The month of December has been filled with lots of fun and surprises! We integrated the theme of “Food” with holiday season activities and

crafts! We began by introducing the concept of growing food and

explaining how vegetables are born! We read a great story entitled “The Carrot Seed” that illustrates this concept by showing that we first plant a seed in the earth, we

water the seed and the sun’s rays make the veggies grow! We talked about different types of fruit and shared our opinion on food! We

then made lovely carrot and grapevine crafts with different types of material. This helps us develop fine motor skills and our creativity!

Edoardo turned 3 years old on December 4th!!

We wished him a happy birthday by singing songs and eating a

piece of cake!

   

December  1st  –Dec.  23rd,  2016  

REDS:  Patrizia  and  Chris2na      

Buddies  Croce8a  

staff@buddiescroce8a.it  

We also read “The Big Pancake” and spoke about different food we love! Story time helps children

match pictures and the story they hear: this stimulates imagination!! We then discovered the

process of making pizza by reading “Pizza at Sally’s” which explains with clear pictures the steps of how to prepare pizza! We learned new

vocabulary such as “stir”, “slice up” and “eat”! We made our very own pizza and learned about colors and shapes such as triangle, square and

circle at the same time!

We continued working on the alphabet by recognizing

letter sounds and matching them graphically! However, we got into the holiday spirit by learning some new songs such as “Jingle Bells”, “Hello Reindeer”and

“I’m a Little Snowman” which the children loved!! We also read holiday stories and learned festive

vocabulary such as “angel”, “fairy”, “snowflake”, “nutcracker”, “reindeer” and more…!!

We got creative by making some fabulous snowflakes with recycled water bottles!! We sprinkled them with

sparkles and used paint to decorate them! We also used a finger painting technique to decorate our festive

holiday trees that we put on display in the hallway!! With the help of our teachers we prepared some lovely reindeer crowns that we used for our show!! We made some Santa faces with cotton and the real Santa Claus

came to school to greet us and brought all the children a little gift!!

Dear parents, here are some of the songs that we sing during “circle time” every morning!

If you would like to sing along with your child at home you can do so by searching for the titles below on YouTube. Happy singing to all!!

ABC Phonics (Little Baby Bum) Days of the Week (Dream English Kids) If You’re Happy (Super Simple Songs)

How’s the Weather? (Super Simple Songs)

The school will remain closed from Monday December 26th 2016 until

Monday January 2nd 2017. The school will be open January

3rd, 4th and 5th 2017. Please remember to bring a new

toothbrush and toothpaste in January!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVEYRONE!!