Christmas Tree Number Assessment

From Making Learning Fun

Christmas Science

I found this at PreKinders.

Density Experiment

[Science]
For this activity, you will need four small water bottles, four bowls, funnel, water, clear shampoo, clear hair gel, corn syrup, glitter in Christmas colors, and paper towels. Place water, clear shampoo, clear hair gel, and corn syrup in the four bowls. First, show children the bowl of water and allow each child to dip one finger in and gently stir the water. Give each child a paper towel for drying off their finger. Pour the water into one of the bottles using the funnel, add a pinch or two of Christmas glitter, and attach the lid. Ask the children to predict whether the glitter will move fast or slow in the water when you shake the bottle. Shake the bottle and set it on the table so everyone can watch the glitter move. Repeat this process with the shampoo, corn syrup, and hair gel. You can also have the children move their bodies as fast or slow as they see the glitter move in each substance. These bottles can be added to the science center for further exploration (add masking tape around the lid or hot-glue the lids closed).

Christmas Action Cards

Actions include:

Run like a gingerbread man.
Twist like a candy cane.
Prance like a reindeer.
Twirl like a snowflake.
Roll like an ornament.
Chuckle like Santa Claus.
Twinkle like a star.
March like a nutcracker.
Fly like an angel.
Spread your branches like a Christmas tree.
Sneak like an elf.
Melt like a snowman.

The Mitten

  This week, I started lesson planning using The Mitten by Jan Brett.  I love lesson planning around books.  The kids enjoy listening to the same story several times and then "reading" the story on their own later.  There are lots and lots of resources online, but I also made a packet for Teacher's Notebook that you can get here.  A few freebies are below:

Skills

Speech and Language

·        Increase vocabulary

·        Retell a familiar story

·        Story map

·        Rhyming words

·        Positional/location terms

·        Answer “who,” “what,” and “where,” and “why” questions

Math

·        Shape naming/matching

·        Big/little sorting

·        Size sequencing

·        Patterning

·        Numeral/sets matching

·        Order numerals/sets in order

·        Matching sets to numerals

Motor

·        Throw balls of yarn into a basket

·        Shaving cream play

·        Crystal painting

·        Mitten lacing

Cooking

·        Mitten Toast

·        Hot Chocolate Mix

Science

·        Touch and tell mittens

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Wondrous Winter Activities for Kids

http://blog.melissaanddoug.com/2012/12/13/6wondrouswinteractivitiesforkids/

 http://www.icanteachmychild.com/2012/12/gingerbread-party-playdate/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ICanTeachMyChild+%28I+can+teach+my+child!%29&utm_content=Yahoo!+Mail

Rudolph! Rudolph!

  This little booklet is much loved by my class.  I made it into a felt board activity and we enjoy it each day in the weeks leading up to Christmas.  After we complete the poem, we also listen to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer adding our own motions to it.

  You can find the booklet here...