We have been having so much fun with our gingerbread unit this week reading all different versions of The Gingerbread Man. To go along with this fun unit, we had so much fun today learning how to play Gingerbread Man Squeeze. To play this game, they put strips of paper together that had the numbers 1-20. I also gave them two gingerbread men that they colored with crayons and put on each end of the strip of numbers. Before they were assigned to play with a partner, I showed them how to play together as a whole class. They had so much fun playing this game and trying to guess my number along with their classmates. To play the game, you lay out the number line first with a gingerbread man on each end. The person who is IT gets to write down a number which is between 1-20 on a whiteboard and they turn it upside down. Then their partner has to try to guess their written number. As the person guesses, the one who is IT gets to move the gingerbread men along the number line whether the number is less then the number they guessed or more than the number they guessed. They keep playing until the written number is guessed. It was so fun! After they learned how to play as a class, I assigned them a partner where they got to play the game wherever they wanted in the classroom and play it multiple times together. The room was full of smiles, giggles and excitement as they played Gingerbread Men Squeeze together. For homework, I asked them to play the game with their family as least two times but many of my kinder friends said they wanted to play it a lot more than that tonight. They were excited to play it with you at home! Here are some pictures I took of both classes playing the game today:
During recess today, we started making our secret gifts they are making for their families for the holidays. They are excited that they get to make you a gift!
It was another fun day in kindergarten! I am so proud of how well both classes did on the MAP testing for reading and how much they are learning each and every day with me in class! I have two very sweet classes who enjoy every second of being with one another at school. Sometimes they like to talk too much but our room is full of smiles, giggles, excitement and a lot of fun each and every day! Thanks for sharing your little ones with me each day!
