The focus in the Bear’s classroom this week was all about Chanukah. The children were extremely busy preparing for their celebrations both here at the Trust Center and in their own homes. The children worked extremely hard to create decorations for our school including a large Chanukah menorah (Chanukiah) and a huge dreidel hanging from each of the classroom walls. We hope that you enjoy the special gifts which were decorated for each of you, as well as the homemade wrapping paper!
Music was a big part of the curriculum this week. We worked hard to learn new songs for the family Chanukah celebration. In our sensory table the children had a chance to compare the different sizes and shapes of candles used during various Jewish observances (Shabbat candles, Chanukah candles, and Havdallah candles). Math was tied into the curriculum as we compared the sizes of many different dreidels, counted how many nights we celebrate the holiday, and counted the bolts which were glued onto your new Chanukiot to hold the candles. Language and literature were incorporated this week with many different books and holiday poems.
Being that part of the Chanukah story is about light, the children had the opportunity to experiment with flashlights. We brought scientific observation into the classroom by observing the difference between using flashlights with the lights on versus the lights were off. Our Chanukah holiday curriculum will continue throughout next week with our focus on oil, potato latkes, menorahs and much more!
In our Thursday afternoon enrichment, the children worked cooperatively to create a beautiful dreidel mobile. The children decorated small dreidels and then used yarn and colored ziti to create beautiful strings on which to hang them. The beautiful dreidel mobile is being displayed in our new multi purpose room.
We wish each of our families a wonderful Chanukah.
Morah Rhona and Morah Jessica.
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