Dear Blue Room Families,

 

What a wonderful last full week of school! There was so much to explore this week!

 Blue Room Friends got SO dirty! Our outdoor learning space provided many opportunities to learn math, science, and sensory concepts. The children loved exploring with water and mud. They worked together to take turns using the hose. They saw what happens when there is more water than dirt and when there is more dirt than water. 

Our friends also filled up different types of containers: large, medium, small, and tiny! This was a chance to experience capacity and volume: a science and math concept. There were also many comments about what it feels like to have water flowing through fingers, sinking toes into cold, mud, and feeling clothes get heavier when they were wet. 

Once the messy work was finished for the day, our class had the opportunity to practice an important life skill: dressing and undressing. Though it seems simple, it is a complex process for growing brains. There are many actions that require crossing the midline, which engages both brain hemispheres at once. Working memory is also exercised as the children differentiate the process of taking off a shirt verses taking off a pair of pants or a skirt. Our friends also talked a lot about how much harder it is to take clothes off when they are dirty and wet. This shows their ability to compare and contrast.

 Our Moving Up Ceremony is on Thursday at 9:30am! We worked hard to create a very special end-of-year project, and we rehearsed our performance on the stage in the shul. We cannot wait to show you all our finished work!

 It has been an incredible year of learning and growing together. We are beyond grateful to all of you for trusting us to care for your children each day. We will miss all of our Blue Room Friends very much as the school year ends.

 

We hope you have a restful Shabbos,

Morah Shaina & Morah Emma

 Dear Blue Room Families,


We had such a fun week: let’s see what we did!

 
We started this week with a fascinating science experiment. We took water beads and let them grow in water! They went from tiny, hard beads to large, squishy beads. Each day we experimented with them in different ways. First, we put them in a big bucket and used loose parts to pick them up and feel them. Next, we put them in zip-lock bags and kept them contained. Last, we shook them and listened to what kind of noise they made in water and without being in water.

We also had the opportunity to explore with shaving cream! We got messy with it and used our senses to identify what we could see, smell, hear and feel. Our friends said it felt like, “silk,” it smelled, “like ice cream,” it sounded, “sleepy,” and it looked like “whipped cream.”

Our friends were very interested in playing “doctor.” They took their stethoscope and listened to each other’s bellies and even had a grand time playing with blue gloves!
As you may know, there is a mild stomach bug going around school so we believe this is where they got their doctor curiosity from!

Morah Emma will be taking over with Morah Shaina for the next 2 weeks! 

Thank you to each of you for trusting me with taking care your child. I had a phenomenal experience at Chandler Jewish Preschool, and I feel so grateful to be apart of your child’s development. May you have a wonderful and restful Shabbos!


Morah Lexi and Morah Shaina

 Dear Blue Room Families,

Happy early Mother’s Day to all you wonderful moms!!

This week we worked very hard and put in a lot of love for your Mother’s Day picture frames and cards! While creating these, our friends had the opportunity to finger paint, paint with a paintbrush, pose for a picture with a bundle of flowers they hand picked and glue on gems!
They were asked questions about their mommies, and we hope you enjoy their answers!

This week we focused on practicing our ABC’s in English and Hebrew! We incorporated sensory objects using wooden cubes that contained letters on them. We also used plastic letters to stamp into colorful play dough. Our friends were able to physically see the letter while practicing to repeat back what letter was being shown.

We had a lot of fun with water play! You may notice that your child is coming home with dirty clothes almost every day. If your child comes home with dirty clothes, please make sure to send back extra clothes for the following day. Thank you! In addition, this upcoming week will be my last week with the Blue Room. Thank you all for trusting me with your sweet babies! they sure do know how to make me smile :) It’s been a pleasure working with them and I will miss them so much! Morah Emma joined us today and will return next week while I am still here so that the children can get to know her. She is an amazing morah, and we are lucky to have her finish out our year in the Blue Room!

 

Be sure to check the CJP Family Facebook group to see photos from this week!

Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Lexi & Morah Shaina