Friday, February 19, 2010 Letter of the Week: K
On Tuesday, the boys and girls practiced singing the Purim songs that they will be singing at our Purim Parade on Thursday, February 25. All children are invited to attend the Purim Parade even if it is not their day to come to school. We also learned letter K words, such as, kangaroo, king, koala, key, kitten, kitchen, kiss, kite, and kindergarten. We read The Mystery Bear A Purim Story by Leone Adelson. When Little Bear awakens from his long winter's sleep, he's hungry and goes out looking for food. He finds a house where the people are celebrating Purim. Inside, everyone is dressed in costumes and they are shaking their groggers. Little Bear is invited to come in as everyone thinks that he is a friend who is dressed as a bear. When Little Bear lets out a loud growl, they realize that a real bear has come to their Purim party. For our art project, the boys and girls painted murals for our Purim bulletin board.
On Wednesday, one group of children read When It Starts to Snow by Phillis Gershator. This snowy day book tells what animals do when it starts to snow. The journal group put a Purim picture of King Ahasuerus, Queen Esther, Haman, or a grogger on their page. In yoga, Miss Kim asked the children to name their favorite farm animal. She read Say Hello on the Farm! by Ian Whybrow and Tim Warnes and the children posed as the animals in the book. The boys and girls also played a yoga game where they used yoga breaths to blow a cotton ball to their partner.
On Thursday, we read Kiss the Cow! by Phyllis Root. In this book, Mama May sings to her cow, Luella, thanks her for her milk, and kisses her on the nose. Annalisa would like to try milking Luella, but she refuses to give the cow a kiss. One day, Annalisa decides to milk Luella. Now, Luella refuses to give any more milk until she gets a kiss on her nose from Annalisa. Annalisa gives Luella a kiss and decides that it isn't so bad after all. For our project, the boys and girls painted groggers for their Purim Parade.
On Friday, we read A Purim Album by Raymond A. Zwerin and Audrey Friedman Marcus. This book is an album of drawings that depict the story of Purim. For our art project, some children painted groggers and some children made paper plate hamantashen.
*Thank you to Tyler, Leo, Simrin, and Jake S. for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
*Our annual Purim Carnival will be held on Sunday, February 21 from 11 AM - 1 PM. Games, prizes, face-painting, food, music, and more! We hope to see you there!
*On Thursday, February 25, we will have our classroom Purim Parade from 11:30 - 12:30Parents should plan to attend. All children are invited to participate even if Thursday is not their day to attend the Playschool. Bring your child at the usual time, pack a costume in a bag for your child to wear, and let us know what you will be bringing for the luncheon. Sign-up sheets are on our classroom door. The children will sing songs about King Ahasuerus, the ruler of the persian Empire, Queen Esther, who helped to save the Jewish people, Mordechai, who warned the King of Haman's plot against his life, and Haman, an evil man who wanted to hurt the Jewish people. *There will be NO Afterschool Arts following our Purim Parade and Luncheon. *Our next trip to the Art Museum will be on Tuesday, March 16.
*Next week, we will learn about letter Q and Purim. *Have a great weekend! See you at the Carnival on Sunday!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Mindy and Mr. Noah
