This week we talked about arctic animals. We learned fun facts about penguins and polar bears:
Penguins have flippers, not feet
Penguins spend half of their time in the water and half of their time on land
Penguins use their beak to eat fish
Penguins have waterproof feathers
The Em…
We finished up our Chanukah theme this week! We were very busy making Star of David mobiles by gluing sparkly sequins onto pretty origami paper and then stringing it together with yarn. We also made potato latke pans with colorful construction paper, and sponge painted “latke’…
This week we talked about Chanukah! We learned that a chunakiah is different from a menorah because it has a place for 9 candles and a menorah only has a place for 7 candles. The shamash is the “helper candle” that lights the rest. We made marble painted dreidels, mosaic chan…
This week we began talking about Chanukah. The children created Star of David decoupage and a Star of David hanging decoration with tissue paper, glue and beads. We have also been busy painting dreidels and making our very own chanukiah’s out of clay!