This week we began to introduce Chanukah through storybooks. The words and concepts we are working on with our friends are Chanukah, Menorah and dreidel.
The first project of the week was making Chanukah cards for our dear grandparents!
We had stamping pads with Chanukah symbols, markers and paint stamping dots. Our friends were invited to the table to choose what they wanted to use to color their cards .
Mika likes to use markers, she opens and closes the marker all by herself.
Avigail used paint dots the most to make so many dots on her card.
Ariel took two markers and was going in circular directions to create so many circles .
Daria tried everything that we had on the table .
Our cards full of Chanukah spirit!!
Morah Ora created a Menorah on our floor using tape. Our friends will be using this for "walk the line" - a fun gross motor activity targeting body awareness, motor planning, balance, coordination and listening skills. We will also use our tape Menorah to mark each day of Chanukah by adding tape candles and flames.
We explored candle wax through fine motor play with candles and our menorah. We used real candles, and the children have been practicing placing all eight candles in the menorah as well as the shamash candle. We counted the candles and sorted them by color and broken vs. non-broken.
Another fun art and sensorial experience this week was a group art project using their feet and paint. There was a lot of laughter and excitement and careful dancing because it was so slippery!
We will be exploring more about Chanukah in the next few weeks with so many projects, activities, and celebrations.
Shabbot Shalom,
Morah Ora, & Morah ,Chaya.
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