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This week during gathering time we have been continuing to talk about spring and the changes it brings to the environment. After reading Hey, Little Ant much conversation was generated about taking care of living things. Toddler friends were challenged to think about if they wo…
Toddler Room
Large group was centered around Passover this week. After reading Passover we played our own game of "Find the Afikomen." Friends frantically searched our classroom trying to be the first to find the broken piece of matzah. As a group, friends were happy for Parker and Linus as…
Toddler Room
What a busy week here at the JCA as we have been learning about Purim. Purim is a celebration of Queen Esther and how she saved the Jews from Haman. Haman wished to get rid of all of the Jewish people and Queen Esther showed immense bravery when she told King Ahasuerus of Haman…
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Wednesday we had a visit from Officer Corrina Behnke, Portland Police Department's Youth Services Officer. She spent time in our classroom talking about the importance of staying with parents while out doing errands (i.e. grocery store, hardware store) and also suggested that y…
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Bunnies! Bunnies! Bunnies! We are certain that you have heard we will be getting a classroom bunny next week. Gathering time has been spent talking about ways to care for the bunny and brainstorming a name for our future pet. While we have quite the list of possible names we fe…
