Dear Room C Parents,
This week was short but packed full as we began to talk about and celebrate Purim. We introduced the characters of Purim with a simple felt board story and we made groggers to shake and boo at Hamen. On Friday we baked yummy hamentashen and enjoyed fruit salad from the farmers market. (Thank you for your contributions to Beit Issie). Also, as a bonus, we got to enjoy music class with Teacher Andrew not once but twice as we joined room D in their music class. The children enjoyed playing with the parachute and learning Purim songs like "Esther Will You Marry Me". All in all a busy week of fun and learning! Shabbat Shalom & Enjoy your weekend, Elena & Anita Don't Forget, this Sunday is the Purim Carnival!! Lots of fun for the whole family don't miss out!
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Dear Room C Families,
We had a busy and fun filled week full of sensory exploration. Your children have been learning and exploring by painting with sponges, using sensory bottles full of different objects inside to shake then watch and hiding then finding objects in our glittery play dough. We had a great time with the egg shakers and brightly colored scarves at music time with Teacher Andrew who mentioned noticing a great deal of development in our group from one week to the next. We're giving ourselves a pat on the back! We are busy growing and learning each day. Each day we practice following the routine, increasing our ability to sit and attend to activities, and taking turns with friends when sharing toys. We are seeing lots of growth! Shabbat Shalom & Enjoy the long weekend, Elena & Anita **Remember there is no school on Monday and Tuesday (2/19 & 2/20) in observance of Presidents Day & for Staff Development Dear Room C Parents,
Another week has flown by with your children busy as bees! They are painting, dressing up, working on puzzles, playing firefighter or with cars and of course, enjoying books, music and story time...Do I dare to say we are out of the woods? We are very proud to say that all of the children have made a full transition into the classroom and are happily enjoying all the fun and excitement each day. What an amazing accomplishment! This week we celebrated Tu' BiShvat by talking about trees and what grows on them, Watering the seeds we planted last week, listening to the Apple Tree felt board song and singing Happy Birthday to the trees. With each year your children will delve a bit further into each holiday. For now, In First Steps, we keep things age appropriate, making connections to the themes that they can relate to. As you may have heard, next week is "Father's and Grandfather's Week and while many of you that have older children will have visitors on campus to take part in the activities we have decided not to participate at this time. As the children are so newly transitioned we feel it would be confusing and present some difficulties when it comes time for visiting to end. We are happy to host our Dads and Grandpas later in the session when the children are more settled. Please let us know if you're interested and we can discuss future opportunities for Dads or other relatives to join us in the classroom. Here's to another great week! Shabbat Shalom and enjoy your weekend, Anita & Elena |