We hope everyone had a pleasant Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends! Last week, we helped the children prepare for Thanksgiving by teaching them about community, gratitude, and sharing! We read books, did art projects, and listened to music all conveniently paralleled with the Thanksgiving theme.
We read different variations of Stone Soup every day to the children to get them ready for our stone soup days here at the preschool. We also enjoyed the help of our junior chefs chopping vegetables, which not only taught them community but also helped them work on fine motor development. Don’t worry, we used very dull butter knives and parboiled vegetables 😃.
We also did different kinds of art projects with our tiny Picasso’s and they gave us a hand (see what I did there?) to the turkey bulletin board in the classroom, which proudly displayed what they were thankful for. They also made turkey centerpieces to take home for the whole family to enjoy over the holiday.
Another fun thing we did to get the children’s bellies ready for food in abundance was sing a song by Danny Go as a transition song into lunchtime. The song also helped them with listening skills and movement. Here’s a link to the song: https://youtu.be/6HM28d04LQk?si=e3za8JD5DPSFnxsa.
All in all, everyone enjoyed the penultimate month of the year and learned a lot about kindness, serving one another, and sharing our time and love with each other. Thanks for all of your help and support. Chef’s kiss, and God bless!
Pasadena Christian Preschool 