On Monday, we read If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo by Mary Jean Hendrick. In this book, a young girl tells the zookeepers to send the animals to her house if anything ever goes wrong at the zoo. When the zoo gets flooded in a rainstorm, the zookeepers bring the zebras, elephants, monkeys, lions, alligators, and ostriches to her house so that the animals are safe. We learned these letter Z words: zoo, zoom, zero, zebra, zipper, zigzag, zucchini, and zinnia. For our art project, we made trees with flower blossoms to decorate our classroom for spring.
On Tuesday, we read Cosmo Zooms by Arthur Howard. Cosmo, the dog, learns that all of his dog friends have special talents. Cosmo learns that his special talent is riding a skateboard. He has so much fun zooming down Pumpkin Lane that he doesn’t want to stop riding. For our letter Z art project, the boys and girls made their letter Z look like a zebra. On
Wednesday, the journal group colored a butterfly for spring and the story group read Our Class Took a Trip to the Zoo by Shirley Neitzel. This book of cumulative verse tells about the adventures of a boy as he spends the day at the zoo with his class. He finds himself dealing with all sorts of mishaps with the zoo animals. At the end, he decides that he likes the animals so much that he would like to be a zookeeper when he grows up. In yoga, Miss Kim asked the children to name their favorite letter of the alphabet. We continued playing the animal alphabet game from our last yoga class. This week, we posed as horses, iguanas, jaguars, kangaroos, lions, monkeys, newts, owls, and pigs. Both of the yoga groups were “amazing”.
On Thursday, we read Sammy Spider’s First Passover by Sylvia A. Rouss. Sammy Spider learns how the Shapiro family celebrates Passover by preparing for the seder. The seder is the dinner that is held on the first two nights of Passover. During a seder, the story of the Jews’ freedom is told, prayers are said, and songs are sung. For our art project, the boys and girls made zinnias, a springtime flower.
On Friday, we read My Very Own Haggadah by Judyth Robbins Saypol and Madeline Wikler. This book, a simplified seder service of the story of Passover, is written for preschool-aged children. Included in the book are songs that we will be learning about the holiday. The children made a letter Z art project combining a zero with zigzags.
*Thank you to Miles, Max, Oren, Jakob, and Kaya for being our super “kids of the day” this week.
*Camp applications are now being accepted. Enrollment works on a first come—first served basis. Children can be enrolled for any number of camp days during the camp season. You only pay for the days that your child is attending. Summer camp begins on Monday, June 6 and extends through Thursday, July 28. The hours are 8:30 AM until 12:30 PM Monday through Friday. Outdoor and indoor play, kiddie pools, bikes, songs, stories, themed arts and craft projects, games, and movement fill the morning hours at the Playschool Summer Camp. If you have any questions, please ask Gloria for more details.
*Please mark your calendars with these upcoming dates and more information about each event will be forthcoming:
Wednesday, March 30 - Pre-K trip to The Insectarium
Friday, April 15 - Tuesday, April 26 - Closed for Passover
Friday, April 1 - Pre - K PM Drama Performance. Children staying for Afterschool Arts will attend the show.
Thursday, April 7 - Pre - K AM Drama Performance
Monday, May 2 - Class Pictures for the Puppy Class, 3 - 4 Year Old Class, Pre-K AM, Pre-K PM
Tuesday, May 3 - Class Pictures for the Kitten Class
Wednesday, May 4 - Pre-K trip to the Arden Theatre
Friday, May 6 - Playschool Shabbat Dinner
Tuesday, May 10 - 3 - 4 Year Old Class trip to the Art Museum
Wednesday, May 11 and Thursday, May 12 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Friday, May 20 - Last day of Afterschool Arts Clubs
Thursday, May 26 - Kitten Class Graduation
Friday, May 27– Puppy Class, 3 – 4 Year Old Class, and Pre-K AM and PM Graduations
*Next week, we will learn about letter A and Passover.
Have a great weekend! Miss Gloria, Miss Chloe, Miss Julia, Miss Mindy, and Mr. Noah
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