News for week of September 10, 2007

We had a great week, we did lots of creative activities for Rosh Hashanah! If you haven’t seen our bulletin board, come in and see your little busy bee on the mitvah hive, it’s adorable!

A story-teller came to visit on Monday, she told the story of Johnny Appleseed and it was wonderful. The kids seemed to really enjoy the message and they all got to participate as audience members.

Wednesday, we participated in a school-wide tribe activity. The children are grouped together in tribes and children from Kinder through 8th grade do fun activities together, though it was our first time to join the school in something this exciting, WE DID GREAT! Our little ones loved being part of the school and doing activities with the “big kids”.

At centers this week we did so much learning! We estimated the weight of an apple on a scale when weighed against different objects like blocks and glue bottles. We also guessed the circumference of an apple using yarn, was it too long, too short or just right…
We made a Rosh Hashanah apple book, which the kids seemed to really love!
We cooked like crazy! We made Honey Cake with Morah Aidy and chocolate chip challah during our center time. We also had an apple tasting, comparing three types of apples and graphed them according to which was our favorite, the Granny Smith won with flying colors!
The kids came-up with such thoughtful descriptions when tasting, “salty but sweet”, “sour”, and even “fluffy in my mouth”. It was great, and they loved being an official apple-tasting judge. Of course some asked if we could have a pie tasting contest next, we told them we’d have to get back with them on that one.

The children are truly embracing the experience of Kindergarten. It gives Leah and I great pride to be their teachers. We also want to let you know how many compliments we hear throughout the school about this class of children, they have shown great patience when at our many activities and they are a model for others in the school. We are truly blessed to have them.

Wishing you and yours L’Shana Tova!
Miss Christie and Morah Leah