February 26- March 2, 2018
Room 8 had a Purim filled week! The children loved acting out the story of Purim and singing the songs of Purim. They especially loved singing “Hit the Road Vashti, and Don’t cha come back no more no more!” We heard that the kids humming the tune to that all week. From the start of the week, the children have been participating in many Purim themed activities. First thing Monday morning, the kids had the opportunity to make hamantaschen. They did a fabulous job rolling out the dough, pressing the cup down to make a perfect circle, and carefully, peeling up the edges of the dough to make 3 corners. We were so impressed by their abilities to manipulate the dough into perfect triangles. Each child made 2 cookies and chose between 3 types of jam filling including apricot, raspberry or strawberry. The most popular choice was strawberry, but some children decided to try something new. Wynter asked if she could taste test all three before making this tough decision, and Owen decided on going out of box to try apricot. The children did such a fabulous job we made them 1 batch of chocolate filled hamantaschen, which they received as an end of the day treat. The children also participated in another Purim art project, aside from the gragers we made last week. In light of our recent discussions on Mat Man, the children have been drawing mat men and women any second they get. We decided to incorporate their love for drawing people into the Purim project. Since the story of Purim has a common theme of kings and queens, the children all drew their favorite character on a white piece of paper. Then, they were given various textured and colored fabrics and sequins to use to create clothes for their character. The creativity and imagination the children used for this project is unbelievable. Kora decided to have her queen wear a sequined shirt, while Ella made a stylish queen wearing a black strapless top with a pink mini skirt. Ayla was not afraid to be unique and make Haman with long legs sporting black lace pants. Mason was the only one to give King Achashverosh a crown, which he made out of large green jewels. He made sure that we could see the King’s spikey hair under the crown. Next time you are in Room 8, please take a look at the fabulous creations that are hanging on the wall! Aside from Purim, this week Room 8 had an emphasis on number recognition and counting. Recently, the children have shown a great interest in counting. After a circle time discussion where we asked the children to count to 20 and they took it to 100, we knew we had to integrate some more numerical activities and games into our curriculum. We introduce “The Number Challenge.” Each child receives 2-3 cards that have one number on it ranging from 1-31. Then, we ask the children if they need help identifying the numbers they received. Once everyone knows their number, the children move as fast as they can to put them in numerical order beginning with 1 and ending with 31. For instance, if Kayden has number 1, he goes up first and places his card in the middle of the carpet and whoever has the number 2 card follows after him. This activity does not only emphasize number recognition, but it also promotes concentration, listening and staying alert. This also promotes the skill of asking for helping and assisting others. For instance, if a child does not know that they possess the card that comes next, one of their friends will give them a little hint or nudge. The children are determined to complete the challenge in less than 3 minutes, but they are still practicing to become masters! We loved seeing all of the incredible costumes on Friday for our Purim Shabbat. The children had a fabulous time showing off their costumes and shaking their gragers when they heard Haman’s name in Shabbat Services. Thank you to Skyler’s family for joining us to celebrate Shabbat and Skyler’s birthday! We hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and Shabbat Shalom! Mari & Aaliyah Shabbat Family Schedule: 3/9- Owen 3/16- Ayla 3/23- Kora Reminders:
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