Today the yeladim celebrated Kabbalat Shabbat together with the JK from Gannon. What a wonderful way to end our first week back at school!
This week we also celebrated Rosh Chodesh Adar and began to learn about Purim and the Megillat Esther.
We learned that Queen Esther hid her Jewish identity and that is why we dress in costume for Purim.
This week’s song in the Shabbat 7 is Chag Purim. You can listen to it and sing along here:
Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome back to what sounds like a great Winter Break! As you can see the children were very happy to be back and with their friends. Our outdoor play today was a perfect authentic science class. The snow has begun to melt and the discussion of evaporation and what happens to ice when the weather gets warmer was amazing to listen to.
Just a few reminders for you:
Today we celebrated Tu B’Shevat, the birthday of the trees. Why do we celebrate this holiday? It is to remind us of our connection to the earth and our responsibility to take care of the environment.
We have many reasons to thank the trees. Here are the yeladim sharing a few in Hebrew:
We also celebrated in several different ways:
We painted pots and planted seeds.
We learned the names of the parts of a tree in Hebrew:
And we even had a Tu B’Shevat Seder.
Chag Sameach,
The Kindergarten team
We have completed our 21 day challenge with our mindful moments rocks!
Encourage your kids to continue to take a mindful moment when they need to or want to. Even though our challenge might be done, we will be still be using the vocabulary and taking a minute or two for mindfulness. Our class loves to have calming music play in the background while we do our mindful moment.
Take a look at our journey with mindfulness…
Morah Taylor
What a Great Global School Play Day we had. Thanks for sending in such great games to use in the class and play with. The class demonstrated great sharing, inclusiveness with their games and making everyone feel welcome to play, and of course using great critical thinking and creativity while using our time to collaborate with each other. Here is a snapshot of what it looked like in the Kindergarten today. I was so proud of our children and being a part of this huge global awareness day.
Here is a letter from our Winter Fun Day Planners.
Good morning K parents and students!
Our exciting Winter Fun Day is quickly approaching and before we can fully immerse ourselves in the wonder of snow and ice… We need consent forms filled and returned. I have printed paper copies for those who have not handed back in and extended the return date to Friday, February 7th, 2020. These copies will be coming home tonight.
As mentioned in a recent email you can indicate on the form whether your child wishes to partake in skating or tobogganing so we can allocate appropriate numbers of staff to each activity.
Regardless of the activity, helmets MUST be worn.
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss M
Tomorrow is Global School Play Day that our class will be a part of. If you have any board games or items you think can be incorporated into our day, you are welcome to send them to school tomorrow. Unstructured play helps children develop 21st century skills.
In a world where education places emphasis on “academics” why would a school dedicate a certain amount of the day to play? There are many good, solid reasons:
Thanks for your support in helping make this Day a Great One!
*On another Fun Day Note… please send in your permission slips for Winter Fun Day by Tomorrow if you haven’t already. They were sent home electronically.
The K Team