What a busy, exciting week in kindergarten! Benny was here again to introduce the children to their first vowel, A. There were so many states that Benny could have been to before he arrived in Marblehead, like Arkansas, Alabama, and Arizona! They made astronauts and acrobats which were immediately hung on the bulletin board for the whole school to see. They are learning to write upper and lower case A and identify its sound in the beginning and middle of words. They learned about the "at" family and brainstormed words in that family, i.e. fat, cat, sat, mat, hat, bat, that, vat, and pat. They are illustrating and reading a short "a" book called, "The Fat Cat Book," which they will bring home to share with the family next week. Our study of bears continues as the children learn about Grizzly bears. They also discussed the difference between having hands and having paws. One child acted as a bear, and the other was our human. Each tried to pick up and use certain objects, such as a pair of scissors or a marker. They were able to understand how important it is to have movable fingers and a thumb! As always, the children were reading and writing every day, and they continue to work on combinations of five in math. The most exciting thing by far was a visit from the people at Project Teva! Each child participated in the making of recycled paper from their own scraps. If you check your child's backpack, you will find a sample of this paper.
This week, in Hebrew the students began learning the letter "chet" , its sound and vocabulary words. They learned "Chalon" (window), "Challah", "Chanukah", and "Chalav" (milk). We will continue learning additional vocabulary next week.
In Torah, the students learned the story of Noah and the Ark ("Teyvah"). The story was told using the "Godly Play" approach. This approach uses few materials, requires a special place where the children sit quietly and respectfully, and engages the students in a creative and imaginary way. The class talked about how Noah was a righteous man and how important it is for all of us to be righteous people. The students created a page for their Torah and also a poster for our in class Torah board.
We continue to talk about the upcoming holiday of "Chanukah", learning the history of the holiday, its customs and rituals. The students have been practicing the blessings over the candles and also singing some holiday songs.
This week, in Hebrew the students began learning the letter "chet" , its sound and vocabulary words. They learned "Chalon" (window), "Challah", "Chanukah", and "Chalav" (milk). We will continue learning additional vocabulary next week.
In Torah, the students learned the story of Noah and the Ark ("Teyvah"). The story was told using the "Godly Play" approach. This approach uses few materials, requires a special place where the children sit quietly and respectfully, and engages the students in a creative and imaginary way. The class talked about how Noah was a righteous man and how important it is for all of us to be righteous people. The students created a page for their Torah and also a poster for our in class Torah board.
We continue to talk about the upcoming holiday of "Chanukah", learning the history of the holiday, its customs and rituals. The students have been practicing the blessings over the candles and also singing some holiday songs.