THEME: Fun, fantasy, and feelings (Pretend, Fairy Tales, Toys, Magic, Real/Make Believe, Dragons, Monsters, Giants, Afraid, Excited, Happy)

Week 1: We will focus on the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfts"
Week 2 (January 12-16): We will focus on magic and the fairy tail "Cinderella"

DATE: January 6-9

FROM: Tanya

LANGUAGE EXPERIENCES:

• Read and act out "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
• Make mirrors and repeat the chant "Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the prettiest one of all?"
• Talk about things that you can eat/drink and things that you can't and refer it back to the poisonious apple that Snow White ate.
• Make a headband with our favorite dwarf.

VOCABULARY:

Snow White, Prince, Queen, castle, wand, magician, princess, mirror, excited, afraid/scared, happy, mad/angry, tired, sad, surprised, hungry. (Some of this vocabulary will carry over into next week along with new vocabulary from our new story "Cinderella").

NOTES:

Happy new year and welcome back! It's great to see all of your smiling faces again! I've missed all of you! Please see the previous blog and hard copy of show and tell details. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!