Friday, January 8, 2010
Letter of the Week: W
Welcome back to the Playschool and happy new year! On Monday, we began learning the letter W and we talked about the season of winter. The boys and girls told us some of the things that they like to do in the wintertime, like making snowmen and snow angels, walking through deep snow, sledding down hills, and throwing snowballs. They learned some winter words, such as windy and weather, and other W words, such as wave, whisper, whistle, window, walk, wiggle worm, white, work, and waving a magical wand. We read in the snow by Peggy Collins. This colorful book tells about the adventures of a boy and his dad on a very snowy day. For our art project, the boys and girls painted a snowy mural for our classroom bulletin board. They also learned a poem about the winter weather.
On Tuesday, we read City in the Winter by Eleanor Schick. In this book, school is closed because there is a blizzard. A young boy enjoys his opportunity to spend the snowy day with his grandmother. He eats a good breakfast, cleans his room, makes an art project, eats an indoor picnic lunch, walks through the deep snow, helps his grandmother make dinner, and then, he waits for his mother to come home from work. He has quite a busy snow day! For our letter W art project, the boys and girls made a wintry picture, with a snowman and snowflake, on the W. They put salt on their letter to made it look like icicles, too.
On Wednesday, the journal group put a picture of a weather bear on their page. The story group read In the Snow: Who's Been Here? by Lindsay Barrett George. In this book, the children use clues to guess what animals have been following a snow covered trail. In yoga, Miss Kim asked the children to tell her something that they did during the winter break as they practiced yoga breathing. The yoga imaginary trip was to go out walking in the snow at night. They put on their warm clothing and took a yoga adventure out in the winter weather.
On Thursday, we read Snowballs by Lois Ehlert. In this book, a family of snowpeople is created after a snowstorm. Unusual objects, like bottle caps, seeds, and popcorn, are an added dimension to the creative snow family. For our letter W art project, the children made whooping cranes like the one in the book, Panda Bear, Panda Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
On Friday, we read Snow Bears by Martin Waddell. This book tells the story of three baby bears that become snow bears as they play in the snow. For our art project, the boys and girls made name tags for our upcoming trip to the Art Museum next week.
*Thank you to Lucas, Jonah A., Marisol, Simona, Maya, and Leila for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
*Our second trip to the Art Museum will be on Tuesday, January 12. We will be having lunch at the museum. All lunches should be packed in a bag that is disposable.
*We will be closed on Monday, January 18 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
*SHS will be having a Havdalah Pajama Party on Saturday, January 23 from 6 PM - 7:30 PM. Family and friends are invited to join together to mark the end of Shabbat. There will be songs, a story, and hot cider and cookies. Please RSVP. We hope to see you there!
*When the Philadelphia Schools are closed because of inclement weather, the Playschool will also be closed. This information can be found on the TV, radio, or on the School District of Philadelphia's website.
*Please mark on your May 2010 calendar that the Playschool is open on Monday, May 24. There is an error on the school calendar stating that it is Memorial Day. Memorial Day is on Monday, May 31.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Mindy, Mr. Noah
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