Dear Red Room Families,

It was a very exciting week in the Red Room! Here are some activities we enjoyed:
 
Theme:

• We finished our Nutcracker theme with a very special visit to the ABT studios. The children loved participating in a dance class, art project, and hearing the story of The Nutcracker. The grand finale of our trip was a beautiful dance by two young ABT students who were just  seventeen years old!

Books We Read:

• The Gingerbread Man, by Jim Aytesworth
• Gingerbread Baby, by Jan Brett
• The Gingerbread Cowboy, by Janet Squires

Centers:

• We drew and wrote about our favorite ABT experience in the writing center.
• In the art center, the children worked together to color a large cardboard gingerbread house. When it is finished, it will be big enough for a student to fit in!
• We mixed cinnamon, applesauce and glue to make a special holiday surprise in the cooking center.
• We used gumdrops to make sweet patterns in the math center.

 
Letter of the Week:
 

• H

Who was in the Barn?

• Eliza!

Dates to Remember:

• 12/20 Last day of school and class Holiday party 8:45 am-9:15 am. Families are welcome!

Have a great weekend,

The Red Room Teachers

Dear Red Room Family,

Our little ballerinas and ballerinos had a busy week! Here are some of our activities:
 
Theme:

• Ballet 
• Hanukkah

Books We Read:

• Sammy Spider’s First Hanukkah, by Sylvia A. Rouss
• Eight Candles To Light, by Jonny Zucker
• The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes, by Linda Glaser

Centers:

• The children made a menorah with patterned paper in the art center.
• In the math center, the class learned the five basic foot positions in ballet. We then took pictures of the children doing each position, printed them out, and glued them in sequential order.
• We made delicious latkes in the cooking center.

Some Fun Things We Did:

• Roarke’s mother talked to us about Hanukkah and taught us how to play the dreidel game!
• Our ABT instructor came to school and taught us some special choreography that we’ll perform at our field trip next week.

Hour of Code:

• The kids worked together to write coding tracks for the Ozobots to read and follow.
• After building a maze with wooden blocks, the children took turns being the "programmer" and used paper arrows as “code” to lead their classmates through all the twists and turns.

​Who Was in the Barn?

• Dezzrah!

Letter of the Week:

• M

Dates to Remember:

• 12/11 ABT trip, no school that day
• 12/20 Holiday Party 8:45 am-9:15 am 

 Have a great weekend!

Ms. Brenna, Mr. Alex, and Ms. Nicole