HAPPY 2009!
Welcome back to school. We hope you all had a restful and happy Winter break.
The children seemed really excited to be back to school.
They barely missed a step and came back brimming with excitement to begin.
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This week we read Is That You Winter? by Stephen Gammell.
This book has beautiful stormy illustrations. (See above)
The children made a very energetic painting of a blizzard. We painted it standing up instead of sitting down. We talked about how much farther we could reach standing and about how we could make bigger and stormier marks with our brushes. We cut up the painting and turned it into a snowy mountain scene that we could display our snow people and other Winter time projects in.
Next we read Snowballs, by Ms. Terri's fave author Lois Ehlert. The children loved the idea that there were snow dogs, cats and babies!!! We made super snow people and added them to our blizzard scene.
We are all excited for the Full Wolf Moon tomorrow!
This full Moon appeared when wolves howled in hunger outside the villages. It is also known as the Old Moon. To some Native American tribes, this was the Snow Moon, but most applied that name to the next full Moon, in February.
Historically the Native Americans who lived in the area that is now the northern and eastern United States kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to the recurring full Moons. Each full Moon name was applied to the entire month in which it occurred. These names, and some variations, were used by the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior.
Maybe it will bring us our first Winter snowfall!
A few reminders...
If your child is still wearing diapers, please bring in more.
Our supplies are almost out.
There will be no school on Monday, January 19th
Martin Luther King Day
Shabbat Shalom!
Ms. Terri and Ms. Amber
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