Friday, January 23, 2009 Letter of the Week: J
On Tuesday, we read Jack's Talent by Maryann Cocca-Leffler. Jack's talent is remembering all of the names of the children in his class, while some of the talents of the other children are spelling, soccer, fishing, bug catching, singing, and dog training. For our letter J art project, the children painted the J with jade green paint. On the letter J, they glued on a winter's jacket with a box of juice. During circle time, when we sang "The More We Get Together", the boys and girls thought of two letter J movements, juggling and jumping.
On Wednesday, the journal group put jungle animals on their journal page. They chose tigers, leopards, elephants, lions, or monkeys. The story group read Snow by Uri Shulevitz. From one snowflake to many, many more, a city becomes covered with snow. In yoga class, Miss Annie asked the children what they liked to do while playing in the snow. Building snowmen, making snow angels, walking through deep snow, and throwing snowballs were their responses. Miss Annie read A Snowy Day and the children used yoga poses to pretend to go outside and play in the snow. After play, they pretended to wash and dry their clothes by making their arms move like a washer and dryer. Then, they prepared for a snack. They made their bodies look like a table and a chair. For a snack, they made a sandwich, popcorn, and drank hot cocoa from a straw. Each of these actions was demonstrated with yoga poses by the children.
On Thursday, we read Pig Pig Gets A Job by David McPhail. Pig Pig wants to earn some money so his mother tells him that he will need to get a job. Pig Pig thinks about being a cook, a builder, an auto mechanic, and a circus animal trainer until his mother tells him that his job should be one that he can really do. For our art project, the boys and girls painted murals for our Rap a Tap Tap city.
On Friday, we read Jeanette and Josie by Claude Lager. Nothing seems to be going right for Jeanette until she looks out of the window to see the falling snow. Not only does Jeanette have fun playing in the snow, but she makes a new friend. Our art project was to make an illustration of a jam sandwich and, for an extra treat, we put jam on our Shabbat challah at snack time.
*Thank you to Laura, Sebastian, Hayden, and Nina for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
*With winter approaching and the possibility of snow, please use the radio, TV, or internet to find out if the Philadelphia Public Schools are open or closed. If the schools are open, then we are open. If closed, then we are closed. This is the only way that you will find out about Playschool weather closings.
*Don't forget about Afterschool Arts Clubs. The children have a great time participating in free play, story, bike riding, snack, and Cooking, Science, Art, Movement, and Music. Please have your child try Afterschool Arts to see what fun it is!
*In looking forward to February, the Playschool will be closed beginning on Thursday, February 12 through Tuesday, February 17 for the President's Day holiday.
*Next week, we will learn letter M. Have a great weekend!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Mindy, Miss Sophie and Miss Lily
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