Week of 1/28

Dear Koala Room Families,

We had so much fun this week learning about different Cultures. Thank you so much to the parents who already  volunteered their time to talk about their countries and I’m looking forward to next week to learn even more. Here are some of the festive activities we did:
 
Theme:

• The Koala Room learned about Cultures

 
Books We Read:

• The Mitten, by Jan Brett
• Secret Agent Mater, by Melissa Lagonegro
• Look What Come from Mexico, by Miles Harvey
• Bear Snores On, by Karma Wilson
• Fiesta, by Ginger Foglesong Guy

 
Centers:

• We worked on our first writing - Inside my mitten is… the children had so much fun coming up with great ideas
• We decorated mittens by using tape and colored markers
• We played "Classifying" game
• We explored winter seasons by playing “Match the Seasons” game
• We measured our heights using mittens  
• For science we explored water beads

 
Highlights:

• It was so much fun to “visit”:
• Mexico with Carlos and Gian-Luca
• India with Sunaina and Rhea
• England with Rita and Reia
• New Zealand with Martin and Parker

 
Something Fun we Did:

• We had music with Noel

 
Person of the Week:

• Gian-Luca De Paz
• We loved learning about Gian-Luca and asking him about his favorite things! Paw Patrol toys are The Koala Room favorite too!

 
Letter of the Week:

• Our letter of the week was the letter “J”
• The Kola Bears made a chart of all the “J” words they know and we used playdoh to practice writing the letter “J”

 
Have a Great Weekend!

The Koala Bear Room Teachers