Happy Hanukkah!
Hanukkah begins this coming week. We decided we would celebrate and learn about Hanukkah a bit early this year. We have been happy to learn about more than one holiday that celebrates the light over darkness. Such positivity in the holidays!
We had such a wonderful time playing the Dreidel game multiple times. A few of the children have even remembered what each of the symbols on the Dreidel mean! The wonderful thing about playing this game is that not only do we get to experience a game that children from another culture enjoy but we also got to work our finger muscles, count coins and practice positive game players. The kids made cute tissue paper Dreidels by gluing a collage of tissue paper together on the paper Dreidel.
We learned about what the Hanukkah Menorah candles represent, what the middle candle is called, and we will continue to ‘light’ the candles on the Menorah on our white board each day until all eight candles have been lit. The kids made handprint Menorahs and made colour patterns with paper candles.
Ours letters this week were K and A. We practiced drawing diagonal lines, built letter K with wood pieces and searched for As in a pile of magnet letters. We are working really hard on making our diagonal lines straight instead of curvy.
Some other things we did this past week included painting on a shiny surface, continuing to build and play up on NoseHill where our branch ‘tent’ is, and went bum sliding multiple times on the side of the Ravine.
Hanukkah begins this coming week. We decided we would celebrate and learn about Hanukkah a bit early this year. We have been happy to learn about more than one holiday that celebrates the light over darkness. Such positivity in the holidays!
We had such a wonderful time playing the Dreidel game multiple times. A few of the children have even remembered what each of the symbols on the Dreidel mean! The wonderful thing about playing this game is that not only do we get to experience a game that children from another culture enjoy but we also got to work our finger muscles, count coins and practice positive game players. The kids made cute tissue paper Dreidels by gluing a collage of tissue paper together on the paper Dreidel.
We learned about what the Hanukkah Menorah candles represent, what the middle candle is called, and we will continue to ‘light’ the candles on the Menorah on our white board each day until all eight candles have been lit. The kids made handprint Menorahs and made colour patterns with paper candles.
Ours letters this week were K and A. We practiced drawing diagonal lines, built letter K with wood pieces and searched for As in a pile of magnet letters. We are working really hard on making our diagonal lines straight instead of curvy.
Some other things we did this past week included painting on a shiny surface, continuing to build and play up on NoseHill where our branch ‘tent’ is, and went bum sliding multiple times on the side of the Ravine.
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