Bamboo Garden News, Nov. 10th-14th, 2008

Dear Bamboo parents:

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-Thanks to all the kids for understanding for the most important things what is ok (可以) to do and not ok (不可以) to do for their self-discipline by showing the pictures. They could tell anyone the reasons of why it is 可以 and 不可以. And we are trying to carry it out in real life as well as reminding other kids.

- “Happy Birthday to Kai” (生日快乐), our k/first grade teacher. We celebrated her birthday on Monday. We had cupcakes before our lunch.

-Thanks to all the kids for trying to let me know before they do something at circle time. They are learning to respect all kids and teachers.

– We learned what we should do when we get sick, who we see (医生，护士doctor, nurse) and where we go (医院，hospital) and what a doctor uses to check our body. Finally, who do we need to thank for taking care of us when we are sick.

- This week, we are learning that exercise is very important for us and what we can eat to make us healthier.

-For next week, we will review everything we learned from Theme 1 and we will introduce “Thanksgiving holiday” with some activities.

Our hard work: Nov. 10-14, 2008

-Rhyme: review “我的五官怎么了”?(What’s wrong with my facial features?)

-Body movement (PE): review all songs with body movements. (南瓜舞, 小小眼睛, 头儿、肩膀、膝脚趾。). Our new song : 健康操: 左三圈，右三圈，脖子扭扭，屁股扭扭，我们大家一起来做运动，抖抖手呀抖抖脚呀，勤做深呼吸，我们一起唱唱跳跳，健康好宝宝。(music)

-Story: 胖国王 (fat king)

Nov. 10^th- Listened to the 胖国王story. The king is too fat to sit on the chair, too fat to lace his shoes. Everything he does, he needs help from others. His doctor asks him to do exercise and eat more vegetable and fruit rather than hot dogs, hamburgers, French fries, soda and so on. We celebrated Teacher Kai’s birthday. (PE)

Nov. 13^th- We tried not to be a 胖国王 and we encourage kids to do exercise and our body movement every morning.

Nov. 14^th- We had some food pictures and a 胖国王. If you were a doctor, how would you help 胖国王 eat healthier? （art )

- PE class was held on Thursday this week and we kept practicing throwing a ball at facial features painted on a wall.

- Thanks for signing up for parent conferences on Nov. 20th and 21st. I’m looking forward to meeting with all of you.

Thanks, 谢谢,

Pei-Pei 贝贝

Nov. 16^th, 2008