setting up the festive classroom

our storybasket for the gingerbread baby

Our literature for the two weeks before the winter break is teaming with all sorts of festive goodness. This past week we read The Gingerbread Baby and next week we will be reading Rabbit's Gift. Here's a peak into our classroom for our week of gingerbread...

sorting gingerbread men

investigating area w gingerbread men and pom poms

gingerbread felt fun

candy memory/matching game

decorating our play gingerbread house

exploring our toaster set to accompany our nursery rhyme

dot marker holiday trees

fine motor dreidel fun

fine motor tree decorating

pinterest in the classroom

 

The families that organized our holiday party really did a tremendous job! Each child got their own supplies to create edible snowpeople and Christmas trees. The green frosting might have covered every inch of the children but it did not keep their smiles from beaming through!

painting christmas trees on the easel

I put out paint in Christmas Tree colors at our easel. I asked if the children wanted to paint a picture of a Christmas tree. This is what I found on the easel, star on top and all.