Week of February 5th - 9th, 2018
Room 8 had the best week hanging with our dads! We loved having these special visitors every day for a different activity. On Tuesday, some of the dads joined us for a homemade waffle breakfast complete with mixed berries, orange juice and chocolate milk! The children worked hard to cut up the bananas and strawberries to eat with their waffles. On Wednesday, some more joined us for a crazy science experiment! We made gak/slime two different ways. First, we mixed glue, water, and liquid starch. We added blue food color and mixed as fast as we could to concoct a liquid like slime. The experiment did not come out as well as we were hoping, so we tried a different mixture. Next, we combined glue, baking soda, saline solution, and red food coloring. Within seconds, the ingredients formed into a solid creating gak. The children oohed and aahed over this new creation. They could not believe the texture, consistency and feel of the gak as it could be rolled, stretched, and bounced. As the children continued to be enamored by the process and the product, we went on to make purple and green gak. They loved it so much they even asked to take the gak home! For our Father’s Week activity on Thursday, some of the dads joined our class for P.E. with Coach Danny. This was the best activity of the week!! Coach Danny set up a game of All Touch Kickball. The children, along with their dads, were broken up in two groups of 7. One team started out as the ball-roller and passer, and the other team began with kicking and running. The game went as follows: one child from the runner team stood at an orange marker (i.e. home base) and another child from the passing team stood at the green marker (i.e. pitching mound). The child rolled the ball towards the child up at “bat” and that child had to kick the ball as hard as he/she could and begin to run around the 4 orange markers (set up in a large square) as many times as they could. While that child was running and counting the amount of times they touched each “base”/orange marker, the roller had to quickly catch the ball, bring it back to his/her team, and begin to pass it around the circle. After each person touched the ball, they would sit down, and when they entire team was seated, the base runner from the other team was done with his/her turn. The dads and children absolutely loved the game! Skyler’s dad acted as the human buzzer each time the children passed the ball around the circle. Owen’s dad and Mason’s dad tried to throw off the opposing team by kicking the ball as hard as he could across the entire gym. It was such a special experience to have the dads joins us for P.E. Catching a glimpse of their competitive side and their goofy childlike qualities come out was a site to see. In light of the success of last week’s nature drawing activity, we decided to try it again. All of the children received a 5x7 inch white piece of paper, a pencil, and white board for support while drawing on the floor. We walked to the Shalom Garden outside of Katz Pavilion and said, “Go!” Each child chose one tree and focused on making a detailed sketch. We will continue these drawings next week as the children will add color and talk more about the details of each work of art. In addition to the nature art, we are excited to delve into the upcoming holiday of Purim. We will begin our discussions on the holiday and see where the interest of the children takes our learning! Thank you to all of the dads who joined us this week for Father’s Week. We were so happy to have you in our classroom and take part in our special activities, but we know that the children were overjoyed to share extra special classroom time with their daddies! We want to also thank Carter’s family for joining us for Carter’s Shabbat Boy celebration on Friday. We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and Shabbat Shalom! Mari and Aaliyah Shabbat Family Schedule: 2/16- Ella 2/23- Neda 3/2- Skyler 3/9- Owen 3/16- Ayla 3/23- Kora Reminders: 1. 2/15 THURSDAY- ROOM 8 Picture Day 2. 2/19- No school President’s Day 3. 2/20- No school PD Day 4. 2/23- Beit Issie Farmers Market 5. 3/2- EC Purim Shabbat – Dress up day 6. 3/3- Tot Shabbat 7. 3/13- 12pm Early Dismissal – ½ Day Parent Conferences 8. 3/14- NO School – Parent Conferences
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