Friday, May 22, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
News From Miss Gloria's Class, May 8, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009 Letter of the Week: U
On Monday, we read The Squiggle by Carole Lexa Schaefer. This is the book sent from the Art Museum. The Squiggle tells the story of a young girl who finds a squiggle, a red piece of string, and uses her imagination to shape the squiggle into a dragon's tail, an acrobat, fireworks, a storm cloud, and the moon. For our art project, we used various colored yarn and string to make a design. After reading The Squiggle, we asked the children what they would make if they found their own squiggle. Rocketships, the sun, and stars were some of their responses. For a letter O activity, we played an opposite word guessing game.
The theme of our trip to the Art Museum was Art in Asia. We visited three areas of the museum. First, we looked at "Two Hares in Moonlight" in the Korean collection, a piece of art created on a scroll. For a hands-on activity, our museum guide gave each child a red piece of yarn and the children shaped it into a square, circle, oval, triangle, and star. Then, we visited the "Scholar's Study" of China. Lastly, we looked at the Ceremonial Teahouse, representative of Japan, and we noted the bamboo throughout the area. For our art project, the boys and girls made a scroll using ink to make a bamboo design. To begin their project, they used black ink to paint their design on scroll paper. Then, they glued on a longer piece of black scroll paper to the back of their painted one. Next, they added two colored borders onto the edges of their painted paper. And lastly, they stamped two red Art Museum stamps to their scrolls to complete the project.
On Wednesday, one group of children read The Mother's Day Sandwich by Jillian Wynot. This story is about two children who want to make a special breakfast for their mother on Mother's Day. Their meal does not work out as planned, but their mother has found a way of making a very special sandwich that is filled with lots of love. The other group of children made a letter O entry in their journals by coloring an owl with moveable wings. In yoga, Miss Kim practiced yoga breathing with the children and played "Red Light, Yoga Light". The children took an imaginary trip to the beach.
On Thursday, we read I Wished for a Unicorn by Rober Heidbreder. In this fantasy book, a child's imagination creates a kingdom of dragons, wizards, knights, and an unusual unicorn. For our letter U art project, the boys and girls made a unicorn holding an umbrella. We began teaching the children the songs that they will sing for you at their graduation.
On Friday, we read by A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams. This book tells the story of a very special armchair that Rosa, her mother, and her grandmother all share. For our art project, the children made Mother's Day cards.
*Thank you to Sebastian, Max M., Phoebe, Max L., Maxwell, Owen, and Jonnah for being our super "kids of the day" for the past two weeks.
*Thank you to all of the parents who attended the Parent Teacher Conferences. It was wonderful to have the opportunity to speak to everyone.
*Thank you to all of the parents who accompanied us on our trip to the Art Museum. We hope that you have enjoyed the Museum Looks and Picture Books program.
*Please sign-up for summer camp as soon as possible. Our enrollment works on a first come - first served basis until we have a full enrollment. Camp begins on Monday, June 8 and runs through Wednesday, July 29.
*The last Afterschool Arts Club will be held on Friday, May 22. The Playschool will be closed on Monday, May 25 for Memorial Day. Our class graduation will be held on Thursday, May 28 at 12 - 1 PM. All children and their families should attend. The children will be singing and we will celebrate together with a luncheon. Please sign up to bring a luncheon food item.
* Happy Mother's Day to all of our special moms!
* Next week, we will learn letter X and get ready for our graduation celebration.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Mindy and Miss Lily
On Monday, we read The Squiggle by Carole Lexa Schaefer. This is the book sent from the Art Museum. The Squiggle tells the story of a young girl who finds a squiggle, a red piece of string, and uses her imagination to shape the squiggle into a dragon's tail, an acrobat, fireworks, a storm cloud, and the moon. For our art project, we used various colored yarn and string to make a design. After reading The Squiggle, we asked the children what they would make if they found their own squiggle. Rocketships, the sun, and stars were some of their responses. For a letter O activity, we played an opposite word guessing game.
The theme of our trip to the Art Museum was Art in Asia. We visited three areas of the museum. First, we looked at "Two Hares in Moonlight" in the Korean collection, a piece of art created on a scroll. For a hands-on activity, our museum guide gave each child a red piece of yarn and the children shaped it into a square, circle, oval, triangle, and star. Then, we visited the "Scholar's Study" of China. Lastly, we looked at the Ceremonial Teahouse, representative of Japan, and we noted the bamboo throughout the area. For our art project, the boys and girls made a scroll using ink to make a bamboo design. To begin their project, they used black ink to paint their design on scroll paper. Then, they glued on a longer piece of black scroll paper to the back of their painted one. Next, they added two colored borders onto the edges of their painted paper. And lastly, they stamped two red Art Museum stamps to their scrolls to complete the project.
