Holiday week 2!

 The gang is back! We're so glad everyone is feeling better. This week we will continue to talk about holidays and how we celebrate! 

"Mat Man" -drawing people practice: eyes, nose, mouth, ears, body, arms, hands, legs, feet.



MATH; Pompom trees 


Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree book and art. The tree kept getting trimmed smaller and smaller. Everyone around Mr. Willowby was able to have a tree.







Candy Cane art


Trains 

Math- roll the dice and add the correct number of ornaments



"The Littlest Christmas Tree"

Cutting practice, play dough, tree shadows and size measurement  





Gym and big room fun 









"The Littlest Christmas Tree" review: The smallest tree wanted to be taken home and decorated but everyone wanted the bigger trees. Ask what animal brought the smallest tree room.

Dots on "D"


Puzzles


SECOND STEPS: We are continuing to work on identifying feelings by looking at the person's face and the situation.  This week we are looking at being angry, mad, or frustrated. We will discuss different and appropriate ways to handle these emotions.

SANTA (sung like BINGO)

Cutting practice, tree decorating, slime, number order and tree sizes are all concepts we worked on 







RIDDLE ME CHRISTMAS:
We took turns being the teacher and describing holiday items. We had to listen and guess what the person was talking about and repeat the clues (great auditory memory practice)




CENTERS with the EAGLES and PUPPIES:













D words on the letter D and classifying where items go 




Christmas categories: We sorted items into categories of: Christmas decorations, presents, things that are hot, things that are cold, and things at the north pole





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