We have a fun new addition to our free choice art center for December, gingerbread men stencils! The stencils are from Oriental Trading and come in a pack of 12, featuring four different designs to make a gingerbread man or woman a lots of accent options. I love that the set comes with 12 stencils, which is plenty for my students to share! They are made of a thin, bendable plastic, but so far my students have been careful with them and they’ve held up well. These items were provided complimentary as part of the Oriental Trading Brand Ambassador program. The pendants can be found at OrientalTrading.com. All ideas and opinions are strictly my own.
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Today’s new center focused on 1:1 counting with Christmas light charms. Students picked a tree mat and placed the appropriate number of lights on the tree. This activity practices 1:1 correspondence, number recognition, and fine motor pincher grips. The Christmas tree mats can be downloaded here and the Christmas light charms are from Oriental Trading. They work perfectly because they are flat on the back, colorful, and shiny. These items were provided complimentary as part of the Oriental Trading Brand Ambassador program. The pendants can be found at OrientalTrading.com. All ideas and opinions are strictly my own.
Everyday as students arrive we have different arrival activities. Usually it’s a question of the day, or a partner activity. Today’s activity used partners and counting! After students hung up their backpacks they picked a partner and took turns counting from the ground how many gingerbread men tall they were. Then they had to take their name tags to our Question of the Day chart and “sign-in” for the name by placing their tag next to the appropriate number. This is a great activity to promote working together, rote counting, name and number recognition. But most of all it’s fun!! The gingerbread men are from a foam sticker “Legend of the Gingerbread Man” kit from Oriental Trading. The kit includes 12 foam gingerbread-men, tags explaining the legend, and foam stickers for icing, gum drops, and peppermints (plus extra pieces!!). They make the cutest gingerbread men, but I’m actually using the stickers for our gingerbreadman counting stew later this month! These items were provided complimentary as part of the Oriental Trading Brand Ambassador program. Items can be found at Oriental Trading. All ideas and opinions are strictly my own.
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