Jingle, Jingle Little Bell
All Christmas Day
Santa
The Gingerbread Man
Five Little Snowmen
Mr. Cloud
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
4K Holiday Program
Congratulations everyone for a successful holiday program! We are so proud of our 4K students! They worked so hard and did a fantastic job! Thank you to everyone who contributed to our holiday program in some way!
Click below to see clips of some of the songs!
Jingle, Jingle Little Bell
All Christmas Day
Santa
The Gingerbread Man
Five Little Snowmen
Mr. Cloud
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Jingle, Jingle Little Bell
All Christmas Day
Santa
The Gingerbread Man
Five Little Snowmen
Mr. Cloud
We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Reindeer, Reindeer, Reindeer
Happy Tuesday! Today was filled with excitement as tonight is the BIG night that we have been waiting for! Check the blog later for some pictures and possible video clips of our performance if we are able to get some decent ones... or if you happen to get any decent video or pictures, please feel free to e-mail them to me and I will be happy to post them! You can send them to me at: kmccabe@southerndoor.k12.wi.us
Most of our day was spent in the auditorium working on fine-tuning our performance tonight. We got to practice singing with the stage lights on and using the special audio equipment. Miss McCabe got to go all the way to the back of the auditorium to make sure everyone was singing loud enough to be able to be heard all the way in the back. We are hoping our evening performance will go well as this will be the first time that both the afternoon and morning classes will sing together! :)
Today we made a special reindeer rhyming booklet. As we read the rhyme on each page, we had to figure out which color to make Rudolph's nose. For example, if we heard the word "fellow," we knew that Rudolph's nose needed to be yellow because those words rhyme! Take some time to go over different concepts of print while reading through the book with your child at home!
Our story was titled Who'll Pull Santa's Sleigh Tonight?. In the story, Santa's reindeer were sick and could not pull his sleigh. Santa tried many different options, but none of them worked. Ask your child to tell you how Santa helped his reindeer get better in time for Christmas!
We ran out of time to play the "number squeeze" game today, but will try to fit it in another day. A copy of the game was attached to the "Here's the Scoop" newsletter that was sent home on Monday. Take some time to play it together at home! It is a great game to work on early math concepts.
Of course, we also spent some time playing in the classroom. The room was filled with holiday cheer as we used our imaginations to wrap gifts for our friends. I think we have some good elves in training for Santa! :)
Several children also chose to write Christmas cards for special family members!
Even Jingle, our classroom elf, got in the spirit of wrapping and wrapped himself up in a giftbag today!
Remember that the snowman family projects are due tomorrow!
We look forward to seeing everyone arrive at school at 5:30 p.m. tonight for our holiday program! Your child is encouraged to dress nicely! Also remind him/her that you will have to leave to go to the auditorium and find good seats while your child stays with his/her teacher in the media center!
We hope you enjoy yourselves tonight! :)
Most of our day was spent in the auditorium working on fine-tuning our performance tonight. We got to practice singing with the stage lights on and using the special audio equipment. Miss McCabe got to go all the way to the back of the auditorium to make sure everyone was singing loud enough to be able to be heard all the way in the back. We are hoping our evening performance will go well as this will be the first time that both the afternoon and morning classes will sing together! :)
Today we made a special reindeer rhyming booklet. As we read the rhyme on each page, we had to figure out which color to make Rudolph's nose. For example, if we heard the word "fellow," we knew that Rudolph's nose needed to be yellow because those words rhyme! Take some time to go over different concepts of print while reading through the book with your child at home!
Our story was titled Who'll Pull Santa's Sleigh Tonight?. In the story, Santa's reindeer were sick and could not pull his sleigh. Santa tried many different options, but none of them worked. Ask your child to tell you how Santa helped his reindeer get better in time for Christmas!
We ran out of time to play the "number squeeze" game today, but will try to fit it in another day. A copy of the game was attached to the "Here's the Scoop" newsletter that was sent home on Monday. Take some time to play it together at home! It is a great game to work on early math concepts.
Of course, we also spent some time playing in the classroom. The room was filled with holiday cheer as we used our imaginations to wrap gifts for our friends. I think we have some good elves in training for Santa! :)
Several children also chose to write Christmas cards for special family members!
