Dear Peach Room Parents.

We began exploring Tu B'Shvat, or the New Year for Trees, this week. Friends have been working on an ongoing group project. They are creating their own Peach Room Family Tree. Everyday we add some more to our tree as we talk about the different parts of the tree- roots, trunk & bark, branches, and leaves. They explored different textures and mediums in this collage work. Our friends began by painting our cardboard tree all together. Then they added some bark that we found on our playground. We used sponges to create a tree-like texture and we glued some leaves that we collected outside.

In the sensory table this week  we had soil, beans and pots.  We were practicing to plant.

 As we do this we talk about all of the things that plants and trees need to grow healthy- soil, water and sunlight to make their own food.

Next week we are going to plants our own pots to see how beans or seeds grow in to something big .

At the table clay, playdoh and branches were set out for our friends to sculpt their own trees. Playing and molding clay can be extremely therapeutic for a child who needs to physically express their emotions. In addition, their fingers are working to strengthen their fine motor skills and dexterity while their brain is working on their imagination and creativity.

Shabbot Shalom!

Morah Ora