Hello Sun Room Families!
 
This week we continued talking about and celebrating the holiday season. 
Here are a few highlights from the past week.
 
Classroom Activities

• We painted dreidels and hung them up for decoration in the classroom.
• We wrapped our gifts for our families. Shhhh
• We finished our Amazing Auction Art (AAA) project. 
• We painted Chritsmas Balls.

Songs We Sang

• We sang "Around and Around" (sung to the tune of "The Muffin Man")

Skip around the Christmas tree,
The Christmas tree, the Christmas tree.
Skip around the Christmas tree!
We love the holidays!
 
Walk around the Menorah,
The Menorah, the Menorah.
Walk around the Menorah!
We love the Holidays
 

• We sang "Happy Hanukkah!" (sung to the tune of "Mary Had A Little Lamb") 

 
Hanukkah's a happy time, a happy time, a happy time
Hanukkah's a happy time,
A festival of lights!
 
Light one candle for each of eight nights,
Each of eight nights, each of eight nights,each of eight nights.
A festival of lights!

• We chanted "Take A Potato!"
• We sang "Jingle Bells"

Books We Read

• Chanukah Lights, Hanukkah Nights, by Judith Moffatt
• The Count's Hanukkah Countdown, by Tilda Balsley & Ellen Fischer
  
• Grumpy Badger's Christmas, by Paul Bright & Jane Chapman
• Bear Stays Up For Christmas, by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman

We are looking forward to seeing you at our holiday party on Thursday, Dec. 21st @ 11:15a to 11:45a!

Please feel to reach out to me for anything.
 
Daphne, Stephanie, Jessica
 

Hello Sun Room Families!
 
This week we continued talking about the holiday season in more depth. We tried some activities that create the foundation for learning about coding.
 
Here are a few highlights from the past week.
 
Classroom Activities

• We created our own beautiful Hanukkah Menorahs which are on display inside the classroom.
• We finished working on our gifts for our families. Shhhh
• We started working on our Amazing Auction Art (AAA) project. 
• We played a game using positional words and sang some songs that reinforce the meanings of positional words for the Hour Of Code week activity.

Songs We Sang

• We sang "Around and Around" (sung to the tune of "The Muffin Man")

Skip around the Christmas tree,
The Christmas tree, the Christmas tree.
Skip around the Christmas tree!
We love the holidays!
 
Walk around the Menorah,
The Menorah, the Menorah.
Walk around the Menorah!
We love the Holidays

• We chanted "Take A Potato!"

Take a potato 
Pat, pat, pat.
Roll it and make it 
Flat, flat, flat.
Fry it in a pan with
Fat, fat, fat.
Hanukkah latkes just like that.
 
Books We Read

• Chanukah Lights, Hanukkah Nights, by Judith Moffatt
• Christmas Wishes, By Tony Mitton & Layn Marlow

We are looking forward to seeing you at our holiday party on Thursday, Dec. 21st @ 11:15a to 11:45a! Please feel to reach out to me for anything.
 
Daphne, Jessica, Stephanie

Hello Sun Room Families!
 
This week we talked about our Thanksgiving feasts! We started talking about the fast approaching holiday season.  
 
Here are a few highlights from the past weeks.
 
Classroom Activities

• We easel painted!
• We watercolored!
• We made a beautiful winter forest from our paintings for the outside board.
• We started working on our holiday gifts for our families. 

​Songs We Sang

• We sang "December Song" (sung to the tune of "I've Been Working On the Railroad")

Oh, the month of December
is filled with holidays!
Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and Christmas
Are marked in special ways!
Celebrating with our loved ones,
 
No matter how it's done...
Sharing gifts and lighting candles,
We all have lots fun!

• We sang "Happy Hanukkah!" (sung to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb")

Hanukkah's a happy time,
Happy time, happy time.
Hanukkah's a happy time,
A festival of lights.
 
Light one candle for each pf eight nights,
Each of eight nights, each of eight nights
 
Light one candle for each of eight nights
A festival of lights
 
Books We Read

• Hanukkah Lights, Hanukkah Nights, by Leslis Kimmelman
• Spin The Dreidel!, by Alexandra Cooper
• Christmas Mice!, By Bethany Roberts
• There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell, by Lucille Colandro

Please Save-The-Date for our Holiday Party on Thursday, Dec. 21st @ 11:15a to 11:45a! Each child should have at least one adult attend the party. 
Our Parent Reps Muniba Kahn and Onima Bhuchar will be in touch with further details. 
 
Please feel to reach out to me for anything. 
 
Daphne, Stephanie and Jessica

The Sun Room Teachers