Friday, December 4, 2009 Letter of the Week: H
On Monday, we learned letter H words, such as hair, hat, hungry, hippo, horse, head, hug, and house, and we also began to learn about Hanukkah. We read Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah by Sylvia A. Rouss. This Sammy Spider adventure tells how Sammy learns about Hanukkah. He learns how to spin a dreidel and how to light the Hanukkah menorah. Mrs. Spider surprises Sammy by spinning him eight very special gifts. For our art project, the children made candle headbands that they can wear at the Hanukkah Happening. We sang "I Have a Little Dreidel" and the boys and girls had fun trying to spin dreidels. They found it to be quite challenging, but we will keep on trying.
On Tuesday, we read Hooray for Hanukkah! by Fran Manushkin. In this book, the Hanukkah menorah becomes brighter and brighter as each of the eight nights of Hanukkah are celebrated. For our letter H art project, the boys and girls decorated the letter H with latkes, a dreidel, and a menorah. They used hot pink paint and glitter to decorate the letter H. We learned more songs for Hanukkah and tried spinning the dreidels once again.
On Wednesday, the children, in the journal group, colored a picture of a dreidel and the children, in the story group, read Hungry Harry by Joanne Partis. Harry, the frog, is so hungry, but he has a difficult time trying to catch his dinner. The dragonfly is too quick, the snail is too clever, and the worm is too squiggly and squirmy. Finally, Harry finds a delicious dinner just waiting for him. In yoga, Miss Kim asked the children to name their favorite yoga pose as they practiced yoga breathing. The children took an imaginary yoga trip to the zoo. The boys and girls played a new yoga game where they put a cottonball in the palm of one hand, blew on it, and their partner tried to catch the cottonball before it fell to the floor.
On Thursday, we read This is the Dreidel by Abby Levine. This book tells how Hanukkah is celebrated in the home. The menorah is lit each night, latkes are eaten, dreidel games are played, families get together to celebrate the holiday, and gifts are often exchanged. For our art project, the children made dreidel decorations.
On Friday, we read The Magic Hat by Mem Fox. In this book, a wizard's hat moves like this, and it moves like that. As it moves through the air, the hat lands on the heads of people and changes them into animals. For our art project, the boys and girls made dreidel men to display in the Social Hall for the Hanukkah Happening on Sunday.
*Thank you to Simona, Simrin, Julian, David, and Michael for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
*Our Hanukkah Happening and Playschool Open House will take place on Sunday from 11 AM to 1 PM. For the celebration of Hanukkah, we will have dreidel games, arts and crafts, music, and homemade latkes for all. We hope to see all of our Playschool families there!
*Parent Teacher Conferences will take place on Wednesday, December 9 and Thursday, December 10. There will be no classes on both of these days. Teachers will be available to watch the children during your conference time. The sign-up sheets are on the door.
*There will be no Afterschool Arts on Tuesday, December 15. All children will be dismissed at 12:30 PM.
*The last day of Playschool, before the winter break, will be on Friday, December 18. The Playschool will re-open on Monday, January 4, 2010.
* Next week, we will learn letter C and sing songs, read books, and make art projects for Hanukkah. The first night of Hanukkah is Friday, December 11. Have a great weekend and we hope to see you at the Hanukkah Happening!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Mindy and Mr. Noah
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