Jan Brett Author Study

We completed a wonderful author study in January on Jan Brett! The students loved her books and illustrations. We read many of her books and put on mini-plays to act out and sequence the books using puppets! They listened to her stories on CD and even watched a video on how to draw her favorite character Hedgie! The students also enjoyed playing games on Jan Brett's website.

Animal match-up center from Jan Brett characters!

Acting out the book, "The Hat" by Jan Brett

Listening to, "The Mitten" and following along in the book!

Here are some of the books we read for the author study: 

 

Holiday Show!

Yesterday Kindergarten put on their annual Holiday Show! They worked hard to present a play, many songs, and even dances! They also recited Twas the Night Before Christmas and also did it in sign language! They did a wonderful job and I am so proud of them!

Holiday Celebrations

During the month of December, the children learned all about different holidays celebrated all over the world! Some of the holidays we studies include: Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, Diwali, the Feast of St. Lucia, Las Pasadas, and the Chinese New Year! We compared and contrasted the different holiday traditions to the holiday traditions we have at home. 

Spinning Dreidels!

Weaving a Kwanzaa mat!

Dressing up for the Feast of St. Lucia! 

Thanksgiving Fun

The children learned all about Native Americans, Pilgrims, and even about colonial times! They compared the way people used to live, eat, and what they did for fun to the way we live now. They even learned Native American symbols! Then they had a Thanksgiving feast and each brought in a dish!

Edible Teepees!

Writing on slate with chalk like the colonial times!

Dressing up like Pilgrims and Indians for a Thanksgiving Feast!

Harvest Unit

After learning about plants, the children moved on to a unit on the harvest. They learned that plants can grow into food and that farmers must take care of the plants on a farm. We had so much fun playing farmer and cooking lots of fun foods!

Making butter!

Pretending to milk a cow!

Making pumpkin pie!

Comparing pumpkins and cranberries!

Finished pumpkin pie

cranberry sauce!

roasted pumpkin seeds!

Making apple sauce!

Making more apple sauce!

Unit on Plants

The children spend a few weeks learning about plants! They learned to identify the parts of a plant, ways plants grow, and how to grow a plant. We even made our own gardens! 

 Planting our lima bean seeds!

One of our daily five reading centers!

One of students working at the reading center, marking the steps to the growth of a plant!

Another student moving around labels of a part of a plant!

Pumpkin Picking Field Trip!