will sell in our community store next week. They are beautiful!
Today we introduced each child's last name, guessing the owner of the name, spelling it, and writing it. We will continue to work on last names throughout the week.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful children and I look forward to a great day tomorrow!
