SHALOOM KINDERGARTEN CLASS IS BACK IN SESSION as of January 16, 2014, with a new group of students, and a better trained teacher! The number of students this year is 12, which is smaller than most years, but we're comfortable with that number because it allows for more one-on-one time between teachers and students. Yes, thank God, Rehema is still with us as an assistant teacher...and so much more!
As our first class project, the students made miniature houses/huts out of toilet paper rolls. I found a website which shows a variety of craft projects geared toward kindergarten students. I adapted one of the projects, using supplies that were available, and by just drawing a house on one small piece of construction paper, and designing a roof on another, the children and I pasted the construction paper to the toilet paper roll...and presto! We didn't have glue available so we used paste, made from a "tried and true" recipe which I remembered from my childhood years.
It was so much fun to see the students work so diligently with their drawings; trying to match their designs with that of the sample. They really take pride in their work. When the work was completed, they were happy to showcase their new houses!
The children wanted to bring their huts home the day we made them, but I asked them to wait until Friday. On Valentine's Day, each of the children made cards for their caregivers and they were able to take their huts home, along with the cards, as gifts. I gave each of them a small bag to carry their treasures home. The children carried the bags as if they contained gold!
Making Valentine's Day cards
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