Even Jingle, our classroom elf, got in the spirit of wrapping and wrapped himself up in a giftbag today!
Remember that the snowman family projects are due tomorrow!
We look forward to seeing everyone arrive at school at 5:30 p.m. tonight for our holiday program! Your child is encouraged to dress nicely! Also remind him/her that you will have to leave to go to the auditorium and find good seats while your child stays with his/her teacher in the media center!
We hope you enjoy yourselves tonight! :)
Monday, December 16, 2013
Tomorrow's the BIG day!
Hello 4K Families!
We had kind of a silly day today. The first part of our day was spent practicing for the holiday concert. Today the children were very excited because we got to practice in the auditorium! Our friends are very anxious for the big performance tomorrow!
After we got back from the auditorium, the children made their woolly white winter Ww alphabet book page. The children unrolled cotton balls and glued them on the big and little Ww. They also added a few snowflakes to their page.
Our friends also completed a letter for Santa of items they would like for Christmas. Some children cut pictures out of magazines and glued the pictures on their paper before signing their name. Others glued clip art pictures onto their letter and then colored the pictures. Yet others drew their own pictures. Each child chose how he/she would like to make his/her letter. Our elf will take the special letters to Santa tonight when he visits the North Pole to tell Santa all about our day at school.
During playtime the children enjoyed wrapping Christmas presents in the sensory table. We discovered that wrapping is not as easy as it looks! They also liked playing in our dramatic play area, which was transformed into Santa's workshop. With all the smiles on their faces as they gave gifts to their friends, we realized that it is better to give than to receive! :)
The children read the story Mrs. Wishy Washy's Christmas. In this story, Mrs. Wishy Washy told the farm animals that they must take a bath otherwise they will not get presents for Christmas. Instead of taking a bath in the cold tin tub, they decided to sneak inside Mrs. Wishy Washy's house while she was away. Ask your child if Mrs. Wishy Washy let them have their presents!
We finished our day by learning about our new letter Ww! We read a few books about Ww and said "hi" to Woolly White Ww by making the /w/ sound and tracing the w.
Today Jingle left us a message . . . .
Just a few reminders for tomorrow night:
We had kind of a silly day today. The first part of our day was spent practicing for the holiday concert. Today the children were very excited because we got to practice in the auditorium! Our friends are very anxious for the big performance tomorrow!
After we got back from the auditorium, the children made their woolly white winter Ww alphabet book page. The children unrolled cotton balls and glued them on the big and little Ww. They also added a few snowflakes to their page.
Our friends also completed a letter for Santa of items they would like for Christmas. Some children cut pictures out of magazines and glued the pictures on their paper before signing their name. Others glued clip art pictures onto their letter and then colored the pictures. Yet others drew their own pictures. Each child chose how he/she would like to make his/her letter. Our elf will take the special letters to Santa tonight when he visits the North Pole to tell Santa all about our day at school.
During playtime the children enjoyed wrapping Christmas presents in the sensory table. We discovered that wrapping is not as easy as it looks! They also liked playing in our dramatic play area, which was transformed into Santa's workshop. With all the smiles on their faces as they gave gifts to their friends, we realized that it is better to give than to receive! :)
The children read the story Mrs. Wishy Washy's Christmas. In this story, Mrs. Wishy Washy told the farm animals that they must take a bath otherwise they will not get presents for Christmas. Instead of taking a bath in the cold tin tub, they decided to sneak inside Mrs. Wishy Washy's house while she was away. Ask your child if Mrs. Wishy Washy let them have their presents!
We finished our day by learning about our new letter Ww! We read a few books about Ww and said "hi" to Woolly White Ww by making the /w/ sound and tracing the w.
Today Jingle left us a message . . . .
Just a few reminders for tomorrow night:
- Your child is encouraged to dress nicely.
- Please have your child to school no later than 5:30 - We need time to get lined up, warm up our voices, and pass out props for the first song! It is critical that your child arrives on time!
- Please remind your child that he/she will need to say "bye" to you when you drop him/her off so you can get good seats!
- Remember your cameras!
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