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Of Ella Rose Rosenthal Page 31 |
She was born on November 18, 2003 in Lübeck,
Germany
and was 6 pounds 14 ounces or 3.12 kg and 19.7 inches or 50 cm long.
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The Continuation of the Photographic History of her Early Days
| Ella in Encino April 2007 |
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| Mina and Ella watching a movie |
| Ella's Easter Egg Hunt in Encino April 2007 | |
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| Mom and Ella looking at the Easter presents | Ella finding a blue egg in the grass |
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| Ella finding a BIG egg | Ella finding rabbit ears |
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| Ella finding a yellow egg | Ella's last find - A BUNNY |
| Ella and Annabel in Encino April 2007 | |
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| Annabel and Ella in the yard | Annabel and Ella - friends forever |
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| Annabel and Ella taking a rest | Annabel and Ella getting up |
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| Annabel, Ella and both Moms at the park | Ella and Annabel playing at the park in Encino |
ELLA'S SCHOOL REPORT CARDS
| YOYOGI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL |
| Toyko, Japan |
| School Year: 2006-2007 Progress Report |
| Preschool 2-3 years old Term 2: March 16, 2007 |
| Student Name: Ella Rosenthal Teachers:Louise King and Shiho Ogata |
| Class: Penguins Red |
| SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT |
| During the second term we have been encouraging the
children to interact with each other by carrying out non-teacher led
group based activities. We have continued to reinforce good manners and
classroom rules throughout the school day. Ella really loves being at
school. It is nice seeing her come to school with a smile on her face.
She is able to interact easily with other children and even though she
plays most often with Annabel, recently we have seen her playing with
Leon and Jamie. |
| LANGUAGE AND LITERACY |
| The children are beginning to become more talkative
this term and we have been working on listening to others while they
are speaking as well as to the teachers. We have also introduced name
recognition in written form. Ella’s speech has made more progress over
the past few months. She picks up new words and phrases with ease and
often repeats them. She is becoming a lot more confident speaking with
her friends and with the teachers. During Circle Time we ask the
children to raise their hand if they have something they want to tell
us, Ella is usually one of the first to tell us about something she has
done and she usually adds her eyebrow trick for effect! Ella is now
able to recognise her own name and she is even able to recognise the
names of some of her friends. |
| MATHEMATICS |
| This term we have focused on more number based
recognition and activities as well as continuing to develop more
awareness of colours and shapes in our environment. Ella is able to
count from one to ten with ease and she is able to count objects using
one~toone correspondence. She is also beginning to recognise some
numbers in written form. Ella’s knowledge of shapes and colours is
amazing and now she is very good at sorting objects by size as well as
by shape and colour. Ella is able to understand the idea of opposite
concepts and if asked is able to tell us the opposite of hot, soft etc.
We have introduced ABAB patterns during Learning Time and Ella is
beginning to complete these patterns by herself. |
| PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT — Gross and Fine Motor skills |
| Every week we spend time doing a structured physical
education class in the gymnasium. This term we have concentrated on
jumping with control, and throwing and catching activities. We have
also been using play dough and paper clay to further develop the
children’s manipulative and fine motor skills. Ella really loves
joining in with our gym classes. She likes being able to jump around
and she is able to do this with control and landing with two feet
together. She is a very skilled at catching and throwing balls too.
Ella’s fine motor skills have also made a lot of progress. She is able
to use paintbrushes, crayons and stick glue with control. Her ability
to use scissors is very good, and she is always asking to use the
scissors. |
| SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY |
| During this term we have learnt about growth and change
and carried out many exciting explorations, including learning how to
cook, to encourage the children’s curiosity and interest in scientific
discoveries. Ella loved it when we did cooking in the class this term.
She liked being able to make things all by herself and she would become
very excited when it was her turn to stir the ingredients together. She
especially liked the part where she could eat what she had made! She
also really enjoyed planting and watering her cress seeds when we
learnt about how things grow. |
| THE ARTS — Art, Music and Drama |
| Creative Art time has been used to help foster the
children’s creativity and confidence. We have been able to expose them
to many different art media. Theme related music and movement and
dramatic play are also an integral part of our school day. Creative Art
is still one of Ella’s most favourite times of the day. She always
listens to the instructions she is given very carefully, which results
in some very beautiful and precise pieces of artwork. Recently Ella has
not shown as much enthusiasm for dancing as she used to but she still
loves it when we use musical instruments and she likes it when she can
dance holding her friends (usually Annabel’s) hands. |
| JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Teacher: Shiho Ogata |
| In the beginning of the class, we count our Kimono.
