This week we continued working with our Celebrations unit. We learned about the Kwanzaa Celebration. This Kwanzaa theme helped kids learn about this weeklong celebration of the values and traditions of the African-American culture. Children learned that it is a celebrated for 7 days, December 26th through January 1 each year. We learned that the celebration honors African heritage in African-American culture. We also learned that during Kwanzaa a special candle holder called a kinara is used. They learned that a kinara holds seven candles: three reds, three greens and a black candle in the center. Each night during Kwanzaa a candle is lit. After all they learned in the circle time, we enjoyed dancing to Afro-American music. We had so much fun! We enjoyed our crafts and activities with the Unity Cup, that represents family and community, paper candles (red, green and black) the color of the bendera/bandera (African Flag), and Corn that represents the children in the community.
Letra
This week learned all about the letter Nn /la letra Nn. Be sure to point out the letter that we practice when you are reading. This letter makes the same sound in English and Spanish.
naranja/orange,
nueve/nine,
nudo/knot
nube/cloud.
Nido/nest,
Nutria/nutria.
Número
This week the kids learned the number 7, el número siete. We did all sorts of different activities, as counting and recognizing the number through Legos, play dough, as well they traced the number 7 seven in the classroom board.
Special focuses this week were on the rectangle and how many sides it has and the color yellow/ amarillo.
