Dear parents!
We would like to welcome a new boy Luka to our classroom! He is a joy to have with us!!

This week in the Blue room we learned all about ourselves. Each friend had the opportunity to look in to the mirror and look at themselves. We talked about what color everyone's eyes are and we pointed to our nose, ears, and mouth. We counted our fingers and toes. We used paint stamps to stamp our hands and feet on the paper to see the size of our friends' hands and feet.  We also continued to explore the classroom and familiarize ourselves with the materials and the different centers in the room

Self portrait
This week our friends made their first self portrait . Mirrors, black and white photos of each child, and paint pallets were set up for everyone to explore and color.
Avigail pointed to her eyes and made circles around eyes.
Mika enjoyed mixing all the colors and had a big smile on her face.
Abigail looked at the self portrait picture and said “its me!"
Ari enjoyed looking at him self through the mirror .

Another project our friends did is make a family chart .
Thank you parent for bringing us family pictures this week.
We shared them with our friends and we made family charts.  The Morahs helped our friends to glue their family pictures on a big piece of paper.
We used our hand-eye coordination to make a circle with glue sticks.Then we counted how many siblings we have in each family.

Dear parent its a pleasure to be your child's Morah!
They all been adjusting very well!!
And making me proud of them every day!!


We have our schedule for now.
Its will be a little change when the weather cools down.
9:00-9:30 hands wash,sign in ,go out side
9:30-10:00 change clothes,diapers
10:00:10:30 snack
10:30-11:00 table top activities,class room exploration
11:00-11:15 davening,circle time
11:15 diaper change
11:20 -11:40 class room project
11:40-12:00 washing hands,diaper change
12:00-12:30 Lunch
Some of our friends are done with lunch earlier and their cots are set for them so they can go lay down
12:30 to 2:30 rest /nap time
If some friends wake up earlier the Morahs set up quiet activities for them to do.
2:30 to 3:00 diaper change,wash hands ,snack,pick up


Thank you for another great week.
Shabbat shalom
Morah Orah,Morah Chaya.

Next week we are starting our Rosh Hashana unit.
Dear parents for next week we would like to explore a variety of different apples.  If you could please bring in one apple per child:
Mika yellow apple
Ari green apple
Avigail red apple
Luka green apple
Abigail yellow apple

First Week of School!

Dear parents,

We are so happy to be back to school!  We had such a wonderful week of getting to know each other and class room exploration.

Mika and Ari are having fun in the kitchen area and pretending to cook and have long conversations.
Abigail likes to spend time in the library, looking through books and naming each picture, and climbing on the loft.

Avigail showed her interest in fruit puzzles. 

Our friends are adjusting very well and already know our morning routine:
Before we come in to the class we need to take off our shoes.  We then find the shoe prints that we made with Morah Ora and put our shoes on the right shoe print cut out.  We then go inside the classroom and wash our hands right away. 

This week we spent our morning exploration and davening time with our Green Room friends.
The green room friends are teaching us so much, playing with us and helping our younger friends while being very gentle.  The Green room helpers have been helping us learn how to give out Tzedaka and recognize their Hebrew letters of their name.  

Because it is so hot out, we skipped water play this week and next, and can't wait for it a get a little cooler in the mornings.  We will share our daily schedule with you next week, as we are still adjusting to the best schedule for the children. 

Next week's unit is "All about me".
We will also continue spending more time exploring the classroom and materials and getting to know each other.

Please send a hard copy or email a picture of your child, a family picture, any pets that they have, a picture of their room or house, and a picture of their favorite toy.  We will be using these pictures to make a book with each child to read together in our classroom. 

We had Shabbos party today, making challah, having kiddush, singing Shabbos songs, and reading special Shabbos stories.  

Please, if you can each send in a plastic shoe box with a lid, that way we can have sensory exploration in a COVID-safe way.  

Also, while we do have water from the water fountain to refill your child's water bottle, if you would prefer they drink bottled water, please send an extra bottle to refill your child's water bottle. 

Thank you and looking forward for next week!

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Ora and Morah Chaya.