This week is brought to you by the letter Kk.
Monday, December 8, 2014
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Weekly Newsletter - December 1-5, 2014
This first full week of December was a busy one! Our letter of the week was Jj. Ms. Sheri has a Jj box and she gave us clues to help us guess the items in it. We read “My J Book” by Jane Belk Moncure & practiced the sign for the letter Jj.
Jack-in-the-boxes were popping as we practiced our Jj yoga pose! Jj is for jacket & that’s just what we’ve been wearing to school now that the weather is getting colder. One of our art projects this week was dressing up the letter Jj in a jacket. Take a peek at our wall of letters to see how they look.
The holidays are happening here at Creative Kids. We read Hanukkah Lights by Dian G. Smith & My Hanukkah Book of Numbers. We began working on our recycled menorah as a class project as well as painted our paper plate menorahs. We also decorated our triangle trees with garland, star confetti and ribbon. We stamped circles on smaller triangle trees and best of all, we painted with bubble wrap for our December door decoration.
Mr. Ben (Ms. Sheri’s husband) made us homemade green playdough & we used holiday cookie cutters to make different shapes. And of course, we played in the centers, as well as practiced our writing & cutting. It was another busy & fun week at preschool!
12/18/14 – Cookies & Milk Holiday Party – 10:30
12/19/14 – Cookies & Milk Holiday Party – 10:30
12/19/14 – Last day of school before Holiday break.
12/19/14 – Polar Express P.J. Party – 6:30-9:30 p.m.
12/22 & 12/23 – Drop & Shop – 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
12/22/14-1/2/15 – Holiday vacation
12/25 – Merry Christmas!
12/26/14 – Happy Kwanzaa!
12/31/14 – Happy New Year’s Eve!
1/5/15 – Return to school
Below is some information about Kwanzaa.
![All You Need To Know About Kwanzaa [infographic]](http://degreesearch.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Kwanzaa.gif)
Jack-in-the-boxes were popping as we practiced our Jj yoga pose! Jj is for jacket & that’s just what we’ve been wearing to school now that the weather is getting colder. One of our art projects this week was dressing up the letter Jj in a jacket. Take a peek at our wall of letters to see how they look.
The holidays are happening here at Creative Kids. We read Hanukkah Lights by Dian G. Smith & My Hanukkah Book of Numbers. We began working on our recycled menorah as a class project as well as painted our paper plate menorahs. We also decorated our triangle trees with garland, star confetti and ribbon. We stamped circles on smaller triangle trees and best of all, we painted with bubble wrap for our December door decoration.
Mr. Ben (Ms. Sheri’s husband) made us homemade green playdough & we used holiday cookie cutters to make different shapes. And of course, we played in the centers, as well as practiced our writing & cutting. It was another busy & fun week at preschool!
December Happenings
12/16 – Happy Chanukah!12/18/14 – Cookies & Milk Holiday Party – 10:30
12/19/14 – Cookies & Milk Holiday Party – 10:30
12/19/14 – Last day of school before Holiday break.
12/19/14 – Polar Express P.J. Party – 6:30-9:30 p.m.
12/22 & 12/23 – Drop & Shop – 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
12/22/14-1/2/15 – Holiday vacation
12/25 – Merry Christmas!
12/26/14 – Happy Kwanzaa!
12/31/14 – Happy New Year’s Eve!
1/5/15 – Return to school
Looking Ahead
Letter Kk will be our letter of the week & K is for Kwanzaa so we will learn all about this holiday celebrated by African-Americans. We will continue decorating our classroom for the holidays as well as sing our favorite holiday songs.Below is some information about Kwanzaa.
Via: DegreeSearch.org
The seven candles (called Mishumaa Saba) placed in the Kinara represent the principles of the harvest (called Nguzo Saba). Each day of Kwanzaa is a celebration of the daily principle.
Umoja (oo-MO-jah)
Unity stresses the importance of togetherness for the family and the community, which is reflected in the African saying, “I am We,” or “I am because We are.”
Kujichagulia (koo-gee-cha-goo-LEE-yah)
Self-Determination requires that common interests are defined and decisions that are in the best interest of our family and community are made.
