K3 In December

In December we will be experiencing Christmas around the world. ADVENT- Waiting for Jesus and Just a whole lot of Christmas FUN!
Bible: Advent and the Christmas Story and Nativity Character Acting!
School Virtue: Generosity
Saint:  St Nicholas
Color: Purple- Liturgical Color  and Green
Shape: Star
Number: 4,5,6
4- Down and Over, Down once More, Thats the way we make a four
5- Straight line down, then around, Hat on top and fives a clown
6- Curve line down then around there are no tricks to making a six
Name Recognition/Tracing: we will continue to match our names (star to the tree) and emphasis on the the first letter of our name.  We will be working on letter recogntion for all the letters in thier name in small groups. Please work on Name recognition at home. We have adding name tracing and writing as a morining check in routine, and be working with those that are ready to free write thier name. The key is to get them famiiar and comfortable and more exposure to all the letters in thier name. We practice using 3 pt holding of thier writing tool. WE WILL ADD LAST NAME RECOGNITION IN JAN
Cutting: Any type of cutting you can let your kiddos experience at home is great! This is such an important skill. We work on it daily in class, it is kept very fun and is a CHOICE at this time. We added beginning shape cutting skills and will continue to add crafts with shape cutting exposure,and  to use all different types of materials, so they can really work on proper holding and positioning of hand and fingers! Please practice proper holding at home.  Here is our reminder poem.

Fingers on the bottom
Thumb on on top 
Open Close 
Chop  Chop  Chop

Journals: We didn't get to do much work in our journal last month, so we hope to work on our numbers, shapes, and name letter recognition this month! Christmas fun is about to start! Much of thier work and "assessment" info is kept in thier journal. Drawing self portraits will be a focus this month!
       Self-Portraits: we will be working on drawing different size circles and lines and proper placement on          thier self portrait. 

Class Tag: Please make sure you are on the Class Tag app. We love to share photos of your kiddos learning and exploring.

SELF CARE SKILLS:
please ensure your child is continuing to be self suffucient in the restroom. This includes proper handwashing (water, soap, scrub, rinse, dry). This also includes being able to pull clothing up and down (make sure shorts are not too tight). Please also work on putting on socks and shoes independantly, as we remove these at least twice a day for sand dumping!