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HOUR OF CODE

12/18/2018

 

Week of 12/10

12/14/2018

 
Dear Koala Room Families,

We had another fun-filled week in the Koala Room! We are currently learning about the different holidays celebrated during this time of the year. Here are a few highlights of the exciting activities we have been doing this week:
 
Theme:
  • The Koala Room learned about Christmas
 
 
Books We Read:
  • Christmas Mice!, by Bethany Roberts
  • Christmas, by Marci C. Schuh
  • The Gingerbread Man, by Jim Aylesworth
  • Clifford's Christmas, by Norman Bridwell
  • Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too, by Eric Carle
 
 
Centers:
  • We used cotton balls, stickers and colorful paper to make Christmas stockings
  • We practiced our counting with “Fishing for Numbers” game
  • We had  motor fun with “Loop and Learn” to develop fine motor bands
  • We build a ginger bread house - we had so much fun building the house together!
  • We played sorting game with farm animals
  • The children were excited to do a science project with paint – mixing colors is fun!
 
 
Highlights:
  • We finished working on our Winter Benefit auction project - all the Koala Room children worked super hard to make it so beautiful!
 
 
Something Fun we Did:
  • We went to our monthly Musical Assembly!
  • The weather wasn’t too cold, so we had a chance to go to the roof.
 
 
Letter of The Week:
  • Our letter of the week was the letter “O”
  • The Koala Bears made a chart of all the “O” words they know and made the letter “O” out of play dough
 
 
Looking Forward To:
  • Thursday, 12/20/18 - holiday party in the Koala Room at 11:45 am
 
Have a Great Weekend!

The Koala Bear Room Teachers

Week of 12/3

12/6/2018

 
Dear Koala Room Family,

It’s cold outside and the winter holiday season is in full swing in the Kola Room! Here are some of the festive activities we did:
 
Theme:
  • The Koala Room learned about Hanukkah
 
Books We Read:
  • Latkes, Latkes Good to Eat, by Naomi Howland
  • Happy Hanukkah, Curious George by Emily Flaschner Meyer
  • Happy Hanukkah, by Linda Glaser
  • Light the Light, by Margaret Moorman
  • The Mine-o-Saur ,by Sudipta Bardhan- Quallen
 
Centers:
  • We used tape and paint to make colorful dreidels
  • We had fine motor fun practicing with scissors
  • We played "Things that go together" 
  • We practiced our counting with number matching game “Unlock It”- children had so much fun finding the right key to unlock locks !
  • We worked on patterns using images of menorahs and latkes
  • We voted to decide if we would use apple sauce or sour cream with latkes  – apple sauce was the winner!
  • We made latkes
 
Highlights:
  • This week was “HOUR OF CODE” – we had so much fun participating
  • The class worked together on our Winter Benefit auction project
 
Something Fun we Did:
  • Art with Julia and Janae. The children painted at the easels with either cool colors or hot colors
 
Person of the Week:
  • Amelia Choi
  • We loved reading Amelia’s favorite book and having a dancing party!
 
Letter of the Week:
  • Our letter of the week was the letter “C”
  • The Kola Bears made a chart of all the “C” words they know and we used shaving cream to practice writing the letter “C”
 
Looking Forward To:
  • Thursday, 12/20/18- holiday party in the Koala Room at 11:45am
 
Have a Great Weekend!
​
The Koala Bear Room Teachers

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