Treasures

The Whole Notes have spent this week finishing up their holiday treasures to give to you.  They will come home this coming week and you can decide whether to place the package next to your menorah or under your Christmas tree.  Of course your youngster may not be able to stand a wait and will have you unwrapping it immediately.  He/she may even do the honors for you.  That is fine too.

On the blog you will see friends painting their hands, folding and cutting snowflakes and using fingers to create the appearance of a snowstorm.  Cards to accompany our presents are being created.  Gifts are being wrapped.  Preschoolers ponder over choices of colors of wrapping paper and which ribbon should be chosen.  All of these pictures shown will come to life after you receive your gift.  Much hard work and love was put into it.

Also on the blog is a view of words being printed to tie in literacy on our new holiday bulletin board.  Zayden celebrated his fifth birthday.  He is passing out "goodie bags" kindly sent in by his Mom.  At the tables, the class is enjoying his delicious chocolate and vanilla cupcakes. It is fun to watch our group eat them.  Some lick the frosting first.  Others leave it for last.  Still some children eat with the paper still on.  There are many different approaches for this snack.

Noah is holding the letter box for "K".  He was very proud of his endeavor and is showing his kitten.  Noah told us his brother and his Mom helped him.  A new toy is featured in the first photo which helps us to recognize lower case letters which we practice in our alphabet books.  But this time the missing letters in the game are teaching us the sound at the end of the words rather than at the beginning.  Takuma is showing us what he constructed with pipe builders.  He is most interested in design and perhaps will grow up to be an architect.  Finally you will see the class sitting in front of our zoom meeting set up for mandarin lessons.  It was another very busy week!

On a side note, the weather is changing.  We need to take a lot of time to help everyone dress up in snow pants, boots, coats, hats and mittens.  Therefore our circle will begin at 9:00AM rather than at 9:15AM.  Please try to bring your youngster on time.  This is when "the meat and potatoes" of the day takes place-information on our topic, reading new words, completing the calendar and more.  We cannot repeat this meeting over the day. Your child misses out if he/she comes late.  Our program at this time encourages reading readiness.  Another goal for us is teaching independence.  You can help reinforce this task by giving your preschooler clothing that he/she can put on by himself/herself.  Thank you for your ongoing cooperation.

 

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