Dear Blue Room Families,

As we started our introduction to Pesach, we learned and demonstrated some fun activities pertaining to the upcoming holiday! Let’s explore our week:

We had the opportunity to play in our sensory table, which represented Moses parting the Red Sea! We used red magna-tiles, people, and water which made the story easier for everyone to understand. We even got to walk on wood blocks to experience how our Jewish ancestors walked through the parted Red Sea! We also started to learn how Moses' mother sent him in a woven basket down the river. So we took care of the babies which showed our friends how to use gentle hands. In addition, we are starting to get our class nice and clean, making sure there are no bread crumbs anywhere!

As this week was picture day, we spent extra time outside so we decided to have a picnic while we waited patiently for our class to have our turn. We practiced our smiles and got extra time to play.  We even davened outside! It was nice to have a different morning experience.

We’ve been exploring pyramids and inspecting how different pyramids look. Our friends decided to build their very own pyramids out of blocks. They built it higher than their own height! They are so excited to learn more ways that they can build pyramids using different materials. Each time we put a block up, we used our math skills by counting from 1 to 10!

Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Lexi and Morah Shaina

Dear Blue Room Families,

This week we continued to learn about Purim! Let’s take a closer look into our week:

Block Exploration:

This week began with our friends using their imaginations to create a magical castle using blocks. We asked our friends “What can you build?” We put our creativity to the test and created some colorful, tall, and mighty castles. Our friend, Mika, even decided to make an “obstacle course” with her blocks!

Art Exploration:

We sent home groggers that the children finished up this week! We learned that we shake it as loud as we can when we hear the name Haman. We also spent several days making crowns. First we used crayons to color. Next we glued golden stars, pom poms, and gems onto our crowns. Multi-step processes allow children to connect more deeply with their work as well as exercise their delayed-gratification times. Having the ability to accept delayed gratification, when a child does not start, finish, and receive something right away, improves academic and work outcomes as children get older. 

As we used our pincer grasp and hand eye coordination, we learned that crowns resemble royalty and how Queen Esther wore one as well. We wanted them to resemble Queen Esther’s royalty! We even wore them while davening to show Hashem that we are royal queens and kings too!

 

Literacy Exploration:

This week was extra fun due to the GIANT Purim book we read! The book is almost as big as our blue room friends! We also watched a lot of puppet shows by Morah Shaina explaining the story of Queen Esther. The puppets allowed the story to be told in a fun and engaging way that each student absolutely loved. Some of our friends started to even read the story of Megillas Esther to one another. The children are enjoying our Purim activities and are looking forward to our Purim celebration together.

Our tzedakah box got full towards the end of the week so Rabbi came to visit us in our class. He sang our tzedakah song with us as he took our tzedakah money to the poor people so they will have clothes, food, and toys too! We are all so excited to celebrate Purim together next week and show off our fabulous costumes! 

Please remember to bring in your child's mishloach manot items and join us in dressing up for spirit week!

Yosef: Veggie Straws

Avi: Applesauce

Avigail: Granola Bars

Ariel: Clementines

Luka: Mini Peppers

Mika: Mini Carrots

Bella: Original Pringles

Esther: Bananas

Beatrice: Crunchy Rollers

Daria: That's It Fruit Bars

Marlowe: Tree Top Apple Juice Boxes

Ethan: Pretzels

 We hope you have a wonderful Shabbat!

Morah Lexi & Morah Shaina

 

 

Dear Blue Room Families,

This week we started to explore Purim! We are so excited to learn all about queen Esther and Mordecai. Let’s investigate our week:

Block Exploration:

This week our friends were very interested in magnet tiles. We have been discussing castles as our main focus has been about Purim, and they are using their creative and big imaginations to recreate a castle using the magnet tiles. Next week we are going to explore more ways of how we can create castles using other materials.

Science Exploration:

We made graggers for Purim this week using a plastic water bottle and filling it with all different kinds of beans. We used lentils, navy beans, kidney beans, etc. We asked our friends “How loud do you think our graggers can get?” All of our friends said very, very loud! The children were given the opportunity to fill up their water bottles and hear the sound get louder and louder as they put more beans into the bottle.

Art Exploration:

As we started to make our graggers, we also decided to color queen Esther and Mordecai to put inside our water bottles. As our friends were coloring queen Esther and Mordecai, Morah Shania and Morah Lexi were explaining the wonderful story of Purim. We are in the process of painting our graggers with all different kinds of colors as well. We are so excited to take them home and make the most noise when Haman’s name is mentioned!

Literacy Exploration:

Our friends have been LOVING to read! Reading has been requested more often recently so we are making sure to incorporate extra reading time within our days. This week we read The Pout Pout Fish, 10 Tiny Puppies and Calm Down Time. These books have been pivotal in helping our friends explore and express their feelings. Communication for each student has been improving since reading more books on emotions! 

 

 

We wish you and your families a wonderful Shabbos,

Morah Lexi & Morah Shaina