Ella is able to count 1 through 10 very clearly, and as well as the
other Japanese children in our class. She really enjoys learning about
Japanese culture, and when we talked about ‘Setsubun’ (Eve of the first
day of spring), she especially liked the story about ‘mamemaki’ (bean
scattering) and ‘Oni’ (Monster). Ella has helped the other children
many times if they haven’t understood what I have asked. She has been a
really good helper to me this term as much as she was last term. This
term, Ella started trying to ask me some questions in Japanese. She is
able to put a few words together to try and make a sentence!! Yoku deki
mashita, Ella chan!! |
| Great job, Ella! |
| YOYOGI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL |
| School Year: 2006-2007 Progress Report |
| Preschool 2-3 years old Term 3: June 4, 2007 |
| Student Name: Ella Rosenthal Teachers: Louise King / Shiho Ogata |
| Class: Penguins Red |
| SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT |
| We have encouraged the children to become more aware of
their surroundings, people and objects. We have also reinforced how to
treat one another as well as our belongings; to be careful with our
hands when playing and to take care not to kick or throw toys. It has
been lovely to have watched, and been a part of Ella’s growth and
development over the past year. Ella is a very caring and helpful
little girl. Everyone loves playing with Ella and she has easily formed
friendships with her classmates. It has been wonderful seeing her enjoy
her days at school so much. |
| LANGUAGE AND LITERACY |
| The children have been communicating more and more with
the teachers as well as one another. We have encouraged the children to
take initiative when asking classmates questions or for toys rather
than asking the teachers to ask for them. We have also introduced
tracing and imaginary writing with our fingers. Ella is a very
confident talker. She is able to speak in complete sentences and her
speech is very clear and easy to understand. She is able to take the
initiative when talking and interacting with her friends. Ella’s
recognition of the Alphabet is also very good and she loves it when we
trace letters and do imaginary writing. |
| MATHEMATICS |
| Over the course of the year we have introduced a number
of mathematical concepts and ideas including counting, shapes, colours,
size ordering and matching games. At first the children were completely
teacher led throughout these activities but as the year has progressed
they have become more interactive and are now much more independent in
their approach to problem solving. Ella really enjoys showing us her
knowledge of colours, shapes and numbers. She is now able to recognise
the numbers in written form. She really enjoys the matching and
sequencing games that we play and is very good at them. |
| PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT – Gross and Fine Motor skills |
| Through our weekly use of the gymnasium and learning
time activities the children have developed both their gross and fine
motor skills. They have learnt how to become much more controlled in
their coordination and range of movement. They are also more able now
in terms of their manipulative and fine motor skills as their accuracy
has increased and their confidence grown. Ella’s fine motor skills are
well developed. She is able to use a crayon with control and she enjoys
colouring pictures during free play. The pictures she colours are
always done with care and precision and she is able to concentrate on
this for long periods of time. She is also able to use scissors
correctly. She really enjoys our gym classes and enjoys using the
balance beams, jumping and catching balls. |
| SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY |
| We have continued to encourage the children to explore
their surroundings and think about what is happening around them. They
enjoy playing with new toys in the class and discovering what they can
do with them. Ella is very inquisitive and is now asking a lot more
questions about what is going on around her. She often surprises us
with the things that she says and remembers. |
| THE ARTS – Art, Music and Drama |
| During this term we have introduced some more
challenging Art projects which require the children to use their own
skills and imagination. As the children now know their favourite songs
and dances they like to request them during our Music Time. Ella always
participates during Art Time with lots of enthusiasm; she loves using
her imagination when creating her work and is very proud of her
accomplishments. Ella’s enthusiasm for dancing has also started to
return, she enjoys dancing to some of her favourite songs with her
friends. We love watching her facial expressions when she is dancing
with her friends and the teachers. |
| JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE - Teacher: Ogata Shiho |
| Throughout this year, we have learnt about Japanese
culture and customs along with Japanese language by using stories,
traditional toys, and different activities, such as games, songs, and
art and crafts. Ella had been a great helper throughout a year, and she
has surprised me so many times by her ability to take in new vocabulary
so quickly. It was amazing to see her progress in Japanese from knowing
some words and answering to simple question by using “hai,
soudesu/Chigau” to actually making simple sentences by putting words
together to answer my questions. One of Ella’s favorite activities in
Japanese class is ‘Ekaki uta’ where we draw pictures while singing a
song. As soon as I showed how to draw ‘Tako’ (octopus) by singing a
song for it, Ella could memorize those words and was able to draw it
without any help. Also, I saw Ella drawing different objects and making
up a song for it as she was drawing. I was excited to see how she could
apply what she had learnt to the new things she was learning. I had so
much fun having Ella in my Japanese class. I hope she continues
learning Japanese and having fun experiencing different cultures!! |
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has been a pleasure having Ella in our class and we wish her all the best for the future. |
| Well done, Ella! |
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