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Preschool
Volume 1 Issue 22
Week of March 28–
April 1,
Candle lighting time ;
6:05 P.M.
Torah portion:
Shemini
Happy Birthday toJacob Raff
Message of the week
Spring is finally here although we don’t exactly feel it. The children are very aware of the
changes that spring is bringing with it. Through their hands on learning they recognize and
see the slight differences in their environment. As we started playing outside in the playground and heard the sounds of nature coming alive, the children were able to point out
what they were hearing and seeing from all the hand on learning that they are experiencing
in class! The children have such a wealth of information stored up in them and our wonderful teachers are able to bring it all out! Enjoy the new season and your children!
SPOTLIGHT ON THE THREES…
Musical Song of the Week
The water cycle chant
Theme of the week:
Rain—April Showers
Linguistic– Rhyming words– divided words
which rhymed onto umbrellas which had the
same ending sound. We made individual rain
books.
Mathematical concept – Making patterns
with different shaped and colored umbrellas. We made weather charts to keep
track of which days I the week it rained.
Interpersonal : We drew pictures of thins
we can and can’t do when it rains, and had
group discussion about it .
Intrapersonal :Painted stripes to decorate
umbrellas . Wrote letter of names on raindrops and glued in correct order.
Chorus:
Water, water cycle– That’s rain!
Water , water cycle—That’s rain!
Verses:
First there is a cloud and it rains. It rains .
It really , really rains.
Rain fill up the oceans , the oceans.
It really fills the oceans.
The sun come out and shines. It shines.
It really , really shines.
The water vapor floats up . It floats up.
It really , really floats up.
The water vapor forms a cloud, a cloud.
Kinesthetic “puddle jumping” game to see our
“reflections” in a puddle—pretend to be
different animals seeing their reflections. .
Spatial Learner: Learned about the “water
cycle” listened to a felt board story of
Randy the Raindrop and then made our own
water cycle pictures.
Naturalistic: At our water table , experimented with making different types of rain
downpour , drizzle , mist , etc.
Montessori– Using a dropper
Musical Learner: We did rain dancing
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It really forms a cloud.
And once again it rains. It rains.
It really , really rains.
Tune: Then ants go marching…
The rains is falling down in drops.
Drip drop , drip drop!
The rain is falling down in drops .
Drip drop , dip drop
The rain is falling down in drops.
We can’t go play until it stops!
Oh, the rain is falling down
To the ground where it makes
Lots of mud! Squish , squish , squish!
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SPOTLIGHT ON THE TWO’S ….
Theme of The Week:
Spring Kites , Wind , Rain & Umbrellas
Linguistic
Books of the Wee
The umbrella
Friday Night at Nana
Vocabulary words: Kites, drip , wind ,
splash , tails, rain , umbrella, forsythia
Interpersonal Project—We used water
colors and made kites
Intrapersonal Project— We read The
Umbrella and opened an umbrella and put
some veru special animals in our umbrella.
Mathematical Concept:
We are enjoying our magnetic numbers
while we count how many children are in
our class.
Spatial Learner : We used marble to
paint colorful umbrellas , glued shiny
stars on their handles and big rain drops
falling off our umbrella
Kinesthetic:
We were raindrops falling to the ground .
We played in the playground and enjoyed
our indoor obstacle course .
Musical
SONG OF THE WEEK
Rain
It is raining
It is raining
On my head
On my head
Pitter Patter Raindrops
Pitter Patter Raindrops
I’m all wet
I’m all wet
Sand & Water Table: Oatmeal
Naturalistic : We are watching and watering our Forsythia –waiting for our
flowers to bloom
Judaica theme: The signs of kosher fish
and birds.
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If your are interested in continuing the
Music Together class with Mrs. Susan Leony
please contact the office
The model matzah bakery will be visiting our school on
April 11th from 1:00 –2:00 P.M , please RSVP
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Passover vacation is April 22—May 2
School resumes May 3
Parenting Corner
Four Listening Rules
By Yaakov Lieder
Although most of us have young children and the word teenager does not exist in your household yet, now is the time to set up
our strategies. The following is an article that should be applied sooner than later!
"I don't understand," a father complained to me, "why my 15-year-old son is not sharing with me and confiding in me about his life. Whenever I
finally find the time to sit down with him and ask what's happening, all I get is 'yes', 'no', or 'uh...' How do I develop a more meaningful fatherson relationship, in which he would want to share his personal experiences with me?"
One of the most important human needs is to be listened to and understood by others. The closer a person is to us, the greater the need. Teenagers who take up with the "wrong crowd" and develop behavioral problems are later able to identify not being listened to by their parents as one
of the first causes of the downward spiral.
In the case where a child does not feel comfortable enough to share with his or her parents, one needs to investigate why the child would forgo
this important need of being listened to and understood by the most significant people in his/her life. We must ask ourselves: at which point in
his or her life did my child stop being comfortable sharing with me, and went looking for others to confide in?
Here are a number of pointers on how to become better, more effective listeners to our children:
●Be available. When a child is trying to strike up a conversation with his or her father or mother, but the parent continues to read the paper,
work on the computer, or watch a TV program, the message received by the child is that s/he is not important or worthy enough for the parent
to stop what they are doing and listen.
●Pay attention. Eye contact is essential if the child is to feel that you are fully focused on what he or she is saying. Rephrase in your own words
what the child has said to you. This will reassure him that you have listened and understood what he is trying to convey.
●Do not judge or offer solutions. There are times when all a child wants is to be listened to and understood. Saying things like, "You shouldn't
have done that; that was a mistake!" or "Here's what you need to do now....." are not helpful at this time. It is your duty as a parent to teach your
child right from wrong, but those lessons should be taught at other, more appropriate times -- not when your child is approaching you for empathy and understanding.
●Keep their secrets. As a parent, we should aim to build up our children's trust and confidence in us. If and when your child confides in you, do
not share the information with others. If your child feels that he or she can trust you, s/he will continue to turn to you for support and advice.