The Gingerbread Man

This week in Large Group, we read the story of The Gingerbread Man.  We then played a game where we pretended to be The Gingerbread Man and we took turns telling our friends in the class how they would move their bodies to try to catch us.

One person threw a dice to tell us if we were going to move "fast" or "slow" and then another person threw a dice that told us how we were going to move.  We jumped, hopped, clapped, wiggled, flew and twirled.  If we didn't want to use the dice, we thought of our own way to move.  Some of us suggested skipping, waving our arms, tapping our toes and marching.  

While we were doing the movement, we said "Run (or hop, march, jump, clap) as fast/slow as you can.  You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man."

This activity helped us work on understanding the concepts fast and slow and answering questions. It also helped us work on following directions and using one or more words to make comments.  

You can play the same game at home with your child by taking turns choosing how you should move.   

Ring the Jingle Bells

This week for Large Group, we sang the song Jingle Bells and then we  used the jingle bells to play a Jingle Bell Game.  We stood in a circle and we each got a turn to decide how we were going to ring the jingle bells.  We sang the following song while we rang the bells.... 

(to the tune of She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain When She Comes)

We will ring the jingle bells (behind our back, way up high, very loud etc..)

We will ring the jingle bells (behind our back, way up high, very loud etc..)

We will ring them (behind our back, way up high, very loud), we will ring them (behind our back, way up high, very loud).

We will ring the jingle bells (behind our back, way up high, very loud etc..)

We could think of a way to ring the bells  on our own or we could use one that was on the GoTalk.

We rang our bells high, low, loud, soft, fast, slow, in front of us, behind us, in a circle, while jumping, while clapping, on our toes and back and forth!! 

We had a lot of fun doing this activity and working on understanding prepositions, answering questions, using words to express ourselves and naming actions.