Week of November 14

 

      We were very busy this week preparing for our Thanksgiving performance. We made our own costumes, placemats and headdresses. Our morning work was thanksgiving themed as well as our discussions about the upcoming holiday.  This year we are native Americans therefore we have been learning about the different tribes and how they differ from one another. We have increased our amount of sight words we know. Everyday at morning meeting we practice them. The children recite them, spell them and use them in a sentence.  They continue to amaze us everyday.  

This week in Mandarin class we learned about family members and how to say "I love _____(a family member)" in Mandarin. To review the lesson, please click on the link below:

https://youtu.be/T8ifz5QWOOk

We reviewed the songs "Where Are My Hands" and "Where Is My Friend", and practiced saying "where"( zài nǎ lǐ ) and "here" ( zàizhè lǐ) as well. 

For writing we learned how to write number 8 (八, pronounced as bā).

Yuting

 

We had a great time with the mad scientist here are a few pictures  for you to enjoy. This week in yoga our new poses were floating canoe and wheel barrel. The children have been also practicing thanksgiving songs in music as well.  Looking forward to seeing you all at our preformance. Have a great weekend! Susan and Sara 

Week of November 7

This week we voted , began preparing for our thanksgiving celebration by creating our costumes and practicing our music we will preform for you. We continued to work on our lower case letters and numbers  and began to learn our sight words . How impressed we were with your children ! They were all very vocal about their choice for president and enjoyed our discussion on the issues.  When we started to introduce the kindergarten sight word list the children  were so engaged in the activity we continued our morning meeting for an extended period  of time. We introduced  A, And , in, away , big , can,come and down. We will continue to review these daily and add more. 

Have a great weekend Susan and Sara 

 

     

Week of October 31

We had a nice full fun week celebrating Halloween and Klaudia's birthday. We were finally back to a normal schedule and the children are settling back into our routine, what a dfference a five day week makes!! We were able to work individually and in small groups on our lowercase letters and geometry boards. While in small groups this activity allows the children to manipulate the shapes they build language skills as they talk about what they are going with the shapes. It helps them develop spatial awareness and social emotional skills as they expirience the concepts through cooperative play.  For art this week the children made corn and pumpkin pie with Miss Sara for thanksgiving. We have also been reading many books about thanksgiving and discussing the meaning of the holiday. 

It was so nice to meet with all of you this week and talk about how much we enjoy your children and what wonderful progress they have all made.  We are very proud of them.   Looking forward to the remaining conferences . As always if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact Sara and I we would be more than happy to speak with you .   

This week in Mandarin class we reviewed the colors of red, green, blue, yellow and orange.  The teacher laid down colored construction paper on the floor and when a color was called, the children had to find a toy with matching color and put it on the paper.
We then watched a short video that showed us counting 1-10. We also learned how to write number 6 （六). 

The children are also building vocabulary in greeting-- they now can say "Hello", "How Are You?", and "How Are You Today?" in Mandarin. They are amazing!

Here is the video for counting from 1 to 10. 

https://youtu.be/MpzsXtUeo5I

Have a great weekend!
Yuting