Letter of the Week: N
On Monday, we read My Story A Picture Book by Nora The Piano Cat written by Betsy Alexander and Burnell Yow! This book is about a famous piano-playing cat. Nora has been on the news, TV shows, and youtube. She is an award winning cat who can play the piano. Betsy Alexander, her owner, has sung at SHS during Hanukkah Happenings and Hebrew and Sunday School. In addition to reading her book, Nora has a calendar with sound where the boys and girls were able to listen to her play the piano. For our letter N art project, the children made a collage of uppercase letter N and lowercase letter n, made from newspapers, and the numbers, 0 to 9. We also read Let's Count by Tana Hoban to review counting and number recognition.
On Tuesday, we read In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak. In this book, Mickey has a dream where he journeys through a baker's kitchen to assist three bakers in making a Mickey cake. For our letter M art project, the boys and girls decorated the letter M with Mickey in his airplane, a large bottle of milk that was poured into the cake batter, and stars in the nighttime sky.
On Tuesday, we read In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak. In this book, Mickey has a dream where he journeys through a baker's kitchen to assist three bakers in making a Mickey cake. For our letter M art project, the boys and girls decorated the letter M with Mickey in his airplane, a large bottle of milk that was poured into the cake batter, and stars in the nighttime sky.
On Wednesday, one group read Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh. Mouse Count tells the story of a snake who wants to eat ten mice, but before he has the chance to eat them up, they scurry away. The children in the journal group covered the letter N with newspaper squares. In yoga, we practiced yoga breathing and played "Yoga Lights". For our imaginary trip, the children posed as animals living in the zoo.
On Thursday, we read Dog's Noisy Day by Emma Dodd. In this story, Dog meets other animals living on a farm and learns how noisy all of the animals can be. For our art project, we made Navajo blanket patterns.
On Thursday, we read Dog's Noisy Day by Emma Dodd. In this story, Dog meets other animals living on a farm and learns how noisy all of the animals can be. For our art project, we made Navajo blanket patterns.
On Friday, we read Art by Patrick McDonnell. Art loves to make art. He draws zigzags and squiggles, dots and splotches, and curly cues and doodles. Art likes to display his art on the refrigerator, too. His mother loves Art and the art that he creates. Our art project was to make name tags that the children will wear on their trip to the Art Museum next week. We hope that all of the children enjoy the coloring book that was sent from the museum, too.
*Thank you to Katherine, Simon, Leila, Sydney, and Marisol for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
* If you would like to purchase your child's tile and/or matching note cards, please let us know as soon as possible.
*Please call, 215-922-6590 x28, or email, gparris@societyhillsynagogue.org, if your child is sick and will not be attending school. We are trying to be careful to prevent the spread of the flu and we want to make sure that children who are sick are not coming back to school too soon.
*Tuesday is our first trip to the Art Museum. Children and chaperoning parents may come to school at 8:30 AM. The bus will pick us up at 9:30. We will be back at school by 12 noon and the children will eat lunch when we return. We would like to have as many parent chaperones as possible.
*Please sign-up for Afterschool Arts Clubs. It's a great way for children to extend their day in the Playschool. Each day, we focus on a featured activity. Monday is Cooking Club, where this week, the children made pumpkin muffins, on Tuesday for Science Club, the children experimented with polished crayons, on Wednesday during Art Club, the children painted dogs like the one in the book Why is Blue Dog Blue?, on Thursdays in Movement Club, the children play "Duck, Duck, Goose", "Red Light, Green Light", relay games, parachute activities, or ride scooters, and on Fridays, the children enjoy musical activities. Please have your child give it a try!
* On Wednesday, November 25, the Playschool will close at 12:30 PM. There will be no Afterschool Arts. We will be closed on Thursday and Friday, the 26th and 27th, for Thanksgiving.
* On Monday, we will read Little Cloud by Eric Carle in preparation for our trip.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Mindy and Mr. Noah
*Thank you to Katherine, Simon, Leila, Sydney, and Marisol for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
* If you would like to purchase your child's tile and/or matching note cards, please let us know as soon as possible.
*Please call, 215-922-6590 x28, or email, gparris@societyhillsynagogue.org, if your child is sick and will not be attending school. We are trying to be careful to prevent the spread of the flu and we want to make sure that children who are sick are not coming back to school too soon.
*Tuesday is our first trip to the Art Museum. Children and chaperoning parents may come to school at 8:30 AM. The bus will pick us up at 9:30. We will be back at school by 12 noon and the children will eat lunch when we return. We would like to have as many parent chaperones as possible.
*Please sign-up for Afterschool Arts Clubs. It's a great way for children to extend their day in the Playschool. Each day, we focus on a featured activity. Monday is Cooking Club, where this week, the children made pumpkin muffins, on Tuesday for Science Club, the children experimented with polished crayons, on Wednesday during Art Club, the children painted dogs like the one in the book Why is Blue Dog Blue?, on Thursdays in Movement Club, the children play "Duck, Duck, Goose", "Red Light, Green Light", relay games, parachute activities, or ride scooters, and on Fridays, the children enjoy musical activities. Please have your child give it a try!
* On Wednesday, November 25, the Playschool will close at 12:30 PM. There will be no Afterschool Arts. We will be closed on Thursday and Friday, the 26th and 27th, for Thanksgiving.
* On Monday, we will read Little Cloud by Eric Carle in preparation for our trip.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Mindy and Mr. Noah
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