Friday, March 5, 2010
Letters of the Weeks: Q and X
On Monday, February 22, we practiced singing the songs that we will sing during our Purim Parade. The boys and girls will sing about King Ahasuerus, Queen Esther, Mordechai, and Haman. Also, they will sing about hamantashen, a triangle-shaped pastry filled with fruits, poppy seeds, or chocolate. We read Goldie's Purim by Jane Breskin Zalben. For our art project, the boys and girls made king and queen crowns. On Tuesday, we learned these letter Q words: queen, quiet, quack, quick, quilt, quarter, and q-tip. We read Sylvia Jean Drama Queen by Lisa Campbell Ernst. For our letter Q art project, the boys and girls decorated the letter Q with a queen. On Wednesday, the journal group decorated their page for Purim and the story group read Thump, Quack, Moo by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin. In yoga, Miss Kim asked the children to name their favorite thing that can fly. They practiced some stretching yoga poses and took an imaginary yoga trip to the forest.
This week, on Monday, the children did a fabulous job performing the songs that they have worked so hard to learn. They looked great in their costumes and they felt very proud to be performing for all of you. Thank you very much for bringing in all of the luncheon foods and for supporting our programming in the ways that you do. We read I. Q. Goes to School by Mary Ann Fraser. This book tells how I.Q., the classroom pet, waits patiently to become the "student of the week" in his class.
On Tuesday, we learned letter X and the words, xylophone and xray, and words that have an X in them such as, fox, mix, taxi, exit, excellent, exercise, six, fix, box, and our friends, Max and Alex. We read Edwina The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems. Everyone knows that dinosaurs are extinct until they meet Edwina. For our letter X art project, the boys and girls decorated the letter X with an xylophone.
On Wednesday, the journal group made an xray using a black X and chalk on their journal page and the story group read Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox. In this book, Hattie the Hen spots danger, but the goose, pig, sheep, horse, and cow are not afraid. When the animals see that a fox is nearby, the cow comes to their rescue by sounding a loud, "Moo". In yoga, Miss Kim began the class with yoga breathing and asking each child to name what they like to snuggle with. Our imaginary yoga trip was to go to the desert.
On Thursday, we read An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni. This book tells how Jessica, the frog, finds what she thinks is a large stone, but it turns out that it is really an alligator egg. For our art project, the boys and girls painted a ceramic gift for Passover. The ceramic projects make great keepsakes of your child's preschool days.
On Friday, we read Max by Rachel Isadora. In this book, Max finds a way to warm up for his Saturday morning baseball game by going to his sister's dance class. For our project, some children painted their ceramic Passover gift and the other group of children made a map, with X marks the spot, for the hidden treasure.
*Thank you to Sam, Jack, Lila, Marisol, Simona, Avery, and Leila for being our super "kids of the day" for the past two weeks.
*The delicious hamantashen that we served for Purim can be purchased at Eiselen's Pastry Shoppe in Roxborough. The store is located in the Ivy Ridge Shopping Center on Ridge Avenue and Domino Lane.
*Our third trip to the Art Museum will be on Tuesday, March 16. Please let us know by Friday, March 12 if your child will be attending.
*Our Passover holiday break will begin on Friday, March 26. We will return back to the Playschool on Wednesday, April 7.
*Summer camp applications will be sent home soon.
*Next week, we will learn about letter Y and Passover.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Mindy and Mr. Noah
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