At the end of November we celebrated Hanukkah. One of the parents in our school community came in to tell us a little more about this special holiday. Her presentation was absolutely lovely and the children enjoyed it. It just so happens that she is also a Montessori teacher.
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| Lighting the Classroom Menorah |
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| E. brought in his menorah from home to show the children. |
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| This is E.'s beautiful menorah. |
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| The children are spinning like dreidels. |
During the first week of December we held our annual Food Drive. Thank you to our families for their generosity this year. The Food Bank was extremely happy to receive our donation.
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| The children helped to gather the food collected. |
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| Here are the children with some of the food collected. |
Last week we decorated our classroom Christmas trees. They look so beautiful!
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| The Full Day Classroom Tree |
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| The Half Day Classroom Tree |
Our presents for our parents are done. They are nestled safely within the Rudolph bags. One child said "It is a craft inside a craft!" He is so right.
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| The present for our parents is inside these bags. |
Thursday is our last day before the holidays and we are having our annual holiday party. Guess who's coming? Santa!
There is an excitement and an energy in our classrooms. Right now the only thing the teachers can do is:
Isn't it wonderful to be a child during the holidays?
