Dear Room C Parents,
This week we focused on our five senses. We talked about how we hear, see, smell, taste and touch to learn about the world around us. We made a lovely smelling rosemary play dough with fresh sprigs of rosemary. We tasted sweet fruit, salty cheese, sour lemon. We highlighted the difference between loud noises and quiet sounds. How do our ears feel? We looked at bright colors and talked about how they look, which is our favorite? As a tasting activity, we made pizza bagels. We talked about what we see, how they taste and we also tasted sweet strawberries, sour lemon and salty pretzels. We then talked about which tasted best, and which taste we didn’t like. Sensory /tactile activities included slime, cloud dough, play dough and paint and shaving cream squishy bags. All the while we talked about how things look, feel, smell, taste and sound bringing an awareness to how we make sense of everything around us. The children enjoyed identifying their body parts in connection with how they process sensory information. The story of “Mortimer” is all about loud sounds versus quiet. How do they sounds feel to our ears? Music with Andrew was also a blast this week. Playing with the egg shakers, the parachute and colorful scarves all while moving to the music was a big sensory party! Our week ended with a very nice time in the Temple for Shabbat. The children had a great time singing and listening to Ditza and Rabbi Josh singing and telling the story. What a busy fun filled week it has been! Shabbat Shalom & Have a Wonderful Holiday Weekend, Anita & Elena **Reminders** No school on Monday May 28 in observance of Memorial Day.
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Dear Room C Parents,
What a busy week it has been! We spent so much time working on fine motor activities, such as animal matching, stacking blocks to create tall towers and large structures on the rug, simple self correcting puzzles at the tables and our favorite, magna tiles on the light table. We can see that the skill level in this department really has increased. We have observed more sophisticated creations and longer periods of engagement. At circle time we also see that our children need more. We are shifting our focus to include more interactive experiences (each child gets a turn to contribute something to the story) and movement in our circle time and other classroom activities. The children are especially enjoying “We Are The Dinosaurs”, an interactive song where we all stomp around the room, then eat our food, then rest together as a group of dinosaurs. Another circle time time song the children have been enjoying is “Looking For Shapes” in which the children move their feet in a marching motion while sitting in their chairs, stopping when we “find” a shape. The children then take turns to identify and put that shape in our bag. By the end of the week, we were all ready to enjoy Shabbat with our Moms and Grandmas as our guests of honor. What a special time it was. The children so enjoyed your presence! We thank you all for joining us and sharing in the fun. Shabbat Shalom & Have a Wonderful Weekend! Anita & Elena Dear Room C Parents,
This week has been all about caterpillars and butterflies. Last Wednesday, our class caterpillars were delivered, and they have been busy eating and growing all week long and will soon be forming cocoons. We spent the week learning about the life cycle of butterflies with the story “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”. We are highlighting counting, sequencing and how things change and grow. The children are so excited. On Wednesday, the children practiced their fine motor skills as they used droppers to paint colorful “tie dyed” wings using liquid watercolors on our beautiful butterflies. Take a look at our work! Music this week was also a blast! The children enjoyed playing parachute games and they are becoming experts at following along with the simple sequence of directions given by Teacher Andrew. For example, “Hold the parachute with two hands then shake, shake shake and stop.” So much fun! As we continue to increase our skills, our attention span, our ability to complete simple tasks and cooperate with friends, learning about sequencing plays a big role. Create a simple game or chore at home to practice completing two or three step directions with your little ones at home. They love playing with you, having responsibilities and helping out. We ended our week with a wonderful time spent together celebrating Shabbat. Singing and enjoying story time in the temple with Ditza and Rabbi Josh is alway very special. Our room C friends always have a great time. Shabbat Shalom & Enjoy your weekend, Elena & Anita **Reminders** Tot Shabbat is tomorrow, 5/5. Join us at 10:30 A.M. in Wise Woods. Next week, we are celebrating Mother's and Grandmother's week and we are inviting you all to take part in the brunch and all school Shabbat Services which will follow. Brunch is at 10am, followed by 11am services in the sanctuary. Hope to see you all there! |