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

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