Ashlee Auchter 2-3yr olds
Assistants: Denice Kowalski, Pepper Anderson
Theme: Christmas Time
Fall Week 19: December 22 nd , 2014 & December 23 rd , 2014
Education Standards are outlined using the Florida Early Learning and
Developmental Standards (FLDOE 2011) & High Scope COR
PLEASE NOTE THAT SCHOOL IS ONLY OPEN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY
THIS OF THIS WEEK. OUR SCHOOL IS CLOSED DECEMBER 24-JANUARY 1.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND WISHES FOR A JOYOUS NEW YEAR!
Monday: December 22, 2014
Morning Circle: We will be singing our good morning greeting song, adding the day to our calendar, talk about our daily weather and complete attendance check-in, then we will read Ms. Ashlee’s story “Brown Reindeer,
Brown Reindeer” This story follows the tune of “brown bear, brown bear” but it uses all different types of holiday items. We will see a brown reindeer, a green tree, a red stocking, a yellow star, a blue soldier, a purple present and Santa Claus.
COR: I. Initiative; A: Making Choices and Plans, D: Taking Care of Personal
Needs, II. Social Relations; E: Relating to Adults, F: Relating to Other
Children, III. Creative Representation; K: Pretending, IV. Music and
Movement; L: Moving in Various Ways, O: Moving to Music, P: Singing, V.
Language and Literacy; Q: Listening to and Understanding Speech, R: Using
Vocabulary, VI. Mathematics and Science; AA: Comparing Properties, FF:
Identifying Natural and Living Things.
Book: “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell” By: Lucille Colandro
Cooking: Magic Reindeer Food

Ashlee Auchter 2-3yr olds
Assistants: Denice Kowalski, Pepper Anderson
Theme: Christmas Time
Fall Week 19: December 22 nd , 2014 & December 23 rd , 2014
Monday: December 22, 2014 continued….
Small Group Circle Time: Today we are completing a short cooking activity to go along with winter and Christmas. Today we will be making bags of reindeer food to take home over the holiday and feed to Santa’s reindeer on Christmas Eve night. We will use oats and red and green sugar crystals.
We will also read the silly story “There was a cold lady who swallowed some snow” This story is about our favorite little old lady who swallows all sorts of strange holiday items, this time she will swallow a snow, coal, a hat, a stick, and a scarf ! We will have to wait until the end of our story to learn why she swallowed all of those things!
COR: I. Initiative; A: Making Choices and plans, D: Taking Care of Personal
Needs, II. Social Relations; E: Relating to Adults, F: Relating to Other
Children, III. Creative Representation; I: Making and Building Models IV.
Music and Movement; L: Moving in Various Ways, V. Language and
Literacy; Q: Listening to and Understanding Speech, R: Using Vocabulary, S:
Using Complex Patterns of Speech, VI. Mathematics and Science; AA:
Comparing Properties, BB: Counting, EE: Identifying Materials and
Properties.
Music and Movement: “Frosty the Snowman”
COR: III. Creative Representation; K: Pretending. IV. Music and Movement;
L: Moving in Various Ways, N: Feeling and Expressing Steady Beat, O:
Moving to music, P: Singing
Recall: This is a large group setting where we will be answering a question or commenting on something related to the day’s activities. Today’s question will be “Today we made a reindeer food. Can you name one ingredient we used to make our reindeer food? What color sprinkles did you choose?”
COR: I. Initiative; A: Making Choices and Plans V. Language and Literacy; R:
Using Vocabulary, Q: Listening to and Understanding Speech, S: Using
Complex Patterns of Speech.

Ashlee Auchter 2-3yr olds
Assistants: Denice Kowalski, Pepper Anderson
Theme: Christmas Time
Fall Week 19: December 22 nd , 2014 & December 23 rd , 2014
Tuesday: December 23, 2014
Morning Circle: We will be singing our good morning greeting song, adding the day to our calendar, talk about our daily weather, then we will complete our newest movement activity related to Winter/Christmas.
There are different sides to our dice now that tell us what we should do to move… (Melt like a Snowman, Twirl like a Snowflake, Prance like a
Reindeer, Roll like an Ornament, Give High-Five, Give a Hug) Each child will be given the opportunity to be a helper in the classroom by choosing a peer to go next for check-in after themselves.
COR: I. Initiative; A: Making Choices and Plans, II. Social Relations; E:
Relating to Adults, F: Relating to Other Children, III. Creative
Representation; K: Pretending, IV. Music and Movement; L: Moving in
Various Ways, N: Feeling and Expressing a Steady Beat, P: Singing, V.
Language and Literacy; Q: Listening to and Understanding Speech, R: Using
Vocabulary, VI. Mathematics and Science; BB: Counting, CC: Identifying
Position and Direction
Book: “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell” By: Lucille Colandro
Cooking: Rudolph Cookies
Small Group Circle Time: We will be completing a short cooking activity to create reindeer cookies. We will use Nutter Butter cookies, small pretzel twists, dabs of icing and M&M’s. The children will push the pretzels into the filling of the cookie to make antlers, next we will place 3 dabs of icing to make eyes and a nose then the children will choose 2 colored eyes and a red or brown nose to push on top of the icing. YUMMY!

Ashlee Auchter 2-3yr olds
Assistants: Denice Kowalski, Pepper Anderson
Theme: Christmas Time
Fall Week 19: December 22 nd , 2014 & December 23 rd , 2014
Tuesday: December 23, 2014 Continued….
Small Group Circle Time: We will also read the silly story “There was a cold lady who swallowed some snow” This story is about our favorite little old lady who swallows all sorts of strange holiday items, this time she will swallow a snow, coal, a hat, a stick, and a scarf ! We will have to wait until the end of our story to learn why she swallowed all of those things!
COR: I. Initiative; A: Making Choices and plans, D: Taking Care of Personal
Needs, II. Social Relations; E: Relating to Adults, F: Relating to Other
Children, III. Creative Representation; I: Making and Building Models, K:
Pretending, V. Language and Literacy; Q: Listening to and Understanding
Speech, R: Using Vocabulary, S: Using Complex Patterns of Speech, VI.
Mathematics and Science; AA: Comparing Properties, BB: Counting, CC:
Identifying Position and Direction, EE: Identifying Materials and Properties.
Music and Movement: “S-A-N-T-A” Holiday Song with Props
COR: IV. Music and Movement; L: Moving in Various Ways, N: Feeling and
Expressing Steady Beat, O: Moving to music, P: Singing
Recall: This is a large group setting where we will be answering a question or commenting on something related to the day’s activities. Today’s question will be “Today we made a reindeer cookie for cooking group. Can you name one food that we used to make our reindeer cookie? What color did you choose for your reindeer’s eyes and nose?”
COR: I. Initiative; A: Making Choices and Plans, II. Social Relations; E:
Relating to Adults, V. Language and Literacy; Q: Listening to and
Understanding Speech, R: Using Vocabulary, S: Using Complex Patterns of
Speech.
SCHOOL IS CLOSED FOR WINTER BREAK FROM WEDNESDAY DECEMBER
24- JANUARY 5.
SCHOOL RE-OPENS ON MONDAY JANUARY 5 th
HAVE A MAGNIFICENT HOLIDAY AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!