Dear parents,

I hope that you and your family had a very Merry X’Mas! This is the happiest X’Mas that I’ve ever had! God sent my husband and I the most precious gift; our son Theodore. Theo is going to meet us in two more months. The bun is almost ready; we both can’t wait to see him!!!

Tuesday, Tree House Cinema played “Charlie Brown’s First X’Mas” and “Shrek Hall X’Mas” for our kids. They loved them so much.

For phonics class, I introduced the letter “V”, and the related words including: van, vine, vinegar, and violin.
For math class, we worked on sizes between big and small. This is an easy concept for all of them. We only worked on exercises for a short time, so we moved on to extra worksheets.

For art and crafts class, we made "Hand prints of Rudolph the Reindeer”. First, I traced each of their handprints. Then, I asked them to cut it carefully around the edges. Jason and August decided to cut through the middle. After a big mess, we started to decorate them. We used pipe cleaners, pon pons, and googly eyes to decorate them.

For social studies class this week, I introduced “Sea Animals”. The kids were very curious about some rare animals like hammerhead sharks and sting rays.


Individual comments:


Leetrue drank water without any reminders this week. He worked independently on his art project this week.

Jason was not co-operative on Tuesday while we were working on arts and crafts. First, he cut the handprint I traced for him through the middle. Then, he squeezed out so much glue on anything that he used. And you know August; he copies Jason when he does something different than others.

August talked about Teacher Peter being Santa Clause last Friday; when ever we talk about Santa. He repeatedly mentioned Teacher Peter giving him a gift.

Jae told us her parents like to eat clams and crabs. The other day, Jae and Casper got into a little tiff. She got angry and then she made him sad. I reminded them to talk to each other (be civilized), because they are not animals.

Casper really loves the cartoons we watched on Wednesday. You could hear his laughter from far away. Casper had a great appetite this week. He was the first one to finish his food two times in a row this week.

Christine seemed a little weak on Tuesday when she came to school. After a warm welcoming, she recovered. She didn’t finish her art project last week. So, I asked her to bring the pieces home and finish it.

Theresa likes to play with my markers with Christine to imitate my actions as a teacher. They showed us how to read our calendar and dates.