Hi Moms, Dads and Special Grown-ups!
We finished up our letter D fun by making "dirty D's" The children decorated them with more dinosaurs and dots and our Puppy Class friend "David," whose name starts with a D! The children had a big laugh because we painted them with dirt and tried to make them as messy as we could.
For letter E we read Elmo: Clap Your Hands, by Joe Ewers. We sang along with the Elmo puppet on the cover and then we made excellent Elmo portraits. (Check out the Elmo Hanukkia in Ms. Gloria's room. The After-School Arts bunch made it for our Hanukkah Happening!)
The children are getting super excited about Hanukkah! We started to learn some new songs and have been practicing spinning dreidels. We read Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah by Sylvia Rouss and Spin the Dreidel! by Alexandra Cooper and Claudine Gevrey. The children have kicked into production mode! We have lots of decorating to do. We have to prepare Ms. Gloria's room for the Hanukkah Happening. This week we made some sparkling stars to hang on the cieling and have plans to make the room sparkle for this special event.
Next week, on Wednesday, December 10 and Thursday, December 11, we will have Parent Teacher Conferences. There will be No Playschool on either of these two days. There is a sign-up sheet located above the children's coat area to schedule appointments. Children may be brought in to school at your conference time. Our teachers will be available to watch the children for the time that you are in conference.
Our annual Hanukkah Happening and Playschool Open House will be held on Sunday, December 14 at 11AM. If you would like to volunteer to help at the Hanukkah celebration, please let us know. There will be No Afterschool Arts Club on Tuesday, December 16. All children will be dismissed on that day at 12:30 PM.
The winter holiday break begins on Monday, December 22. The Playschool will re-open on Monday, January 5, 2009.
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