Christmas Centers!

It has been a mixed up and busy couple of weeks! Everyone is excited for Christmas, and we have had lots of holiday fun and learning at our centers for the past several days. We couldn't always have our structured color groups and rotations on days with singing practice, but we still had lots of large and small group activities each day. With all the schedule changes and extra craft and present projects, the camera did not come out quite as much, but check out a few of our activities below!

Jj is for Jesus- we combined learning about the letter Jj with the nativity story. Last Wednesday, Pastor Andy came and spent some time sharing the first Christmas story with the kids, and answering lots of questions. We also made some nativity sticker scenes, and enjoyed playing with our nativity sets and flannel boards on multiple days.

 

We had a ball looking through tons of toy catalogs and making our Christmas wishlist stockings. This was a great opportunity to talk about presents, giving AND receiving, and being grateful for all the presents we receive. We also thought about how we all want lots of things, but we probably won't get everything on our Santa lists. 

 

We got in a little writing practice with our candy canes and red glitter sand.

Building with the magnetic blocks is always fun, especially when you add jingle bells and decorate the buildings for Christmas!

The morning with the most fun might have been when we made Christmas cookies! We rolled the dough into a ball, patted it out with our hands and the rollers, and cut out some trees and bells. After adding sprinkles, we baked them up for our snack. Yum!