Dear parents,
The Peach room has been all about babies this week! We filled our sensory tub with a bubble bath and gave our babies baths. We have tried our hand at changing our baby's diapers, changing their clothes and we've bundled them up and put them to bed. All of this play with our babies has sparked other ideas for pretend play and we've taken our babies shopping, taken photos of our babies and put our babies to nap. Some of our friends have even engaged in role playing ("I'm the mommy and you be the baby") We also learned the baby song, about putting baby to bed and then taking care of him or her when she wakes up. We take turns deciding what the baby needs to go back to sleep (a new diaper, a kiss, a bottle...).
At the circle time each friend brought their baby to the carpet circle and our friends were so excited to show them how we sing songs and dance .
When We play with dolls or stuffed animals, We are learning...
-To use our imaginations
-To treat others with tender, loving care
-To imitate the parenting behaviors we see in our life
-Interpersonal skills
Reminder, there is *no* school Friday or Monday due to Presidents’ Day and a teacher inservice! See you on Tuesday!
Shabbat shalom!
Morah Ora & Morah Goldie
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Friday, February 8, 2019
Dear Parents
Our friends have been busy making final preparations for our annual CJP Family Shabbos Dinner, that will be tonight at 5:30. They worked so hard on completing their Shabbos Box projects which will be on display tonight and ready to be sent home with them on Monday. As Morahs, we provided the provocations and materials for each of these projects, but they are truly the product of your child's creativity, preferences and work. Each one turned out so unique and beautiful, we are proud of their hard work and hope you will be too!
Our three big projects this week were creating candle holders, Kiddush cups, and a shabbos box.
Kiddush cupsOur friends worked on creating their Kiddush cups using a lot of glitter and modge podge. This was very sticky work so thank you for your patience if your child brought some sparkles home with them on their clothes or in their hair. Friends could choose between blue glitter or purple. Some used their hands to spread it onto the stem while others decided to tip them upside down and watch gravity take its course as the glitter combination dripped.
Shabbos candle holder
Our friends have been busy making final preparations for our annual CJP Family Shabbos Dinner, that will be tonight at 5:30. They worked so hard on completing their Shabbos Box projects which will be on display tonight and ready to be sent home with them on Monday. As Morahs, we provided the provocations and materials for each of these projects, but they are truly the product of your child's creativity, preferences and work. Each one turned out so unique and beautiful, we are proud of their hard work and hope you will be too!
Our three big projects this week were creating candle holders, Kiddush cups, and a shabbos box.
Shabbos boxOur friends painted Shabbat boxes and as they were working we noticed their preferences for both specific tools and color. Shai preferred green to all the other colors and covered her entire box with paint. Angie liked brown and only painted a small part of her box before deciding to paint more. Hailey enjoyed experimenting with the texture of the paint on her skin and how the colors changed when mixed. Yehonathan chose his favorite color, blue, and used the paint roller to apply the paint onto his box. We had such fun with all the different colored paint!
Kiddush cupsOur friends worked on creating their Kiddush cups using a lot of glitter and modge podge. This was very sticky work so thank you for your patience if your child brought some sparkles home with them on their clothes or in their hair. Friends could choose between blue glitter or purple. Some used their hands to spread it onto the stem while others decided to tip them upside down and watch gravity take its course as the glitter combination dripped.
Shabbos candle holder
In the sensory table they scooped colored sand in to small glass jars. Again, they selected the colors, order and how much sand they wanted to use as they layered it into their jars. We asked them to tell us which colors they wanted and which they were using as we worked. Then they helped squeeze glue onto the top and stick the foil funnel into the sand and glue, completing their candle holders! While this project was related to Shabbos, our big idea, we also worked on hand-eye coordination and learning colors. They turned out beautifully and we can't wait to use them at home!
Challah and counting
This week we worked on using their pincer grasp. Pincer grasp is an important fine motor skill used for day to day things like gripping a pencil or using silverware. We started out by using hand over hand to help them place the cranberries or raisins on the "challah" loaves using fingers, then worked up to using plastic tweezers. By the end of the week it was exciting to see most of them had mastered some level of this skill. We extended this provocation by helping them count the raisins both in English and Hebrew. Then they were rewarded by eating them- yum!
Chicken soupOn Thursday morning we made delicious chicken soup as our contribution to the Shabbos Dinner. Cooking in the classroom provides so many opportunities for turn taking, measuring, stirring, it is the ultimate science experiment! They enjoy group cooking experiences. We hope those of you who are coming tonight enjoy the finished product!
Shabbot shalom!
Chicken soupOn Thursday morning we made delicious chicken soup as our contribution to the Shabbos Dinner. Cooking in the classroom provides so many opportunities for turn taking, measuring, stirring, it is the ultimate science experiment! They enjoy group cooking experiences. We hope those of you who are coming tonight enjoy the finished product!
Shabbot shalom!
Morah Ora and Morah Goldie
Friday, February 1, 2019
Dear parents, we would like to welcome our new friend Shai to our peach room! We are so happy and excited to have her with us!
