Dear Parents,
This week was filled with Earth and recycled theme activities because we celebrated Earth Day on Sunday the 22nd. The children used recycled cardboard boxes and exercised their imagination to create some great scenarios, some on a spaceship going to Israel and others on a car ride to Disneyland. They also explored natural materials such as pine cones, rocks, acorns, seashells and fresh herbs using magnifying glasses. There were natural wooden blocks and various themed animals throughout the week as well as a difficult floor puzzle of the world. The children peeled paper off crayons, strengthening their fine motor skills, to melt the crayons into new crayons, which we will do next week. We also practiced tracing outlines of the earth on laminating paper, which is hanging in our room if you would like to come look and find your child’s artwork. Also in recycled art this week the children created robots with recycled paper towel rolls and rock people with all natural materials using rocks that Tatiana brought back from Israel. We played animal bingo as well, discussing fun facts about lots of different animals that some of the kids haven’t heard of yet, including what they eat and what area of the world they live in. On Monday the children came up with fruits and vegetables that were all the same color green, red, yellow, and purple. Each day for the remainder of the week the children ate snack of fruits and vegetables that were all these colors. Thank you to Ella’s mom Yasi for coming to be library mom this week. Also thank you to Jaclyn for coming in to do part of the rock people project with the children and reading a book. Reminders: Next week Shabbat girl and boy are Natalya and Maximus May 3rd– Lag B’Omer May 4th – Early Dismissal at 12pm no enrichment and no extended May 18th – Shavuot - We will celebrate Shavuot on Friday by wearing all white May 7th – May 11th Mother’s & Grandmother’s Week– Friday, May 11th is a special Mother’s & Grandmother’s Shabbat May 29th – Pajama Day May 30th – Crazy Day (Hair, clothes & Shoes) May 31st – Beach Day (At School) June 6 – Last Day of School
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