Fall blowing in our classroom!

 

Fall Unit

Our Big Idea was focusing on the wonders of Hashem in this world!

Children have a pure understanding and innate sense of the wonders of this world. They truly help us appreciate the incredulous wonders of every detail Hashem created for us.

 

Our Fall center:

We brought fall into our classroom by hanging leaves! We also placed a fan to blow them and plenty of leaves for them to place in front of the fan to blow them in the 'wind'.

Felt board to create a tree image  and a sensory table with a lot of fall items for them to discover.

 

 

Levi collecting leaves to blow in the wind

 

Leaves were tickling Evi.

 

Muka wanted to make her leaves falling off the branches on the felt board.

 

 

 

 

Recognizing the different types of leaves by dividing them in the correct line.

 

 

A great math skill as well when they were finished we talked about which has the most and least

 

 

Levi in delight with all the fall treasures he was finding..

 

 

Chani found a birds nest and wanted it to be her crown

 

 

In our dramatic play area we added a fall wardrobe for the children to dress up in. Sweaters, scarves etc.

(note- We actually enjoyed some fall weather at the beginning of this week, before it turned into 90 degree heat ;)

 

 

we couldn't forget their precious baby dolls so we placed a draw filled with baby size sweaters for them to dress their dolls.

 

Evi and Devorah Leah took some small pine cones and made 'pine cone cupcakes'

 

 

Learning through our Five Senses:

Each circle time was based on another of the senses, as this is the best way for the children to learn!

Eye sight- 

Using  a mirror we first had a discussion about the importance of vision. We spoke about how grateful we are to Hashem for giving us sight.

 

 

 

With our eyes we are able to experience fall in such a great way.

How many different colors do the leaves turn ??

 

 

Each child got to observe and take a closer look at their leaf to see how many colors they see.

 

 

 

Inspired by all the fall colors we got our hands into all those colors and created leaves for our fall bulletin board.

 

 

 

 

Leaf rubbing. 

We placed many different types of leaves under a big butcher paper and they had to find them all and see the shape.

 

 

Even with all the fall experiences in our classroom there is no other way to fully experience it rather than head outdoors.

 

 

 

Finding fall treasures.

 

 

Playing a color recognition game

 

 

 

 

 

Hearing Fall 

What sounds does fall make? we listened to the wind outside at the beginning of the week.

Then we gathered leaves and placed it in a wading pool. sliding into the pool and crunching on leaves was a lot of fun.

 

 

 

 

Play dough leaves.

We had a batch of play dough where all  the colors got mixed up.  It was a great opportunity to represent the leaves that are many different colors.

Great fine motor skills, making mini leaves on the bare trees that were drawn.

 

 

 

 

 

Torah portion coming to life

 

In this weeks Torah portion "Vayeira" our forefather Avraham teaches us how to be a host. He loved having guests and went out of his way to treat guests in the best possible way.

 

We were so happy when we got an invitation from the older class to be our hosts for a cookies and milk party!

  What a welcoming we enjoyed, with a tunnel of friends for them to walk through!

 

 

What a great time we had and we learned how to have manners and show appreciation.

(we saw some of the children washing off their paper plates by the sink after they were done;)

 

 

They even planned a fun game for us:

each took a turn being blindfolded and had to guess whose voice whispered in their ear.

Max and Evi reuniting after some sick days away ;-)