The sensory table was filled with sand this week. Our friends were invited to come and hunt for the numbers one through five. When we found a number, the children counted to that number with their fingers. Our friends also made pretend food with the sand such as sandwiches, pizza, and coffee which they offered to each other and "ate" together. Our friends worked on fine motor skills as they poured scooped and measured with the sand.

 

In the loft, Esther and her friends used their imaginations to go on a car ride to the  "blue car wash." When asked what their favorite part of the car wash was, they replied, "When the guy sprays the car with the water."

 

At the beginning of the week, we celebrated Ethan's birthday! First we made a yummy, chocolate cake then, after nap, we sang, gave extra tzedakah, ate cake, and read the book Ethan donated to our classroom.

 

 

The art center is a favorites for the Blue Room Class. Our friend described her drawing as, "a star a star like my name."

 

We explored colors shapes and sizes outside in the playground. 

 

Wishing you a peaceful Shabbat and looking forward to seeing you all at our Thanksgiving  celebration picnic outside next Wednesday!

 

Morah Felicia and Morah Shayna.

Dear Parents, 

 Happy Friday!  We had a great week in the Blue Room.  Here are some highlights of our week:

Outdoor Environment

Our friends enjoy being and exploring outside.  On Monday, we took a sensory tub and filled it with water. Our friends had some water exploration.  Being that it is Arizona, when we head out, the weather is pretty warm.  The children were invited to get their hands and feet wet to make feet and hand print patterns all over the top patio. As they created their designs they discovered that their prints disappeared just as quickly as they made them!  How did that happen?  Why don't our prints stay on the ground?  It's the Sun!  The sun warms the ground and causes the water to evaporate!

Outside is also a great place for a dance party.  Our friends enjoyed showing off their groovy moves to the Peach Room as they played Freeze Dance. 

Dramatic Play 

The most popular area this week in the classroom was our Dramatic  Play Center.  Dress up clothes and materials to create "Small Worlds" were added.  Small World play is when children are given the opportunity to use figures and other resources in miniature  to build stories and play imaginatively.  Our friends created barns, made all of their animals talk, and put them to sleep in beds. 

Giving our friends the opportunity to act out experiences through small world play supports the development of their personal, social and emotional skills.  When children take on and act out another role, it supports their language development, confidence building and self-esteem.

 

Our friends dress up and pretend to be anything they want to be from police officers to princesses. 

 

 

Fine Motor

Our friends learn and review colors and shapes as they lace beads and create structures. 

 

We are looking forward to another awesome week.   We wish you all a restful Shabbos. 

Morah Felicia and Morah Shayna

Dear Parents, 

Here are some highlights of our week. 

 Parsha  Discussion: Toldos

This week we discussed Parsha Toldos about two brothers Eisav and Yaakov, who are the twin sons of Yitzchok and Rivka.  We learned twins are babies born on the same day.  The brothers were very different from each other.  The older brother, Eisav had reddish skin and hair all over his body and Yaakov had lighter, smoother skin.  Eisav was very active, he loved to run around and meet people, and act a bit wild.  Yaakov was more gentle, and he loved to go to school and learn.  Yitzchok and Rivka both taught them to love Hashem and to do his mitzvos.  For Yaakov this was easy but for Eisav it was more challenging because he liked to rush through mitzvahs  .  The brothers both knew about the special bracha from Hashem that would be passed on along to their children. Eisav being the older one would be chosen to get the bracha and Yaakov was worried that Eisav wouldn't know what to do if he got the bracha.  One day Eisav came home so hungry and tired and saw that Yaakov was making lentil soup.  He asked his brother if you could have some and Yaakov of course was willing to share.   He decided this was the perfect time to ask Eisav for the special bracha.  Eisav was so distracted by the soup he agreed to give the bracha to his brother.  Many years pass and Yitzchok gets so old and is unable to see anymore.  Yitzchok didn't know Eisav already gave the bracha to Yaakov, and he told him it was time to take the bracha.   Eisav thought about the mitzvah was always so careful about, kibud av and rushed right away to prepare a tasty meal for his father.  Yaakov went to his father pretending to be Eisav.  He dressed in a big furry coat and had a delicious meal.  Yitzchok could feel Eisav and smelled the food he brought, but knew right away once Yaakov started talking it wasn't Eisav.  In the end Yitzchok ended up giving the special bracha to Yaakov.  This story was a great conversation starter because this year in the blue we have twins!  We discussed how all siblings are similar and like the same things but can also like different things as well. 

Art/Literacy 

We chose a book about the Alef Beis to read and our friends were invited to stretch out on the floor to color and match their own Alef Beis letters when we finished reading.

Outdoor Environment

Our Blue Room friends had the opportunity to bring some of our indoor materials outside.  We feel it's important to explore and extend what we learn inside to outside and vise versa.   Our friends took turns and worked together to take their babies "shopping " outside with the shopping cart

 

We had a fun, busy week.  We wishing everyone well and a healthy peaceful, Shabbos.  Looking forward to start another awesome week.  

Morah Felicia and Morah Shayna