Puppets & Plays

 

Between Centers yesterday, Grovedale Preschool continued its celebration of books for this Week of Literacy by using words to inspire!  When we're being read to we use our listening ears to capture words we know as well as those still new to us, and together the stories they build can be related to real life experiences, give us ideas, educate, and almost always instigate feeling.



Using the familiar story the Gingerbread Man, we used masks to again utilize our acting and memory skills to play out our very own version of the tale. 

Our Gingerbread men were both fast and vain as they taunted our farmers, cows, bears, and wolves.  But the jig was up when our cunning foxes used their smarts to outwit the cookies, and snip, snap that was that!





After play-acting the Gingerbread Man each class had fun giving faces to paper finger-puppets, each a character from the tale.  Some students decided to recreate this story by designing new characters, but in every case there was always a Gingerbread Man!  Colorful and cute these puppets will be traveling home this coming Monday.  Look for them in your child's envelope and ask them to put on a show!

Coming Up...

Next week beginning January 27th is Literacy Week, and as a book fanatic I'm ready to celebrate!  Grovedale Preschool will encourage the excitement of literature by participating in Penson's week long Book Trade.  Go through your child's library for any gently used books you'd be willing to part with, bring them to school, and with your child come Friday, January 24th, trade them for tales you and yours haven't yet had opportunity to enjoy.  It's win-win!



Here are some other fun things we'll be doing that week to shout out our book-worm pride...

• On January 27th all students and staff may come to school dressed as a beloved book character; Oh the possibilities!
• Each class will have fun acting out a nursery rhyme on both Monday and Wednesday
• During Literacy Week we will craft homemade picture books, written and illustrated by your savvy little artists

Check out these fun and informative websites to inspire your drive for literacy.  Spread the love and read, read, read!

A Video Message About Family Literacy Day by Robert Munsch!

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