Newsletter Week of March 2-7, 2020
Room 8 began the week by introducing the holiday of Purim. Over the past couple weeks, we have noticed that the children have shown a great interest in books and storytelling. We wanted to introduce the holiday in a manner that catered to the interest of the children. In light of this, we thought that the best way to start the Purim discussion was to tell the story of Purim. The children were fascinated and in awe of the details of Purim. They sat quietly and listened to us introduce each character as they came into the narrative. After hearing the story once, the following day, we heard the children talking about the characters during free play. We even heard Rian tell the entire first half of the story in dramatic play. Their excitement over the story of Purim led us to our next activity, where we decided to act out the story of Purim. The children enthusiastically raised their hands to be selected to play each of the main characters including King Ahashverosh, Esther, Vashti, Mordechai and Haman. Since there are only a few main characters, we explained that we are going to act out the story many times and each child will have the opportunity to play one main character in one of those performances. The children who were not playing these parts would be part of the ensemble in either the ‘Fair Lady’s group or Haman’s ‘henchmen’ group. The Fair Ladies are the women who want to be King Ahashverosh’s next queen, and Haman’s group are the men that are part of his following. We were able to run through the story a couple of times this week. The children wore costumes to get into the dramatic mood, and we encouraged them to feel their characters emotions according to the story. Ask your child how Vashti felt when she was asked to leave the party or about what kind of personality Haman has. The children truly enjoyed this new experience. They showed a bit of hesitation the first time they acted it out, but as they became more comfortable, we saw more and more emotion each time we ran through the story. We can’t wait to continue tapping into our imagination and creativity next week as we act it out again. We wish you all have a wonderful weekend and hope you can all visit the Purim Carnival this Sunday! Our school Purim celebration will take place on Tuesday, 3/10. Please have your child dress in costume on this day. We also want to remind you to please sign-up for a conference slot, if you have not already done so. Shabbat Shalom! Mari & Aaliyah REMINDERS:
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