Monday's music with Marcy found the fours singing musical scales, playing the drums and pretending to be Fall trees losing their leaves.
Justin's mommy came and read us a book about the Leaf Man and his journey over the Fall landscape. Justin brought in a whole bag of leaves for the fours to use to make pictures. Some of the children made people out of their leaves, smiling faces, and even butterflies. They are on display in the hallway for all to see.
On Tuesday, jackie asked us if we would make American flags for the Veteran's Day dinner on Friday night at GHC. The fours did a greta job and even noticed the pattern in the flag. We read the poem "Hug of War" by Shel Silverstein, and talked about peace.
I will not play at tug o' war
I'd rather play at hug o' war
Where everyone hugs
instead of tugs
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug
Where everyone kisses
And everyone grins
And everyone cuddles
And everyone wins.
I'd rather play at hug o' war
Where everyone hugs
instead of tugs
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug
Where everyone kisses
And everyone grins
And everyone cuddles
And everyone wins.
Gina visited our classroom. It was fun for her to see how grown up the four-year-olds are. She read us a Thanksgiving book with many new words. On Thursday she came back to see if we remembered what the new words meant. We sure surprised her! We are happy to help Gina with her studies because we know she is going to be a great teacher.
Nature on Wednesday: There was a white tree frog with smooth, rubbery skin. His name was Spiderman. You know why! He lives in the rain forest and his skin feels wet. There was also a bearded dragon named Velcro, who puffs out when he gets scared, and Panda the ferret. It was fun to touch the animals and see how different they all felt.
On Thursday we continued working on our pre-math skills of patterning. Each child created their own pattern of beads, and the strung them on to a necklace. It was amazing to see the perseverance and patience that the children displayed. They have grown up so much!
We also talked about Fall and sang songs about the falling leaves and the squirrels hiding their food.
Next week it's all about Thanksgiving!
Shabbat Shalom to all our friends!
Nature on Wednesday: There was a white tree frog with smooth, rubbery skin. His name was Spiderman. You know why! He lives in the rain forest and his skin feels wet. There was also a bearded dragon named Velcro, who puffs out when he gets scared, and Panda the ferret. It was fun to touch the animals and see how different they all felt.
On Thursday we continued working on our pre-math skills of patterning. Each child created their own pattern of beads, and the strung them on to a necklace. It was amazing to see the perseverance and patience that the children displayed. They have grown up so much!
We also talked about Fall and sang songs about the falling leaves and the squirrels hiding their food.
Next week it's all about Thanksgiving!
Shabbat Shalom to all our friends!