On Wednesday, one group of children read The Mother's Day Sandwich by Jillian Wynot. This story is about two children who want to make a special breakfast for their mother on Mother's Day. Their meal does not work out as planned, but their mother has found a way of making a very special sandwich that is filled with lots of love. The other group of children made a letter O entry in their journals by coloring an owl with moveable wings. In yoga, Miss Kim practiced yoga breathing with the children and played "Red Light, Yoga Light". The children took an imaginary trip to the beach.
On Thursday, we read I Wished for a Unicorn by Rober Heidbreder. In this fantasy book, a child's imagination creates a kingdom of dragons, wizards, knights, and an unusual unicorn. For our letter U art project, the boys and girls made a unicorn holding an umbrella. We began teaching the children the songs that they will sing for you at their graduation.
On Friday, we read by A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams. This book tells the story of a very special armchair that Rosa, her mother, and her grandmother all share. For our art project, the children made Mother's Day cards.
*Thank you to Sebastian, Max M., Phoebe, Max L., Maxwell, Owen, and Jonnah for being our super "kids of the day" for the past two weeks.
*Thank you to all of the parents who attended the Parent Teacher Conferences. It was wonderful to have the opportunity to speak to everyone.
*Thank you to all of the parents who accompanied us on our trip to the Art Museum. We hope that you have enjoyed the Museum Looks and Picture Books program.
*Please sign-up for summer camp as soon as possible. Our enrollment works on a first come - first served basis until we have a full enrollment. Camp begins on Monday, June 8 and runs through Wednesday, July 29.
*The last Afterschool Arts Club will be held on Friday, May 22. The Playschool will be closed on Monday, May 25 for Memorial Day. Our class graduation will be held on Thursday, May 28 at 12 - 1 PM. All children and their families should attend. The children will be singing and we will celebrate together with a luncheon. Please sign up to bring a luncheon food item.
* Happy Mother's Day to all of our special moms!
* Next week, we will learn letter X and get ready for our graduation celebration.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Mindy and Miss Lily
News From Miss. Ali, week of May 4th
This week our class talked about caterpillars and butterflies! We were all very excited to see our new caterpillar friends in our classroom. We watch them grow everyday, and can't wait for them to turn into Painted Lady Butterflies!!
On Monday, we made a silly circle caterpillar. We also started writing some big words such as, Him, Her, She, He and It! Our handwriting is looking great!!
On Tuesday, we made some beautiful coffee filter butterflies! We attached them to close pins, gave them some googly eyes and sprayed the coffee filter with a water bottle, to make the colors bleed together. We reviewed some Language Arts Worksheets as well!
On Wednesday, we made very hungry pom pom caterpillars and put them on leaves! We also did the very last page of our Handwriting Without Tears Workbooks!
Thursday, we had a fun drama class with Mr. Michael where we acted out a Dr. Suess book and learned how to be a mime! We also made some beautiful tissue paper butterflies. We did some challenging math worksheets to see if we could count by 2, 5, and even 20's!!
Friday, we had Shabbat with Cantor Carl, went outside and rode some bicycles, and made some great and creative Mother's Day Cards!!
THANKS A MILLION TO OUR ROYAL READERS THIS WEEK, MERLE SALKIN and SHERI WATSON!!!
Books We Read This Week:
Arabella Miller's Tiny Caterpillar
Waiting for Wings- Lois Ehlert
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Caterpillars and How They Live
The Mommy Book- Todd Parr
Monday, May 11th is our last field trip the Insectarium!
Parents are asked to pack a snack and drink for their child/children. We will return back to school at approx 12:00pm, so you may pack a lunch for you child as well, if they are going to stay for After School Arts.
Playschool will be closed on Monday, May 25th for Memorial Day
Afterschool Arts will end for the year on Friday, May 22nd
PRE-K GRADUATION is on Thursday, May 28th at 11:30-12:3o pm. Please sign up to bring a food dish, if you have not already!!
Have an excellent weekend!!
Miss. Ali and Miss. C
On Monday, we made a silly circle caterpillar. We also started writing some big words such as, Him, Her, She, He and It! Our handwriting is looking great!!
On Tuesday, we made some beautiful coffee filter butterflies! We attached them to close pins, gave them some googly eyes and sprayed the coffee filter with a water bottle, to make the colors bleed together. We reviewed some Language Arts Worksheets as well!
