Christmas Kisses & Kazoos

Theme:  Letter K
Letter K is tricky because it says the same sound as "C".  We learned that most of the time "K" is at the end of a word.  Some of our focus words this week were kitten, key, kiwi, kangaroo, koala, kid, king, and kiss.  Some of the kids thought of some great words that have the "K" sound in the middle and at the end of the words.

We also engaged in a lovely discussion about Jesus being the best King of all.  All the kiddos had great comments.  :)

Questions of the week:

1. Do you like Chocolate Kisses?
2. Do you like Kiwi?
3. Have you ever flown a Kite?

Choosing Time:  Christmas Stamps, Magnetic "K" word spelling, Koalas, Kangaroos,...

Snacks:

• Kix Cereal, Kiwi, & Kisses
• Christmas cooKies & Clementines
• Christmas Tree "Kiss" Cookies

Music & Movement:

• Jingle Bells
• Frosty the Snowman
• I'm the Happiest Christmas Tree
• The Shepherd's Carol
• Lots of Kicks
• K body shapes
• Kangaroo Jumps

Games:

• ABC Christmas Stocking--I put several letters into a Christmas Stocking.  We passed it around in a circle while listening to some fun Christmas music.  When the music stopped, whomever held the stocking chose a letter.  If we could name the letter and its sound we were able to do an accompanying activity.  Most of the activities involved receiving a kazoo and playing familiar Christmas tunes with them.
• ABC Bingo with Kix cereal

Art:

• We are working on some amazing Christmas Surprises!
• King Crowns

Writing:  We practiced "K/k" in our workbooks

Books:  I chose to read Santa Duck for fun, but it turns out it was a learning tool as the kids pointed out the "K" at the end of "duck." 

Jolly Jingles & JOY

Theme:  Letter "J"
We practiced making the letter "J" sound.  We thought of some things that begin with "J".  I thought it was awesome that when we talked about "jeep" one of the boys said, "That is the letter "G", not "J".'
And, it does sound that way.  Then we thought of other "J" words that might sound like "G", but we couldn't think of any.  We know that "G" sometimes makes the "J" sound, but I think "J" always says its own sound.

Choosing Time:  Jigsaw puzzles, jingle bell bracelets, jumping, marbleworks...

Questions of the week:

• Do you like Jello?
• Do you like to jump?  (I'm so excited.  I put the word, jump, on the board and they had to figure it out in order to answer the question.  And, they did :)
• Do you like Jelly Beans?

 Books:




Snacks:

• "J" shaped Candy Canes & Pretzel Sticks (which we had a lot of fun using them to form letters with)
• Jello Popcorn & licorice "J's" 
• Apple Slices & Cheese Sticks

Music & Movement:

• Jingle Bells
• Jack-in-the-Box 
• A Shepherd's Carol
• Jumping Jacks
• Jumping
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Art:

• Santa's Beard Trimming Advent Calendars
• Baby Jaguars (some of the kiddos named theirs....ask them...some of them were really clever)
• Baby Jesus 
• Nativity Coloring Page

Reading:  jump, jet, jacket, jam, jar, jello, jeep, joy
  
Writing:  We practiced "J" and "Jesus."  Some of the kiddos practiced the word wall words with magnets

Game:  Jelly Bean ABC Bingo