Shabbat Shalom, Room 7 Families!
On Monday morning, the children entered the room and noticed a new provocation set up on the art table. There was paper, pencils, two kiddush cups to touch and feel, and printed pictures of kiddush cups to spark their creativity. As the children sat down to begin designing a kiddush cup, Shabbat set ideas emerged. The children then looked at our classroom Shabbat set and noticed the plain glass kiddush cup sitting amongst the other items. We asked the children what they would like to do to make the cup a beautiful part of our set. “We can put some jewels on it!” exclaimed one child. “Put paint all over it. Like a rainbow” suggested another child. “We can put some stones on the bottom,” offered another. Then one child added, “What if we make one out of clay?” The class collectively agreed that a kiddush cup fashioned from clay would be a wonderful idea! Tuesday afternoon, a small group of children visited the Art Studio to share with Joanne, our art teacher, their ideas for our classroom kiddush cup. When the children entered the art studio, the conversation continued. The children discussed with Joanne the structure of a kiddush cup. A base, a strong stem, and a bowl were all important parts in creating our kiddush cup. We asked the children if they would like to decorate the glass cup that we already had or if they would like to make one out of clay. “Let’s make it from clay!” several of the children agreed, nodding their heads enthusiastically. Teacher Joanne began to work with the child to manipulate the clay and use various tools to begin sculpting. Ethan and Chloe worked on the base, Lilly and Ariel worked on the stem, and Olivia worked on the bowl of the cup. They pinched and rolled the clay, sculpted, made coils, and used a wire brush to scratch the clay and then moisten each layer with a material called slip, which is wet clay. Every child will have a part to play in creating our classroom kiddush cup in the coming weeks. Painting and decorating the clay cup will add layers of complexity and interest to this ongoing project. We look forward to working on this special endeavor with your children, and wonder what new ideas they will come up with as we progress! Vertical Learning At the math center the children worked with locks and keys. Each lock was numbered and the key sets had a piece of paper connected to it with corresponding dots. At the art center, the children designed kiddush cups with paper and pencil. At the literacy center, the children worked with geoboards and rubber bands to create letters with lines and curves. We also provided a building center using small wood blocks where the children designed and stacked their blocks to create architectural structures. On Friday, the children went on a nature walk and discovered several aromatic herbs that could be used for Havdalah. They touched, sniffed and explored the various herbs, and then collected mint, rosemary and lavender to add to our Havdalah set.
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