The Post Office

Today we talked about the post office and mail carriers. During our morning circle we discussed things we do in December. We also practiced reading the days of the week and the months of the year.

Ms. Michelle was so excited to hear about our wonderful Thanksgivings! She had the kids take off their shoes for our first activity. They crawled through a tunnel, jumped on bubble wrap and then jumped in and out of a circle...it was so much fun! Each time they had a turn they would do something different...they crawled on the bubble wrap and they crawled backwards through the tunnel. Next we worked our muscles with a special tension band. The class had to pull the band, push the band, move it up and move it down. For our finger fun today the kids made "turkey soup". They used a variety of tweezers, tongs and chopsticks to pick up the different ingredients.

Our story today was "Send It" by Don Carter. In the story a boy sends a package to a friend far away. It travels on a truck, ship, airplane, train and finally the mail truck. Then the mail man delivered the package to a boy. Inside the package was his birthday present! After reading the story we talked about things we find in our mailbox. We get letters, magazines, cards and packages. We also discussed the different ways mail can travel before being delivers...it can go by truck, train, ship and airplane.

For art we made a special gift and wrapped it up like a package so we could deliver it. First the kids used beads to make a bracelet. Once the bracelets were finished the kids used paper to wrap it  up into a package. We used tape to make sure the package was sealed tight. Then they had to address the package so we knew who it was for. They couldn't wait to deliver them at the end of the day.