This week in the Fours Sept. 23, 2011
With Rosh Hashsna coming , the fours have been talking about honey and apples. The class made a list of what we know about bees: some bees make honey, some bees sting, the queen bee is the boss, they live in a hive, they have wings, they make a buzzing sound, they take nectar from the flowers, they are black and yellow, the queen lays eggs, and thereare bees that guard the hive. We've learned a lot of facts about bees! Then we made our own honey bees and hung them on the class bulletin board. We read Eric Carle's book, The Honeybee and the Robber, It is a story about a honeybee as she goes about her day and comes across a hungry bear! The children enjoyed the story with its pop-up pictures.
We painted apples to go on the bulletin board as well, and our class is looking very colorful! The fours are learning new songs all the time. We have been singing the apple song, which tells how we use apples throughout the year for the Jewish holidays. Hope you will hear your child singing the catchy tunes at home.
Cantor Janet came and sang some Rosh Hashana songs with the class. It was fun to see her after the summer. She said the children looked very grown up now that they are in the fours class.
Wednesday we began to talk about the shofar - what it is and what sounds it makes. The fours made their very own own shofars tot ake home. The children glued different colored paper on their shofarot to make them look festive for the holiday. On the back you will find the shofar song that we have been singing in class. The children learned that the shofar is telling everyone to wake up and think about the new year that is coming. Rabbi Kenter surprised us with a real shofar and blew it for the class. Some of us had to cover our ears because he was such a good shofar blower!
With thoughts of the new year coming, we talked about what we are proud of and what we are sorry for. The children said they were proud that they could dress themselves, when theylistened to their mommies and daddies, when they played nicely, when they go to school, when they play with their brother and sisters, when they sleep through the night, when they eat healthy foods and when they take care of themselves. They are sorry for not playing nicely with their brothers and sisters, for not listening to their parents, for hitting people, and for being mean to their brothers and sisters. We all decided that in the new year we would try harder.
On Thursday we cut some apples and printed with them tomake New Year's cards, and on Fridat we celebrated Shabbat with Anabelle and her mommy.
Shabbat Shalom to everyone and have a Happy and Sweet New Year.
