What a busy week we had getting ready for the winter break! We had so much fun talking about our upcoming rest and learning a few new things along the way!
The weeks highlights included…
Writing an “All About Me” book during our writing time. They also wrote with Miss Liz this week about the story “Corduroy” while I was out on Monday. The activity turned out so cute and the kids enjoyed getting creative with the project.
In math we started discussing the concept of time. We played a fun game called “Duration Game” the kids had to guess which activity would take more or less time. It was fun because after guessing they had to actually find out which took longer. An example included “singing the alef bet or singing the ABC’s”. This got the kids thinking about actual time it takes to do something and that time is finite. It’s such an abstract concept for them to start.
We worked on handwriting and really started working on the short vowel sounds. I want them to recognize them in every aspect of language, listen for it in rhyming, songs, and recognize the letter making the sound…that’s the tough part. When we get back in January, we will begin making “Vowel books”. They are a type of scrapbook that the kids will use to locate pictures from the catalogs and magazines that you have sent in. These are wonderful resources to have and a great project to have at home, you could start one over the break.
Here’s how:
You can find a cheap scrapbook at the craft store. On each page write or print from the computer the ABC’s, each page gets a letter. I like the font “comic sans”. They then go through magazines and catalogs to find photos of things that start with that letter.
This is a fun and ongoing project that can be something you can always add to. Its fun to fill all the pages with photos, and for some reason the kids just love it. It’s so creative!

On Friday, we had a nice break in the afternoon with a movie made by Leapfrog called “The Letter Factory”; the kids enjoyed learning through a new way. We also had a nice cookie exchange with Miss Liz’s class in honor of our “Cc” week.
We also said good-bye to Laura (our extra set of hands). She is going to UNT next semester and we will be joined by a new person in the classroom to help, his name is Benji and he will be here each day.


It’s been a beautiful semester, we want to thank you for sharing your children with us. It’s been such a treat to watch them grow and learn.
Have a wonderful break! See you next year!

A note about next semester:
Our schedule will be changing slightly next semester, Morah Aidy will be coming to us first thing each morning for Torah time. We will continue our day with centers, Hebrew, lunch, writing and specials. I will send home a schedule the first week of next semester.