This week in the Peach Room our friends began to explore and learn concepts related to Shabbat. Morah Ora explained that after Hashem created our beautiful world he needed to rest on the seventh day. Shabbat is an important time to rest, pray, and spend time with our families at the end of each week. We don't go to school or work! We might bathe, brush our hair, and wear our nice Shabbat clothes. A big meal is prepared and we light the candles. After lighting the candles we say a blessing called "Kiddush" over the grape juice and Challah bread. As a class we also read several storybooks including "1,2,3 Shabbat", "Shalom Shabbat - a book for Havdalah", and "My First Shabbat Board Book."
Dramatic play Our friends worked together to set up for Shabbat. After they were done we all took turns pretending to light the Shabbat candles, pour the grape juice in cups, and "cutting" the Challah. On Shabbat we eat with our friends and family as we enjoy each others company.
Group Project The big project of the week was decorating a challah cover and board. For the challah cover we used a fabric with fabric markers. Our friends decorated them in different ways, each way unique. For the challah board we used mosaic peaches and gems. Our friends dipped them in the glue and carefully glued them in the board in different patterns.
Table top This week at the the table, we had play-dough. We have been practicing rolling and braiding challah. Our friends love to make their own challah and bring them home once they’re baked!
Sensory table At the sensory table we had beans, tops, spoon/scoops, and little wooden vegetables. Our friends pretend to make their own chicken soup. Madison likes broccoli in her soup, but with no carrots. Ella wants only chicken in her soup. Hailey and Shai prefer only beans in their soup. Angie likes tomato’s and carrots. Yehonathan liked to put everything in his soup.
Next week we are going to make real chicken soup to share over our CJP Shabbat dinner. We hope you will all enjoy!
This week we added a new song to our Shabbat songs - “Days of the week”.
"Yom Rishon, Avoda
Yom Sheini, Avoda
Yom Shlishi, Avoda avoda
Yom Riviee, Avoda
Yom Chamishi, Avoda
Yom Shishi, Avoda Avoda
Yom Shabbat Menucha
Yom Shabbat Menucha
Yom Shabbat Menucha Menucha
On Sunday we work work work
On Monday we work work work
On Tuesday we work work work, work work work
Next week we are gonna to make a shabbat box and candle holder!
Shabbat shalom - Morah Ora and Morah Goldie
This week in the Peach Room our friends began to explore and learn concepts related to Shabbat. Morah Ora explained that after Hashem created our beautiful world he needed to rest on the seventh day. Shabbat is an important time to rest, pray, and spend time with our families at the end of each week. We don't go to school or work! We might bathe, brush our hair, and wear our nice Shabbat clothes. A big meal is prepared and we light the candles. After lighting the candles we say a blessing called "Kiddush" over the grape juice and Challah bread. As a class we also read several storybooks including "1,2,3 Shabbat", "Shalom Shabbat - a book for Havdalah", and "My First Shabbat Board Book."
Dramatic play Our friends worked together to set up for Shabbat. After they were done we all took turns pretending to light the Shabbat candles, pour the grape juice in cups, and "cutting" the Challah. On Shabbat we eat with our friends and family as we enjoy each others company.
Group Project The big project of the week was decorating a challah cover and board. For the challah cover we used a fabric with fabric markers. Our friends decorated them in different ways, each way unique. For the challah board we used mosaic peaches and gems. Our friends dipped them in the glue and carefully glued them in the board in different patterns.
Table top This week at the the table, we had play-dough. We have been practicing rolling and braiding challah. Our friends love to make their own challah and bring them home once they’re baked!
Sensory table At the sensory table we had beans, tops, spoon/scoops, and little wooden vegetables. Our friends pretend to make their own chicken soup. Madison likes broccoli in her soup, but with no carrots. Ella wants only chicken in her soup. Hailey and Shai prefer only beans in their soup. Angie likes tomato’s and carrots. Yehonathan liked to put everything in his soup.
Next week we are going to make real chicken soup to share over our CJP Shabbat dinner. We hope you will all enjoy!
This week we added a new song to our Shabbat songs - “Days of the week”.
"Yom Rishon, Avoda
Yom Sheini, Avoda
Yom Shlishi, Avoda avoda
Yom Riviee, Avoda
Yom Chamishi, Avoda
Yom Shishi, Avoda Avoda
Yom Shabbat Menucha
Yom Shabbat Menucha
Yom Shabbat Menucha Menucha
On Sunday we work work work
On Monday we work work work
On Tuesday we work work work, work work work
On Wednesday we work work work
On Thursday we work work work
On Thursday we work work work
On Friday we work work work, work work work
On Shabbat we all rest
On Shabbat we all rest
On Shabbat we all rest, rest rest rest."
On Shabbat we all rest
On Shabbat we all rest, rest rest rest."
Next week we are gonna to make a shabbat box and candle holder!
Shabbat shalom - Morah Ora and Morah Goldie
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