Pre-KG 2025/ 26 Blog 15
Adventskalender, Tannenbaum und Nikolaus
Am Montag, den 1. Dezember haben viele Kinder das erste Törchen ihres Adventskalenders geöffnet. Dieser ist ein fester Bestandteil der Vorweihnachtszeit in Deutschland und vielen anderen Ländern und verkürzt den Kindern die 24 Tage bis Weihnachten. An der DSKI erhält jede Klasse einen liebevoll gestalteten Adventskalender von unserem wunderbaren PTA Team worüber wir sehr dankbar sind.
Diese Woche war gefüllt mit vorweihnachtlichen Basteleien, festlichen Liedern, einer schönen Geschichte zum Tannenbaum, der Übergabe der Adventskalender und dem Beleuchten des Tannenbaumes mit musikalischer Untermalung unseres Schulchores.
On the 1. December many children in Germany and around the world open the first door of their Adventkalender. This is a beloved tradition that helps children to count down the 24 days to Christmas. At DSKI every class receives a beautiful handmade Adventkalender from our fabulous PTA which we are very grateful for.
This week was filled with preparations and craft related to the season.
The Pre–Kindergarten children are finishing their first unit focusing on „Colours and Shapes“ and they are creating a winter scene related to their subjects.
First they chose green triangles to make a Christmas tree and then decorated it using a print technique and small bottles to make colourful circles.
To get a some practice they also stamped on individual Christmas trees, showing that they are learning to apply the right pressure while using paint.
They were very proud of the results and everyone learnt the word Tannenbaum which is the German name for this type of pine tree associated with Christmas. The children also loved the song, so please sing along at home.
The Pre–Kindergarten children showed good social skills and a very caring attitude when playing together and included a new friend easily. They also displayed thinking skills during morning circle when sequencing the daily schedule.
Together with their friends from EY the Pre–Kindergarten children listened to the beautiful songs rendered by the DSKI school choir, followed by a heartwarming story about the Christmas tree read by our principal, Mr.Windmeier before receiving a beautiful Adventkalender handmade by the PTA.
The Pre–Kindergarten Adventkalender was an amazing felt Nikolaus which the children took happily back to their classroom. They had heard that Nikolaus would visit them later after nap time, so they made some more Origami Nikolaus and listened to the song about Nikolaus again.
Lasst uns froh und munter sein
Ms.Anita also had taught this song to K1and K2 in German class and all children were very happy to make their own Origami Nikolaus and sing along. Das Nikolaus Lied und das Basteln eines Origami Nikolauses im Deutsch Unterricht bei Frau Anita war sehr populär bei den Kindern im ganzen Kindergarten und alle freuten sich auf das Kommen des Nikolauses.
Nach der Mittagsruhe hörte man dann die ersten Rufe : Nikolaus was here, der Nikolaus war da und strahlende Gesichter waren zu sehen als die Kinder eine Mandarine in ihrem Schuh fanden.
After nap time, the joy was great when the children found a Mandarine Orange in their shoe and happy shouts of „ Nikolaus was here“ could be heard.
Sankt Nikolaus ( in contrary to Santa Claus) was a real person who was a bishop long ago. He was known for many good deeds including helping a poor family by putting gold into their shoes, hence the custom of putting out boots to receive sweets.
I wish you a happy Nikolaus Day and a peaceful and blessed 2nd Advent !
Warm regards, mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Anita Ursula Mönch
DSKI Pre-Kindergarten homeroom teacher Playgroup / EY GFL & Deutsch German Saturday School homeroom teacher
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