Friday Update January 13

What a wonderful start back to school!!! Aidah and I are so happy to see all of our kiddos back with us, excited and enthusiastic about the next part of their learning journey! And we are excited to welcome Aaliya, MeiCheng and Oliver to our classroom family. Truthfully it feels like they have always been with us!  Your children have been amazingly welcoming and friendly.  What a class we have!

Report cards should be available to view today, the office of learning will be sending the link by e-mail.

This week some of our learning included…

*more animal explorations, discussions and play. The students took out all of the small animals, have been making habitats for them again, have played “Family Pet” in the dramatic play area, have drawn castles full of animals, and picked out animal stories to read. This is obviously still a big interest for our students so we will see where it will take us over the next little while…

*put “water babies” (little dots!) into water and watched what happened over a period of a couple of days.

*shared about our holidays and wrote and drew about our experiences.

*used 2D pattern blocks and 3D shapes to build.

*practiced our letters and sounds—we became inspired by some of the words shared for some of our letters, and decided to do bubble painting and marble painting!

*used our mud kitchen to cook “pet” food and snacks.

* made new playdoh and created with moon sand.

*used numbers to represent different numbers of objects around the classroom.

*played buggy bingo.

*gave Mango and Oreo a bath and haircut, and reminded ourselves how to be gentle and respectful with our animals.

*and much, much, more!

REMINDERS / UPCOMING DATES

*Blue Friday Folder bags are going home today. Please empty them and send them back on Monday. We are missing a few bags too, so if you have one hanging around at home, please send it back to us. J

*Please send in a family photo if we do not have one here at school yet. Also please send in your Message of Inspiration for your child.

*Please make sure your child’s lunch card is topped up. You should be getting reminders when the balance is low.

*January 20^th: Todd Parr Visiting ELC!

*January 25^th: Todd Parr in our classroom

*January 26^th: Lion Dance for all ELC students-wear Chinese New Year dress or colors.

*January 27^th: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS—Faculty Inservice Day

*January 30^th, 31^st: NO SCHOOL—Chinese New Year Holiday Week 19 January 9 to 13