NOTE: This theme is meant as an introduction to Native Americans and Pilgrims. I have intentionally used the word Indian to introduce the letter I. Indian, however, is not an accurate description of Native Americans. For more information please see this link. There are also many different tribes of Native Americans that have very different traditions. Though the Pilgrims were in contact with the Wampanoag, this theme introduces ideas from many different tribes.
Yay! It's the holiday season! We talked all about letter I in tot school today. We made Indian headdresses (though I should remember to make the feathers smaller next time) and the kids loved them! They all picked their favorite colors for the feathers. It was funny that they all picked 2 of the same color.
We also were stringing beads to make necklaces and building houses from Lincoln Logs.
We made totem poles with large cardboard tubes markers and stickers. It was fun to watch them decorate their totem pole in so many different ways. We also made a game with a stick, string and pipe cleaner. The idea is that you swing the circle and try to catch it on your stick. I was successful exactly ZERO times while trying to demonstrate it to the kids. I hope they're having better luck at home with it!
It was really fun when I started setting out green mats for story time they all ran over to find a mat right away without me being done setting up mats or even saying anything. They love story time and we read oodles of books about Pilgrims and Indians. We talked about the very basics of the events that led to the first Thanksgiving. Each time I finished reading a book I'd hand it to a child to look at. That ended up working really well because they were fully engaged in the books and wanted to be closer but all those kids in my space at the same time doesn't work. I think I'll try it again next week where they each get a book to look at while I'm reading. We had a fantastic day! I look forward to seeing you all again next week!
No comments:
Post a Comment