Dear parents,

Christmas is the merriest holiday that the kids are looking forward to. Although we don’t have snow or real pine trees in Taiwan, we have kids sing X’mas carols, put up plastic Xmas tree, and receive lots of gifts ( from parents) That and much more. Don’t forget to join us this Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the city library by Jien Guo.

For phonics class, I introduced the letter “U”, and the related words including: umpire, untie, umbrella, up and upside down.

For math class, we continued working on patterns. We practiced more samples with the color teddy bears and little “fishies”. I also printed extra worksheets for them to practice more.

For art and crafts class, we made “Winter Wreaths”. First, we cut out the middle of the plates and used them as the rings of the wreaths. Then, they colored the plates with any color that they chose. Lastly, the kids cut the winter picture patterns such as mittens, scarves, boots, hats and snow flakes.

For social studies class this week, I introduced a new set of insects such as praying mantises, bees, ladybugs, flies, mosquitoes, and caterpillars.
I also taught them about spiders and worms. The kids were so involved with the insects. They shared their stories with everyone.

Individual comments:


August was playing around with a pair scissors in his hands during Art and crafts class this week. I asked him to take a time out in front of everybody and reminded them that it’s very dangerous to play around with scissors. August associates the word “up” with an elevator…he came up with that on his own.

Christine finally recovered from her cold. We were so glad that she returned to school on Wednesday.

Leetrue spaces out a lot, even when he drinks water (he was busy looking at others without drinking his water). But, he tried very hard during rehearsal. He sings out loudly and does the movements well.

Theresa seemed to enjoy making arts and crafts this week. She was able to finish cutting her patterns in a short time and to decorate them nicely on her own.

Jae and Theresa are superstars on stage. They both keep big smiles while they are singing and dancing. I couldn’t take my eyes off of them while we were singing. Jae can’t wait to bring her stocking home to hang it in her room.

Casper is sort of getting the idea of a X’mas now. This is going to be his first show in public, and I know that he can do it.

Jason improved quite a lot in math patterns after many exercises. He at least tried to think about his answers before he shouts out a random answer.