This is rather late for me...but I had visitors this weekend and as a result this blog has been postponed. I hope it finds everyone well and happy and enjoying their weekend.
We had a busy week at school with visiting guest teachers.
On Wednesday Jung came in and talked about things that make us cry or what we do when we see other people cry. The children were very engaged when Jung came in.
Deana came in and talked about what the indigenous people did to prepare for winter. She read a beautiful book about the Indigenous people of the Arctic. Then the children did another wonderful piece of art and writing.
One of the things that the children have ALL been working on is ACTIVE LISTENING.
Active Listening means...your eyes are looking at the speaker.
Your body is pointing towards the speaker.
Your ears are listening to what the speaker is saying.
Your brain is processing the information and your mouth is still until it is ready to answer or ask a question.
Many of the children are excellent at Active Listening and many are still working at it.
Encouraging active listening at home is very important.
During this week we learned about Hannukah.
We read many stories about Hannukah and then we made Latkes.
The children LOVED the latkes. Thank you to Theo's mom for frying up the latkes. YUm
To make latkes you need:
5 potatoes
three carrots
one small onion
Shred these either on a hand grater or in a food processor (thats what we did)
Then when all of this is shredded, add two eggs, half a cup of flour, and some salt.
Mix it all up..then fry in "miracle oil". We used olive oil, but often i use just canola oil.
It was very delicious!!!
The pictures do not do it justice!!
So VERY IMPORTANT!!!
This next Friday, December 14th, we will be doing our Gingerbread Houses!!
I love this time of the year!!!
To help us with this fun fun time, we need the children to all bring a small 250 ml milk container. This milk container is the base for the graham crackers. We cannot use bigger containers. Just these small ones. Please bring it in washed and i will glue it to the base. I have plenty of cardboard to do this.
For our decorating the children are to bring in some candy. We share the candy. Some ideas for decorating the houses are smarties, lifesavers, jellies, chocolate chips, marshmellows, candy canes....the list can go on!! Anything that you want to send ....send. But remember we share!
Abby (my baby) and her friend Katie will be in to help with the decorating. Also, Emilia and Lindsay. (Francesca, Hadley and Tea's moms). Bring in a bag to cover the gingerbread house, so the children will be able to take it home without getting wet!!
I LOVE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR!!!
With that,
Have a great evening!!
See you all tomorrow
xo
Teri
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| Jung reads to the children. |
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| Our ingredients for our latkes. |
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| Alex works on his Roots of Empathy project while Lily works on her Hannukah project. |
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| Meanwhile JO makes the latkes as the children watch on! |
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| More latkes being cooked! |
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| Happy Hannukah to all of our Jewish friends and family!! |
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