For November and December Dolphins focused on the topic of
Christmas and other celebrations.
In November Dolphins have begun looking at different
celebrations.
We began the month celebrating Fireworks Night by using a
variety of materials and methods to make fireworks pictures.
Remembrance Day was commemorated with paper poppies and
poppy wreaths.
On November 27th we celebrated Thanksgiving. The
children made cornbread, finger print turkeys and story bracelets.
At the end of the month the children made Scottish flags and
tartan pictures and had their faces painted for St Andrew’s Day.
As December arrived, Dolphins began to look more closely at
the celebration of Christmas. We started the month by decorating the large
Christmas tree!
The preschoolers began the month by making an Advent
calendar to count down to Christmas, and enjoyed removing one window a day.
Boxes were used to decorate with Christmas paper ready for
to put presents in.
In December we also celebrated Hannukah by making a large
Menorah and putting a candle on to it every day of the celebration from 17th
– 24th December.
On the 13th December we celebrated St Lucia, a
Scandinavian festival of light, by learning a song and dressing up in white
capes and crowns of paper candles.
During December we also had our Christmas dinner together as
whole nursery, and had our Christmas parties for the children where Dolphins
enjoyed a show and we even had a special visit from Father Christmas!
