It's the beginning of a new month and a new unit. We began our "Foods in Literature" study this week. We had such a great time working on Gingerbread Man activities! We read the traditional story of the Gingerbread Man and we also read Jan Brett's, The Gingerbread Baby, which had a very different ending. This led to our discussion on how things are alike and different in comparison of the two stories.
We decorated paper Gingerbread Men during art. We also baked Gingerbread Cake. The children enjoyed tasting something new and different. Finally, during music and movement, the children pretended to be gingerbread people. They each were pretending to bake until I opened the oven when they jumped out chanting "you can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man" before running away. The kids wanted to do this activity over and over.
Some of the things that we will focus on this month are measurements. We'll also include concepts such as sharing, giving, and working together. Next week we will be reading the book, The Doorbell Rang, which includes problem solving, computation and data gathering.
I need at least two recipes from each child. We are making a recipe book which will also be part of our art project during the upcoming weeks. Please email me those recipes or bring them on Wednesday, at the latest. I would love for each child to be included in this project. Thank you!
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I sent you over my recipes. Let me know if the formatting on my email won't let you read the measurements -- I think I had that problem last year. While Andrew's favorite foods right now are hot dogs and pb&j sandwiches, I tried to pick 2 recipes that he does enjoy eating when I cook them :-)
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