On Wednesday, we made very hungry pom pom caterpillars and put them on leaves! We also did the very last page of our Handwriting Without Tears Workbooks!
Thursday, we had a fun drama class with Mr. Michael where we acted out a Dr. Suess book and learned how to be a mime! We also made some beautiful tissue paper butterflies. We did some challenging math worksheets to see if we could count by 2, 5, and even 20's!!
Friday, we had Shabbat with Cantor Carl, went outside and rode some bicycles, and made some great and creative Mother's Day Cards!!
THANKS A MILLION TO OUR ROYAL READERS THIS WEEK, MERLE SALKIN and SHERI WATSON!!!
Books We Read This Week:
Arabella Miller's Tiny Caterpillar
Waiting for Wings- Lois Ehlert
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Caterpillars and How They Live
The Mommy Book- Todd Parr
Monday, May 11th is our last field trip the Insectarium!
Parents are asked to pack a snack and drink for their child/children. We will return back to school at approx 12:00pm, so you may pack a lunch for you child as well, if they are going to stay for After School Arts.
Playschool will be closed on Monday, May 25th for Memorial Day
Afterschool Arts will end for the year on Friday, May 22nd
PRE-K GRADUATION is on Thursday, May 28th at 11:30-12:3o pm. Please sign up to bring a food dish, if you have not already!!
Have an excellent weekend!!
Miss. Ali and Miss. C
Friday, May 1, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
News From Miss Gloria's Class: 04/24/2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Letter of the Week: I
On Monday, the children were very excited to come back to school after
the Passover holiday. This week, they are preparing for our Spring
Shabbat Dinner. For our table centerpieces, the boys and girls began
making spring flowers. They painted coffee filters with bright
colored paint, and later in the week, they will add the pipe cleaner
stems. Lucia was our kid of the day and her grandfather played his
cello for the children. He taught them the names of the parts of the
cello and the children listened to the sounds that the cello makes.
He played, "Do, Re, Mi" and "Happy Birthday" as the boys and girls
sang along. Each child had the opportunity to try playing the cello
by moving its bow back and forth over the strings. All of the
children enjoyed the sounds of the cello and we thank him for sharing
his musical talent with us.
On Tuesday, we read ish by Peter H. Reynolds. In this book, Ramon
loves to draw. He tries to make his drawings "right", but they never
come out that way. Ramon's sister, Marisol, tells Ramon that she
likes his art because it looks ish, vase-ish, tree-ish, and house-ish.
For our art project for the letter I, the boys and girls put an
iguana and an ice cream cone on their letters. We asked the children
to name their favorite flavor of ice cream, too.
On Wednesday, one group put spring flowers on their journal page and
the other group read Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse by Lindsay Barrett
George. In this book, one mouse lives inside a house and the other
mouse lives outside of the house. They follow similar paths, inside
and outside, to meet each other in the middle. Once they meet, a new
friendship begins. In yoga, Miss Kim asked the children to name their
favorite vegetable as they practiced yoga breathing. She read Growing
Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert. As she read the story about planting
and caring for vegetable seeds, the children followed the story with
yoga poses.
On Thursday, we read Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni. Inch by inch, an
inchworm uses its body to measure the living things that it encounters
in the field. For our art project, the boys and girls made a scene
from the book, Inch by Inch, showing an inchworm lost in a field of
tall grass. We played "I Spy". Each child took a turn to find
something in the room that is a certain color or shape.
On Friday, we read The Littlest Candlesticks by Sylvia Rouss. In this
book, Abby makes her very own Shabbat candlesticks. On her
candlesticks, she has painted a golden sun, the colors of a rainbow,
yellow daisies, and a small heart to show how much she loves
celebrating Shabbat. For our project, the children made candlesticks
to decorate our classroom for Shabbat Dinner this evening.
*Thank you to Lucia, Thomas, Cole, Harry, and Anya for being our super
"kids of the day" this week.
*Thank you to everyone who helped to make our Spring Shabbat Dinner a
wonderful celebration.
*A class picture will be taken on Monday. All children in the class
should attend so that they are in the group picture.
*Parent Teacher Conferences will be held next week on Wednesday, April
29 and Thursday, April 30. There will be no classes. Our teachers
will be available to watch the children while you are having your
conference. Please sign-up.
*Our fourth trip to the Art Museum will take place on Tuesday, May 5.
Please let us know if your child will be attending.
