Make-It Topic: Gifts

Imaginative:

• Set up a present work shop, have tape and boxes with wrapping paper 
• Have a gift store allow the children to make a store with gifts they would sell to people

Language:

• Read “Beautiful Bananas” by Elizabeth Laird
• Read “Morris’s Disappearing Bag” by Rosemary Wells
• Have the children look at the letter G
• Read “My best gift”
• Discuss how a gift can be given to make someone happy

Art:

• Place out square shapes to glue ribbon and tape
• Paint wrapping paper
• Place out ribbons and glue
• Make mugs of hot chocolate to give to friends
• Wrapping paper collage

Water/Sand:

• Place boxes with holes punched in the bottom in the sand
• Place out ribbon in the water with cups

Gross Motor:

• Place out wrapped gifts making an obstacle course
• Have a gift wrapping game using a sheet and a child
• Place out pictures of gifts on the floor and have the children jump to each one saying a color, shape, or number
• Place out wrapping paper to dance with

Science/Curiosity:

• Place out a variety of closed containers, in each one have different sounds with a picture to match it
• Place out a scale and different weighted boxes or containers
• Place out fruits and vegetables see which ones have a gift inside (seeds, fruit)

Blocks:

• Place out different size square containers for building with(2l milk containers are great)
• Place out wrapping paper for constructing with

Conceptual/Tabletop/Fine Motor:

• Gift matching game
• Have boxes for stacking
• Nesting boxes
• Place out materials for the children to wrap up smaller toys
• Place out different items and boxes for the children to see what can fit
• Dice matching colors

Music:

• Dance using wrapping paper while beating a drum
• Sing “I have something in my pocket”

Quiet:

• Place out a large sheet for a bag for the children to go into to read 
• Place a large box for them to wrap in

Cooking:

• Make gift cookies
• ½ cup butter
• ½ cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 tblsp milk
• ½ tsp Vanilla
• 2 1/4 cup flour
• ½ tsp baking soda
• Filling of your choice (jelly pie filling)
• Beat butter in a large mixing bowl with a beater add sugar, beat till fluffy. Add egg milk and vanilla beat, mix flour, baking soda on low mix the dry to the wet, cover chill 20 min or till firm make into logs cut and bake at 375for 12 min

Field Trips:

• Go to the gift wrap station at the mall
• Go to the neighbours house with a small chocolate gift