I can’t believe that winter break and the Holidays are around the corner! Our new unit of study this month is “Festividades del Mundo” The kids will learn some holidays from around the world such as: Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Christmas. They will be learning some of the traditions of those festivities.

This week we started with Hanukkah. We learned that Hanukkah “Light celebration” starts this year on December 22 and goes through December 30th. The celebration is for eight nights. People light one candle every night in a menorah. During this celebration people sing songs, eat with families and friends, and receive little presents and money to share with others. They also play games with a dreidel. We read a Hanukkah book and counted the candles together! The little ones did a great job making Hanukkah projects that help them to develop their fine motricity and at the same time they were using their intelligence and creativity. The kiddos made crafts such as: Dreidel, paper plate menorah and the star of David.

Here are some vocabulary words we will learn throughout this month:

Vela-candle,

Bota-boot,

Bastón de caramel-candy cane,

Estrella-star,

Campana-bell,

Adorno (esfera, ornamento)-ornament,

Reno-reindeer,

Árbol de Navidad-Christmas tree,

Papá Noel (Santa Claus) l- Santa Claus.

Words of the week:

Menorá, dreidel y vela.

 

Libro

Happy Chanukah Lights

By Annie Auerbach

Letra

Nn

Número

6

Fígura

Rectangulo-rectangle

Color

Amarillo-yellow

Have an excellent weekend!!