*Please sign-up for summer camp as soon as possible. Our enrollment
works on a first come - first served basis until we have a full
enrollment. Camp begins on Monday, June 8 and runs through Wednesday,
July 29.
*We hope to see all of the children in attendance on Monday for
Picture Day! Next week, we will learn letter O.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Lily and Miss Mindy
Letter of the Week: I
On Monday, the children were very excited to come back to school after
the Passover holiday. This week, they are preparing for our Spring
Shabbat Dinner. For our table centerpieces, the boys and girls began
making spring flowers. They painted coffee filters with bright
colored paint, and later in the week, they will add the pipe cleaner
stems. Lucia was our kid of the day and her grandfather played his
cello for the children. He taught them the names of the parts of the
cello and the children listened to the sounds that the cello makes.
He played, "Do, Re, Mi" and "Happy Birthday" as the boys and girls
sang along. Each child had the opportunity to try playing the cello
by moving its bow back and forth over the strings. All of the
children enjoyed the sounds of the cello and we thank him for sharing
his musical talent with us.
On Tuesday, we read ish by Peter H. Reynolds. In this book, Ramon
loves to draw. He tries to make his drawings "right", but they never
come out that way. Ramon's sister, Marisol, tells Ramon that she
likes his art because it looks ish, vase-ish, tree-ish, and house-ish.
For our art project for the letter I, the boys and girls put an
iguana and an ice cream cone on their letters. We asked the children
to name their favorite flavor of ice cream, too.
On Wednesday, one group put spring flowers on their journal page and
the other group read Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse by Lindsay Barrett
George. In this book, one mouse lives inside a house and the other
mouse lives outside of the house. They follow similar paths, inside
and outside, to meet each other in the middle. Once they meet, a new
friendship begins. In yoga, Miss Kim asked the children to name their
favorite vegetable as they practiced yoga breathing. She read Growing
Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert. As she read the story about planting
and caring for vegetable seeds, the children followed the story with
yoga poses.
On Thursday, we read Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni. Inch by inch, an
inchworm uses its body to measure the living things that it encounters
in the field. For our art project, the boys and girls made a scene
from the book, Inch by Inch, showing an inchworm lost in a field of
tall grass. We played "I Spy". Each child took a turn to find
something in the room that is a certain color or shape.
On Friday, we read The Littlest Candlesticks by Sylvia Rouss. In this
book, Abby makes her very own Shabbat candlesticks. On her
candlesticks, she has painted a golden sun, the colors of a rainbow,
yellow daisies, and a small heart to show how much she loves
celebrating Shabbat. For our project, the children made candlesticks
to decorate our classroom for Shabbat Dinner this evening.
*Thank you to Lucia, Thomas, Cole, Harry, and Anya for being our super
"kids of the day" this week.
*Thank you to everyone who helped to make our Spring Shabbat Dinner a
wonderful celebration.
*A class picture will be taken on Monday. All children in the class
should attend so that they are in the group picture.
*Parent Teacher Conferences will be held next week on Wednesday, April
29 and Thursday, April 30. There will be no classes. Our teachers
will be available to watch the children while you are having your
conference. Please sign-up.
*Our fourth trip to the Art Museum will take place on Tuesday, May 5.
Please let us know if your child will be attending.
*Please sign-up for summer camp as soon as possible. Our enrollment
works on a first come - first served basis until we have a full
enrollment. Camp begins on Monday, June 8 and runs through Wednesday,
July 29.
*We hope to see all of the children in attendance on Monday for
Picture Day! Next week, we will learn letter O.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Sophie, Miss Lily and Miss Mindy
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Miss. Ali's News, Week of April 20th
We were all very excited to be back at school after our long Spring Break!
This week, our unit was Spring!
On Monday, We made some beautiful floral centerpieces for our Shabbat Dinner this Friday! We also are coming very close to finishing our Handwriting Without Tears workbooks! Our letter of the week this week is the letter "Y."
On Tuesday, we practiced our letter "Y" some more and did some language arts worksheets to review it. We talked about Earth Day, and did some planting to help make the Earth beautiful!
Wednesday, we finger painted a spring scene and described what we were doing in our picture. We also identified how people were feeling in some pictures during Language Arts!
On Thursday, we were so excited to see Mr. Michael in drama class! The children did some great miming activities about what they did during their Spring Break! They also did a fun listening pattern activity. We read a Spring Poem and illustrated what the poem talked about!
On Friday, we had our 1st Shabbat since our Spring Break. The children were very excited to be coming back for their Shabbat dinner Friday night too!! We also finished our Spring Unit by making some beautiful kites!!
