After several weeks of hustle and bustle preparing for and celebrating the holidays of Thanksgiving and Chanukah, the Bears had a very relaxing, quiet, but fun week. Our Art center was home to various painting activities, including car painting, roller painting, and using watercolors over designs made with oil pastels.
The Owls have been kind enough to share some of their materials with our class. The children have enjoyed using the different shaped stampers while using modeling sand. The magna tiles have been used to construct all types of buildings, including garages for our car collection. Our classroom has been fortunate to have been given a set of wooden blocks. The children have certainly enjoyed building with them, both individually, and in small groups. The many friendships formed throughout the year were evident all week, as children played cooperatively in groups at each center.
During a lesson on Shabbat, the children were asked “What do you like about Shabbat?” Here were the responses:
Bailey- challah Cover
Orli- synagogue
Zev- candles
Ben- juice
Emily- singing and the flowers
Thank you to Leah and her family for being our special Shabbat Family this week. It is wonderful to have you visit our school and share this special time with us. We look forward to having every family share this honor.
It was a pleasure touching base with each of you on the phone. It is always great to share information about our program and your children. For those of you who have not yet had the opportunity to participate in Tot Shabbat, mark your calendars for Friday, January 7th and Saturday, January 8th.
Please remember that the TCEE will be open regular school hours Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of next week. We will close at 1:00PM on Thursday for winter break. The center will reopen on Monday, January 3, 2011.
If in fact it does snow over the weekend, please send your children to school with hats, mittens, boots, and snow pants. We will continue to daily outside play. Thanks in advance!
To all who will be going away in the next few weeks, safe travels! We wish you a wonderful weekend.
Shabbat Shalom
Morah Rhona and Morah Jessica
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