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Week of 12/3

12/6/2018

 
Dear Garden Room Parents,
 
We had a very exciting week in the Garden Room learning about the holidays!!
 
Below is an update on the many fun things we learned this week:
 
Books we read:
  • Snow, by Uri Shulevitz
  • Celebrating Chanukah – Eight Nights, by Debbie Martinez
  • Clifford’s First Christmas, by Norman Bridwell
 
Activities with Specialists:
 
  • In Music with Noel, we sang Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer, Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah and Jingle Bells.
  • In Movement with Lindsay, we pretended to be winter animals – penguins, polar bears, and reindeer; we also took turns playing the pan drum.
  • In Art we painted paddles using sparkly silver paint, and we built different structures using colorful shapes.
  • In Library with Lindsay, we read The Gingerbread Boy, by Richard Egielski. 
 
Classroom Activities:
 
  • We made fun dreidels using colorful foam letters and glitter.
  • In celebration of Hour of Code – we played freeze dance using our stoplight (Red – Stop, Yellow – Slow, Green – Go).
  • We used holiday stickers to create a festive collage.  
  • We created yummy candy canes, using marbles, red paint and glitter.
 
Theme: The Holidays - Hanukkah and Christmas
 
  • 5 LITTLE GINGERBREAD
    • 5 Little Gingerbread Lying on a Tray,
    • 1 Jumped Up and Ran Away
    • Catch Me, Catch Me, Catch Me If You Can!
    • I Run Real Fast, I’m the Gingerbread Man.
    • 4,3,2,1
    • No More Gingerbread Lying on a Tray,
    • They All Jumped Up and Ran Away!!
 
Highlight: We embraced Hour of Code, by using only visual cues using our stoplight (Red – Stop, Yellow – Slow, Green – Go).
 
Reminders:
 
Save The Date – For Our Holiday Class Party!!!  Every child must have a parent/caregiver in attendance.
  • Garden 3 AM – Wednesday, December 19th, 11:15 –11:45 am
  • Garden 2 AM – Thursday, December 20th, 11:15 – 11:45 am
 
 
Library books are due on:
  • Thursday mornings – for 2 AM
  • Friday mornings – for 3 AM
 
Have a great weekend,

Your Garden Room Teachers – Ms. Coleen, Ms. Naya and Ms. Mildred

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