FROM MS. KRISTINE
I hope everyone had a fun and restful three-day weekend. We only had four days together but we managed to pack in the fun and get a lot done.
This week we worked on the sound for /G/. We talked about how /G/ can be tricky because it makes two sounds, soft G (giraffe) and hard G (goose). We focused mostly on the hard G for TK, but we acknowledged the two sounds. We made gorgeous geese for our books. The children got to paint an environment for their goose and cut and assemble their pieces to make a pretty great goose. We also played fun word games to practice hearing the /G/ sound. We followed with our word match.
We focused a lot on creative writing this week. The children talked about what they would like to be when they "grow up". We talked about future careers as well as positive attributes. The children did a great job focusing on how they can help their community someday by picking a job they love to do and can help others along the way. I was impressed with how they presented these great ideas because they had great reasons for their choices. Here are their answers, word for word.
When I grow up, I want to be:
Ari Lev: a chef (cooker)
Avigail Ninnette: a doctor
Chaim: a daddy and a doctor
David: a lawyer and a train builder and a bus driver
Elias: a fireman with a black hat
Goldie: a ballerina
Hannah: a teacher
Jackson: a lion walker (I guess)
Netanel: a basketball player and a soccer player
Nuna: I’m not sure
Pearl: a mommy
Ruby: an artist at my house
Samuel: a teacher
Shiloh: a lifeguard
Shneur: a builder with real bricks
Tohar: help doggies not be sick
Tzivia: a zookeeper
Zalman: a fireman
With all this wonderful rain, we read some fun books like Move Over Rover by Karen Beaumont and Storm is Coming by Heather Tekavec. The children find the books and place them on my chair before story time. Now that’s adorable. We wrote about what we love to do when it rains outside. Most of the children love to be home and play with family. However, we had a few rainbow catchers and puddle jumpers. It was cute to see them drawing their beautiful pictures of rainy days while the rain fell outside.
As a reminder, please do your best to dress your children for this cold weather that seems to want to stick around. Layering is always best. Also, make sure your child has extra clothes for cold and warm weather.
FROM MORAH RAIZEL
This week, we welcomed the joyous month of Adar. Adar is such a happy month because it hosts the holiday of Purim. In honor of the month of Adar, the children made self-portraits. It is impressive to see their skills improving each month! In honor of Adar, we also made clown puppets. We read a book called Esther’s Spark. The book speaks about a special spark that we all have, also known as a neshama, a soul. Esther listened to her spark, which told her that she had the special opportunity to save her people. If we listen closely, we can also hear our spark speaking to us.