THANK YOU TO OUR ROYAL READER THIS WEEK, GLORIA STEFEL!!
Please don't forget about the Playschool Shabbat Dinner, TONIGHT!! 4-24 starting at 5:45pm until 7:15pm
Coming Up....
Pajama week in the Pre-K week of April 27th. Please send your child/children to school in their pajamas on Friday, May 1st. Make sure they have on appropriate footwear. Please no flip-flops or slippers!
Parent Teacher Conferences are Wednesday, April 29th and Thursday, April 30th. Please review your time outside of our classroom!
Class Pictures are Tuesday, April 28th. Please have your children in to school no later than 9:00am!
LAST CLASS TRIP to the INSECTARIUM on Monday, May 11th! If you have not already, please send your child/children in with their permission slips, along with 12.00 in cash or a check. Parents and siblings, are welcome to attend!!
Have a Nice Weekend!!
Miss. Ali and Miss. C
This week, our unit was Spring!
On Monday, We made some beautiful floral centerpieces for our Shabbat Dinner this Friday! We also are coming very close to finishing our Handwriting Without Tears workbooks! Our letter of the week this week is the letter "Y."
On Tuesday, we practiced our letter "Y" some more and did some language arts worksheets to review it. We talked about Earth Day, and did some planting to help make the Earth beautiful!
Wednesday, we finger painted a spring scene and described what we were doing in our picture. We also identified how people were feeling in some pictures during Language Arts!
On Thursday, we were so excited to see Mr. Michael in drama class! The children did some great miming activities about what they did during their Spring Break! They also did a fun listening pattern activity. We read a Spring Poem and illustrated what the poem talked about!
On Friday, we had our 1st Shabbat since our Spring Break. The children were very excited to be coming back for their Shabbat dinner Friday night too!! We also finished our Spring Unit by making some beautiful kites!!
THANK YOU TO OUR ROYAL READER THIS WEEK, GLORIA STEFEL!!
Please don't forget about the Playschool Shabbat Dinner, TONIGHT!! 4-24 starting at 5:45pm until 7:15pm
Coming Up....
Pajama week in the Pre-K week of April 27th. Please send your child/children to school in their pajamas on Friday, May 1st. Make sure they have on appropriate footwear. Please no flip-flops or slippers!
Parent Teacher Conferences are Wednesday, April 29th and Thursday, April 30th. Please review your time outside of our classroom!
Class Pictures are Tuesday, April 28th. Please have your children in to school no later than 9:00am!
LAST CLASS TRIP to the INSECTARIUM on Monday, May 11th! If you have not already, please send your child/children in with their permission slips, along with 12.00 in cash or a check. Parents and siblings, are welcome to attend!!
Have a Nice Weekend!!
Miss. Ali and Miss. C
Friday, April 3, 2009
News from Miss Gloria's Class, 4/03/09
Friday, April 3, 2009 Letter of the Week: E
On Monday, we read An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni. In this book, Jessica, the frog, believes that she has found a huge pebble. Her frog friend, Marilyn, tells her that what she has found is not a huge pebble, but a chicken egg. Shortly thereafter, the egg cracks open. The frogs soon learn that an alligator, and not a chicken, has been hatched. For our letter E art project, the boys and girls made the planet Earth. First, they took a coffee filter and flattened it out. Then, they were given two eyedroppers. One eyedropper was for blue paint to represent the oceans and the other eyedropper was for green paint to represent the land. They dripped the colored paints from the eyedroppers onto the coffee filter to make an illustration of the Earth.
On Tuesday, we read The Matzah Man by Naomi Howland. In this adaptation of The Gingerbread Boy, a matzah man runs away from Mr. Cohen, the baker. He runs all through the town until he ends up at a family seder. For the letter of the week art project, the boys and girls painted the E blue and added green collage paper for the land.
On Wednesday, one group of children put frogs on their journal page and the other children read Passover! by Roni Schotter. This rhyming book tells how Passover is celebrated in the home beginning with cleaning the house, cooking the Passover meal, reading from the Haggadah, hiding the afikomen, and then, finding the afikomen. In yoga class, Miss Kim asked the children to wish someone well as they practiced yoga breathing. The boys and girls played "Yoga Simon Says", too. They are really getting good at this game as it is getting harder for Miss Kim to trick them! Miss Kim told a story about a bird and the children acted out the story with yoga poses.
