Dear Parents, Throughout our week, we have continued to learn about the story of Purim. Your children have become more interested in the story, will repeat all the characters names and are learning about when we will use our groggers during the story. When we are talking about Esther and Vashti, you can hear many children commenting , saying “What a pretty dress!” “I want to be a princess.” “Look at that beautiful princess.” When we say Haman, they all shouted so very loudly and while learning that Haman was angry, your children made an angry face, saying “He’s mad.” They have also been hard at work decorating their crowns, creating their very own grogger and diving deep into the dress-up and pretend play with castles. While decorating their groggers, they chose which colors they wanted to put inside the bottle and then shook it up, watching the colors mix together. While decorating, were labeling colors, saying “wow, look how beautiful it is!” “Blue is my favorite color.” They worked on their fine motor skills, peeling and decorating the bottle with stickers. After visiting our art studio this week, we played on the yard and it was truly wonderful to watch everyone play together. The children have come so far in creating community. They played tag, climbed up and down the slide, built using bristle blocks, gave each other rides on the bicycles, even pretending to go to the beach. While running around together, there were lots of giggles, belly laughs, smiles, tons of conversations and stronger friendships being developed. We spent time in small groups, making hamantaschen dough. Your children learned about the parts of the cuisinart, how to put the pieces together, and how to use the pulse button. They opened up the ingredients (butter and cream cheese), placed them in the Cuisinart, poured in the flour, and then took turns using the pulse button to mix it up. We then had to place it in the freezer for a day. Once it was ready, we placed jelly inside and create our very own hamantaschen. Some fun and exciting comments that your children made while making the dough were : “What is that thing sitting there?” “It’s a hamantaschen thing!” “When you push those buttons, it makes it.” “It looks like the sandbox.” “I like dough because it’s my favorite, because I like it.” “Sometimes it’s my favorite.” Thank you to Gianna and her family for spending Shabbat with us. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and Shabbat Shalom! REMINDERS: -PURIM CARNIVAL- March 8th- 10:30am-3:30pm
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