This week and next week our unit of interest is Parsha Bereishis, the story of creation. We took the story and incorporated it into our centers. We focused on the first two days of creation this week and will continue with rest next week. Long ago in the very beginning there was NOTHING! Only Hashem, no world, people or animals, no trees or stars, no water or light. Hashem didn't want things to stay like this. He wanted to create a beautiful place where people could do only good and a place where he would be recognized. Since there was no such place, Hashem decided to create it. On the first day he started by creating light. Hashem made the light shine part of time, called day and made dark for part of the day called night. Then on the second day he created water then he created space in the middle filled with air called sky. Next he made dry spots of sand, clay, and rock called land that divided the waters into oceans, lakes, and rivers. He created trees and plants that live on this land. Then Hashem created two great lights to tell us when it was day and when it was night, the sun and the moon. Next he created creatures to swim in the seas, fly in the skies, and crawl on land. After this he created animals and finally created the first people. Hashem saw that he created such a beautiful place just like he planned and he gave the people the responsibility to keep it beautiful and good by showing kindness and practicing mitzvos. This would make Hashem recognized and comfortable. Now Hashem's work was complete so he rested and made Shabbos a time to rest. It would be a time to celebrate all of Hashem's beautiful work, his creation of life and world.
Light and Dark
Monday and Tuesday our sensory table had white beans and black beans to represent light and dark. We had some sun, moon, and star shapes in various sizes along with spoons and buckets. The children hid the shapes as well as scooped and poured into buckets developing and strengthening their fine motor skills, self regulation, and vocabulary. We took this opportunity to have conversations about Hashem creating day and night. Then we asked What questions like what do you see in the sky in the dark time? what do you see in the sky during the time? Hashem created all of it!
Gavin practices early math skills with sequencing in size. Gavin says, "I found a big moon. I find a small moon. I find a baby moon."
Our freinds had fun exploring the contrast between white and black when we did an open painting project and used different objects to paint with such as tubes, sponges and paint brushes. The girls took it a step further and experimented with their hands and fingers.
Wednesday and Thursday we played with shaving cream and our Sensory table was full of blue water and gems to explore. Representing the second day of creation When playing in the Sensory table Ronan says, " the ice is cold" and picked up some of them gems and splashed them into the water. Davis really enjoyed playing with the shaving cream he drew circles with his fingers then wiped them away to draw them again. We made our own puffy paint with shaving cream and elmer's glue to create puffy clouds just like Hashem did!
We will continue our Bereishis unit next week, thanks for a great week and Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Felicia and Morah Menucha
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