Dear Families,
As our unit on Fall begins to wind down, the children were able to do a few more pumpkin activities. We cut real pumpkins and everyone helped to scoop out the seeds. After drying for several days, each child planted some seeds into real soil. We cannot wait to see if any of them begin to grow! They painted pumpkin cut outs using yarn and the dried yarn looked like the pulp of a pumpkin. Naturally we completed the creations by glueing on real pumpkin seeds.
Each of us, in our day to day lives, depends upon various math skills. We have not only continued to increase our math materials, but have explained much of what we are doing and why. An example of this would be learning about time. Rather than saying that in so many minutes it will be time for a different friend to have a turn, we have introduced the children to hourglass egg timers. Our class has four of these, with time spans of 1,3,5, and 10 minutes. Each one is a different color. The children enjoy comparing which number takes more or less time for the sand to flow from top to bottom. The children are learning how to check if it is their time to move to a new activity.
Last Friday during our weekly Shabbat celebration, we introduced the children to the concept of giving Tzedakah. We stressed the importance of helping those who are not as fortunate as we are. We read the book The Very Best Place For A Penny. Last week and this, each child was given a few coins to put into our very own school Tzedakah box. If you or your children would like to bring in money from home to add to the Tzedakah box each week, we will keep it in a safe place until it is time to do so. Tzedakah of course can be given at any time, not just on Shabbat. During this week’s Shabbat celebration, we were so excited to welcome Rabbi Emily Lipof as a special guest. The children were a wonderful audience to her terrific puppet show!. The smiles on the faces of the children expressed just how much they enjoyed it.
When you mix ooey gooey with loving literature, you come up with this week’s Monday afternoon enrichment! We read the book On Top Of Spaghetti, by Paul Brett Johnson. The children created their own version of this deliscious treat. They glued cooked spaghetti into plastic bowls. Using modeling clay, they formed balls to represent the meatballs. Red paint was used to represent the sauce. Before you knew it, rather than using paintbrushes to mix the ingredients, the children began using their hands. If the saying that the messier it is, the more fun it was is true, then judging by the color of their hands, and the faces of the children, then this was an awesom activity! Like many good Italian dishes, the creations were topped with “shredded” paper cheese!
Everyone at the TCEE worked extremely hard to help make last night’s Gala honoring Diane and Martin Trust a success. The children helped to create a very special piece of artwork which was presnted to the Trusts as a Thank You. The love and dedication of the entire Trust family is truly appreciated.
Random Reminders for the week:
Saturday- Remember to turn your clocks BACK one hour.
Tuesday, 7-9PM, Open House for prospective families.
Thursday, NO SCHOOL in observance or Veteran’s Day
Have a great weekend,
Morah Rhona and Morah Jessica
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