FROM MISS DEANA
Sheesh-ka-bibbel it’s already February! The school year is just flying by. This week we learned the letter “Pp”. Our Sign Language words are: please, pajamas, and patient. We spent some time during our morning circle spelling our first names with magnet letters. I would place the magnetic letters on my white boards, and when it was their turn they would pull down the letters of their name. This is a little tricky in the beginning and they needed help, however once we play this game a few times it will get easier. The brocha this week is shehakol. This brocha is used for a lot of food and drink items. I started using visual cards when we eat snack. Now the children can look at their food item and we can determine which brochot we should use. We have added our shehakol play food to our sorting columns. We have successfully separated all our play food, and after counting the items we have more Haetz food. We are now learning about the holiday of Purim. We added face masks, Purim characters, to our manipulative table, we added Purim character puppets to our block area and flannel board table, we also added gems and gold coins in our sensory table for the children to sort and find. I added a few new costumes to our Home Living area. The children are having so much dressing up! For art this week, the children painted pieces that we will turn into a clown for our bulletin board. They also painted several Purim items that we hung up in our windows. We added some Purim stickers into our sticker boxes that the children can stick to paper (stickers are a great fine motor activity). I hope you all have a restful Shabbos, FROM MORAH RAIZEL
This week, we began learning about the holiday of Purim! It’s our favorite time of year. I ask the children what they remember about Purim. Here are their responses: Shaina: Hamantashen Gila: Strawberry. We wear costumes. Avi: Egg Shaya: Costumes Shneur: Giving shalach manos. Dovi: Costumes Tatiana: Um...lollipops, rainbow, and green. Yisrael: Costumes Adina: A clown. Shlomo: Race car costumes. Tamar: Being a good friend to Reiny. Zachary: Police costume. We began learning the story of Purim and had the chance to see an actual megilla. The megilla is the scroll containing the Purim story. The children are always quite entertained by the puppets and are excited when the story has a joyous ending. Wishing you a restful and peaceful Shabbos!
