Week of 4/30-5/4
We had quite a busy week in Room 8 as we are beginning to wrap up the year. We began the week by discussing a very important holiday coming up next week. Some of the most important women in our lives will be celebrated all week long for our school Mother and Grandmother’s Week. In honor of Mother’s Day, we cannot wait to show our gratitude and love for all of the wonderful mommies, grandmas, aunties and more during our classroom events next week. In addition to these activities, the children are preparing a lovely and thoughtful surprise for their mommies. We can’t wait for you to see all their hard work. We are extremely proud of how far their artistic skills have come over the past two years, which are made very apparent in this two-step project. Room 8 celebrated the Jewish holiday, Lag B’Omer, this week. This is a joyous and celebratory holiday as we are remembering the end of the plague in Israel and an important Rabbi, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. To celebrate in Israel, we enjoy picnics, bonfires, singing and dancing. In honor of this holiday, we enjoyed a celebration with Room 1, the Hebrew Immersion class. We gathered on their patio to eat snack, make s’mores, and enjoy a special chocolate cake for the celebration. Ask your child if they sat with a new friend for our Lag B’Omer event! The children took a liking to a new shape activity that we set out each morning. This activity consists of various cards that display which materials the children need to make a variety of shapes including basic shapes, geometric figures, and 3d shapes. For instance, to make a hexagon, the card will state that you 6 orange balls and 6 short green sticks. Then, the child has to use these items to create the hexagon. The children started with the simple shapes such as a rectangle, circle, and octagon. As the week progressed, the children began gravitating towards the harder cards such as a square cut in half or a cylinder. It was fascinating to see the kids manipulate the balls and sticks to make sure the shape resembled the picture on the card. We continued to prepare for Pre-K Celebration by singing the song set every day. The kids are doing a fabulous job and working very hard to memorize the lyrics. We can see their excitement in learning these new tunes as they will breakout in song while playing Legos on the rug or drawing at the Art Center during free play. While we do not want this year to end, we cannot WAIT for all of you to see their performance. Thank you to Paisley’s family for joining us for Shabbat and Paisley’s birthday celebration this week. We loved hearing a story, singing songs, and saying Shabbat prayers in class. Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend and Shabbat Shalom! Mari and Aaliyah Shabbat Family Schedule: 5/11- Benjamin 5/18- Ella 5/25- Michael Reminders:
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