Family Traditions - November
Family Project:
Please complete the sheet about traditions and return it to school along with 3-5 pictures of your family. Thank you.
Save the Date: December 18th - Family Party - more information to follow
This month we will begin our next unit, Family Traditions.
Theme concepts for this unit are:
-A family is a group of children and adults who care for each other.
-A family tradition is a special way of doing things
-Family traditions may be connected to ethnicity
-Traditions are observed with different frequencies
-Traditions can take many forms: food, activities, and clothing
-Traditions have common themes
During this unit, we will be discussing traditions in general. We will also be discussing how children celebrate special traditions with their families. Some of the traditions we will include are: Diwali, Halloween, Las Ofrendas, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Ramadan, and Greek Orthodox Easter. This list was compiled based on the information shared via our family tradition sheet. Our focus is on how the children in the Lucky Duck Classroom celebrate those special days, (even though some are not for a few months). When possible coloring pages related to these days will be provided for any child who is interested.
Nov. 11th (No School - Veteran's Day)
Nov 12th (No School - Professional Development)
November 13th (No School - Conferences)
November 28th and 29th (No School - Thanksgiving Break)
Books for the Month:
Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells
Thanksgiving by Miriam Nerlove
Full Full Full of Love by Trish Cooke
Night Tree - by Eve Bunting
Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell
Small Groups:
Shape Matching
Matching letters in our names
Decorating cupcakes
Fall File Folder Games working on visual discrimination, letter and numeral matching
Choice Time:
Easel: Painting pictures of birthday cakes, turkeys
Writing: chalkboards, making a grocery list
Library: Thanksgiving and November Books
Sensory Table: water - filling and emptying cups
Dramatic Play Area: setting up a grocery store
Rug Toy: Click Roads
Blocks - Tinkertoys
