December Class Activities
Language
Arts... 
Holidays
Around the World 
Some
books we read this month....
The
Gingerbread Man & The Gingerbread Baby 
Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer 
Shopping and
Ice Cream by Joy Cowley 
Letters/Sounds we focus on this month....
Gg
Rr Review letters Ss, Tt
Mathematics.....
Review
numbers 0 - 15 while making sets with various
objects in
the house.
Ordinal
numbers ~ first, second, third, fourth, fifth
sixth,
seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth.
Writing
Activities....
Identify and
write about the main idea of a story,
the
characters and the events in sequential order.
Our
sequential activities will be done together
as a whole
group! The other activities will incorporate
simple words
we have been practicing and, as always,
our
"invented" spelling!
RECIPES
6 c. sugar
3 c. cold water
2 T. light corn syrup
1/8 t. salt
1 t. cream of tartar
flavoring OIL (peppermint, etc., found
at pharmacies and specialty stores)
food coloring
Combine sugar, water, corn syrup and salt in a heavy 6/7 quart pan. Heat
and stir until sugar crystals are dissolved, then stop stirring. Bring
to a rolling boil and wash down the crystals, then add the cream of tartar.
Boil rapidly to the hard crack stage. Pour two-thirds of the syrup out quickly
onto a slab or greased flat pan. Pour the rest into a buttered glass pie pan.
and do not move until partly set. Turn the edges in on each portion and add
flavoring to each, about 6 drops of oil to the large portion and 3 to the small.
Add food coloring to the small dish.
As soon a humanly possible, start to pull the portion in the large container
until pearly-colored. (It will be really hot. .butter your hands and set it
down when it gets too hot!) Form it into a ball. Meanwhile gather up the
colored portion and form it into a rope and wrap it around the ball. With one
person on each end, start to stretch and twist the ball in opposite directions
to form a long rope with the traditional stripe. Cut into
lengths as necessary. When the desired diameter is achieved, cut and
form into canes (roll it on the board to get it smooth). If it gets too cold
to work with, put on a wooden breadboard in a warm oven to soften.
Hints: Try a small batch first at 325 degrees.
Even two degrees too hot can make it virtually impossible to work with. Too
cool and it doesn't set up hard, although it's still good. My second batch is
always better than the first one. Experiment with the temperature a little. Hope
you like it!
Slash the flat side of each chestnut with a sharp
knife. Place on a cookie sheet in a hot oven (400F)
for about 15-20 minutes, tossing occasionally.
Serve Piping Hot! Santa loves 'em!
- 2 sticks melted butter
- 1 c. chopped nuts
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 c. peanut butter
- 1 box confectioners'
sugar
- 1/2 box graham cracker
crumbs
- 1/2 block paraffin wax
- 1 pkg. butterscotch or
chocolate chips
Mix first 6 ingredients
in a bowl. Shape into 2-inch balls. Melt wax and chocolate or butterscotch chips
in a double boiler. Dip the balls into the mixture and place on waxed paper to
harden.
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