Ujima (oo-GEE-mah)
Collective work and responsibility reminds the community of the obligation to the past, present and future, and that everyone plays a role in the community, society, and world.
Ujamaa (oo-JAH-mah)
Cooperative economics emphasizes collective economic strength and encourages the community to meet common needs through mutual support.
Nia (NEE-yah)
Purpose encourages the community to look within themselves as individuals and as a group to set personal goals that are beneficial to the community.
Kuumba (koo-OOM-bah)
Creativity makes use of creative energies to build and maintain a strong and vibrant community.
Imani (ee-MAH-nee)
Faith focuses on honoring the best of the traditions, drawing upon the best in people, and helps people strive for a higher level of life for humankind while affirming self-worth and confidence in the ability to succeed and triumph in righteous struggle.
Monday, December 1, 2014
Monthly Letter - December 2014
December 2014
Dear Parents:
This winter month of December is filled with exciting things for the children to learn about and enjoy. The festivities of the holidays bring joy and warmth that envelop both your child’s home and school lives.
AT SCHOOL:
We will continue our celebration of “My Home and Family” this month. Of course, we will also be celebrating all of the December holidays which include Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. We will talk about how different people celebrate these joyous holidays as well as participate in many fun art, cooking and learning projects. In addition, we will begin planning our holiday party.
AT HOME:
Music and singing are wonderful ways to communicate our feelings, and we often have many feelings this time of year! When singing festive holiday songs, encourage traditional songs as well as new ones!
REMINDER:
Our last day of school will be December 19th. School will reopen on January 5th of the New Year.
We look forward to sharing the joys and wonders of this holiday season together.
Have a joyful December!
Sheri, Miranda, Fabi & Bethany
Dear Parents:
This winter month of December is filled with exciting things for the children to learn about and enjoy. The festivities of the holidays bring joy and warmth that envelop both your child’s home and school lives.
AT SCHOOL:
We will continue our celebration of “My Home and Family” this month. Of course, we will also be celebrating all of the December holidays which include Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. We will talk about how different people celebrate these joyous holidays as well as participate in many fun art, cooking and learning projects. In addition, we will begin planning our holiday party.
AT HOME:
Music and singing are wonderful ways to communicate our feelings, and we often have many feelings this time of year! When singing festive holiday songs, encourage traditional songs as well as new ones!
REMINDER:
Our last day of school will be December 19th. School will reopen on January 5th of the New Year.
We look forward to sharing the joys and wonders of this holiday season together.
Have a joyful December!
Sheri, Miranda, Fabi & Bethany
Happy December!
We're off to a good start to the week and the month!
Today we introduced our new month of December. We will engage in lots of fun and exciting activities surrounding the holidays this month! Before changing over the calendar, we counted the number of sunny, cloudy, rainy and snowy days in November. Take a look below to see what we discovered:
The StoryBots always make us laugh! We also read My J Book by Jane Belk Moncure. The author's name even begins with the letter Jj! Our J yoga pose is the "Jack-in-the-box." Ask me to show it to you.
During centers we played with the sand table and our new December sensory bin filled with beans and red and green pom poms.
We also got our pictures back from picture day. They all came out beautiful. Thank you, Miss Courtney!
Today was a fun-filled day! Can't wait to do it all again tomorrow!
Today we introduced our new month of December. We will engage in lots of fun and exciting activities surrounding the holidays this month! Before changing over the calendar, we counted the number of sunny, cloudy, rainy and snowy days in November. Take a look below to see what we discovered:
We're getting ready to redecorate our door for the winter months ahead. During art we painted with bubble wrap, that's right, bubble wrap. It was messy and our hands were full of paint but it sure was fun! We used the colors blue, white and purple. Ms. Sheri also added some decoupage and silver and blue glitter to make the background sparkly. This is what it looks like so far:
This week is brought to you by the letter Jj:
The StoryBots always make us laugh! We also read My J Book by Jane Belk Moncure. The author's name even begins with the letter Jj! Our J yoga pose is the "Jack-in-the-box." Ask me to show it to you.
During centers we played with the sand table and our new December sensory bin filled with beans and red and green pom poms.
We also got our pictures back from picture day. They all came out beautiful. Thank you, Miss Courtney!
Today was a fun-filled day! Can't wait to do it all again tomorrow!
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