On Thursday, we read Elmer by David McKee. Elmer, the elephant, stands out amongst the other elephants with his brightly-colored patchwork body. Our art project was to make Elmer elephants. On Friday, we read Kippi and the Missing Matzah by Louise Gikow. This Sesame Street story has Elmo and Kippi in search of the matzah that was taken from their Passover seder table. The boys and girls made matzah men for their arts and crafts project.
*Thank you to Kethan, Ciampone, Annalise, Lucas, and Brooke for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
*The children have been learning songs for Passover. Please ask them to sing the songs for you.
*Please sign-up for summer camp as soon as possible. Our enrollment works on a first come - first served basis until we have a full enrollment. Camp begins on Monday, June 8 and runs through Wednesday, July 29. We have flexible options for camp scheduling.
*The Playschool will be closed from Monday, April 6 through Friday, April 17 for Passover. The Playschool will resume on Monday, April 20.
*Our Spring Shabbat Dinner will be held on Friday, April 24. Please let us know what you will be bringing to the Shabbat Dinner.
*A class picture will be taken on Monday, April 27. All children in the class should attend so that they are in the group picture.
*Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday, April 29 and Thursday, April 30. Sign-up sheets for conferences will be on our classroom door when we return to school after Passover. Our teachers will be available to watch the children while you are having your conference.
*Our fourth trip to the Art Museum will take place on Tuesday, May 5. Please let us know if your child will be attending.
*Have a great Passover! We will see you on Monday, April 20.
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Lily, Miss Mindy and Miss Sophie
On Monday, we read An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni. In this book, Jessica, the frog, believes that she has found a huge pebble. Her frog friend, Marilyn, tells her that what she has found is not a huge pebble, but a chicken egg. Shortly thereafter, the egg cracks open. The frogs soon learn that an alligator, and not a chicken, has been hatched. For our letter E art project, the boys and girls made the planet Earth. First, they took a coffee filter and flattened it out. Then, they were given two eyedroppers. One eyedropper was for blue paint to represent the oceans and the other eyedropper was for green paint to represent the land. They dripped the colored paints from the eyedroppers onto the coffee filter to make an illustration of the Earth.
On Tuesday, we read The Matzah Man by Naomi Howland. In this adaptation of The Gingerbread Boy, a matzah man runs away from Mr. Cohen, the baker. He runs all through the town until he ends up at a family seder. For the letter of the week art project, the boys and girls painted the E blue and added green collage paper for the land.
On Wednesday, one group of children put frogs on their journal page and the other children read Passover! by Roni Schotter. This rhyming book tells how Passover is celebrated in the home beginning with cleaning the house, cooking the Passover meal, reading from the Haggadah, hiding the afikomen, and then, finding the afikomen. In yoga class, Miss Kim asked the children to wish someone well as they practiced yoga breathing. The boys and girls played "Yoga Simon Says", too. They are really getting good at this game as it is getting harder for Miss Kim to trick them! Miss Kim told a story about a bird and the children acted out the story with yoga poses.
On Thursday, we read Elmer by David McKee. Elmer, the elephant, stands out amongst the other elephants with his brightly-colored patchwork body. Our art project was to make Elmer elephants. On Friday, we read Kippi and the Missing Matzah by Louise Gikow. This Sesame Street story has Elmo and Kippi in search of the matzah that was taken from their Passover seder table. The boys and girls made matzah men for their arts and crafts project.
*Thank you to Kethan, Ciampone, Annalise, Lucas, and Brooke for being our super "kids of the day" this week.
*The children have been learning songs for Passover. Please ask them to sing the songs for you.
*Please sign-up for summer camp as soon as possible. Our enrollment works on a first come - first served basis until we have a full enrollment. Camp begins on Monday, June 8 and runs through Wednesday, July 29. We have flexible options for camp scheduling.
*The Playschool will be closed from Monday, April 6 through Friday, April 17 for Passover. The Playschool will resume on Monday, April 20.
*Our Spring Shabbat Dinner will be held on Friday, April 24. Please let us know what you will be bringing to the Shabbat Dinner.
*A class picture will be taken on Monday, April 27. All children in the class should attend so that they are in the group picture.
*Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday, April 29 and Thursday, April 30. Sign-up sheets for conferences will be on our classroom door when we return to school after Passover. Our teachers will be available to watch the children while you are having your conference.
*Our fourth trip to the Art Museum will take place on Tuesday, May 5. Please let us know if your child will be attending.
*Have a great Passover! We will see you on Monday, April 20.
Miss Gloria, Miss Allison, Miss Lily, Miss Mindy and Miss Sophie
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