Room 8 spent the week focusing on the holiday of Purim, which is coming up next week. We began the week by reading a few books about the story of Purim and the importance of the holiday. First, we started out by reading Sammy Spider’s First Purim, which explained a brief overview of Purim. The children learned the characters that are part of the story of Purim including Vashti, Esther, Haman, Mordechai, and King Ahashverosh. The children had the opportunity take their time to color a picture of each character. This activity not only helped reinforce their fine motor skills, but it also helped develop their own ideas about each character. We connected the theme of shapes to Purim because of the significance of the shape of Haman’s hat. Ask your child what shape Haman’s hat is. They might also say “BOOOOO” when they hear you say Haman’s name, as he is the bad guy of our story.
Then, we read a book called The Purim Superhero. This inspired the children to design and creat their very own Purim costumes based on a particular character. There was a large variety of what every child chose! Avital made a costume of Queen Esther, while Julian and Cameron made a costume fit for King Ahashverosh. Scarlett and Kate chose to make a costume for Vashti. Haman ended up being very popular with Blake, Grayson, and Brayden creating his costume. We can’t wait to wear our costumes next Thursday for Purim Character Dress Up Day! This project helped reinforce the characters of Purim, as well as introduce a different theme of art. Rather than using all new materials, the children could only choose from recycled items. The base of the costume was a brown paper bag, and each child chose from a variety of different recycled fabrics. From simple colored patches, to patterned samples, to corduroy pieces, the creativity was flowing in Room 8. We can’t wait for you to see them when they wear them next week for Purim Character Dress Up Day on Thursday. After telling the full Purim story a few times, the children had a chance to act it out. They were overjoyed to have this opportunity and followed the story perfectly. We will continue to act it out next week, and each child will get the chance to play a different character. We enjoyed celebrating Shabbat with Jordan’s entire family this week! We look forward to next week’s adventures, and we will see you on time for Monday’s Picture Day! Shabbat Shalom, Mari & Aaliyah Reminders: 1.3/17- Purim Carnival 2.3/18- Pre-K Picture Day 3.3/19- Superhero dress-up day 4.3/20- Wacky Hair Day 5.3/21- Purim Character Dress up day 6.3/22- Purim Celebration in EC- Dress-up day on Shabbat 7.3/27- 12pm pick-up EC Conferences 8.3/28- NO school- EC Conferences 9.4/4- PreK video recording day
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