In this Monday’s enrichment, we celebrated the official symbol of Spring in Boston, the opening of Major League Baseball! We read the book Fenway 123. All of the children then worked cooperatively to create a large poster cheering on the Red Sox. Everyone used scissors to cut pictures of Red Sox shirts and hats, the team logo, and of course the best mascot ever, Wally the Green Monster. The pictures were glued onto red poster board, which is now on display in the hallway.
Music and Movement with Moreh Micah (Tuesday)
This week we welcomed Auren into the circle with high energy performances of "A Tooty a Too" and "We're the Super Kids." We also practiced our numbers, jumping and dancing during "The Numbers Rumba." All the children love having a turn to click the "magic claves" (an instrument consisting of two wooden sticks) together and sharing one thing that they love with the rest of the class. After putting our arms around each other and singing, "The More We Get Together," we closed the session with a round of "Snack Monster." "Snack Monster" gives each child the chance to defeat the snack monster by dodging his grasp, confusing the snack monster as to his/her whereabouts, and then causing the snack monster to fall to the ground by simply saying, "boo." Words don't exactly do this part justice. At the end of each class, we put our hands in the middle together and do a cheer. This past week it was, "1-2-3 Super Kids!"
Amazing Artists with Morah Larissa (Wednesday)
On Wednesday, we continued our study of Eric Carle in the Amanut, or Art Studio. We read two favorite Eric Carle books, Today is Monday and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We talked about the work of an author as compared to the work of an illustrator. Next, we went to the Amanut to begin our own illustrating! Many of the children chose to create animals, like Eric Carle. We learned to first outline our picture, and then to use painted paper squares to create a colorful collage in the interior of the picture.
Cooking with the Alphabet with Morah Jessica (Thursday)
This week, the children put a new twist on a classic dessert: pudding! For snack, the children were able to make their own kabobs of fruit to represent the letter K. From melons to strawberries, they were not only colorful but very delicious! Then the French side of the children really kicked in as we made a lemon trifle, TCEE style. To represent the letter L, the children mixed up some lemon pudding, layered it with vanilla wafers and some whipped cream to finish it off. The children were able to make their own trifles by doing the layering and choosing of the ingredients. These snacks were great tasting and the children were able to create them independently. Next week is our last week of cooking through the alphabet; so far it has been a delicious experience for all!
Counting on Books with Morah Larissa (Friday)
This week we read One Hundred Hungry Ants, by Elinor Pincez, a fun book about different ways to count to 100. Then, we counted to 100 together! We used a hundreds chart to look at the numbers and noticed some patterns. Then, we practiced counting some of our toys. It sure took a long time to get to 100. Last, we created some original artwork with…100 dots on it!
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