The sweetness continues!
Rosh Hashanah has definitely been felt in our classroom this week.
We have been busy continuing to shine a light on sweet actions among our students in helping them understand the concept of "Have a happy SWEET new year!"
How lucky we are as Morahs to witness the sweetness each and every day!
Yehudis noticed Dovi trying to get his nectar in the bee hive. "I'll hold it for dovi!"
Sweet love by circle time!
We found a piece of a REAL bee hive outside! What a great way to get a real understanding of hives and how the honey is made!
Curiosity at its best.
We noticed a few of the bee hives holes were closed up. Shua helped us 'dissect' the bee hive to find out what was under it- dried out honey!
Bee hive inspired Art
Bubble wrap, formed around the children's hands created a 'bee hive' look with the paint.
Menucha loved the feeling and sound of the bubbles being popped.
Lots of great fine motor exercises to get those bubbles popped!
To take our honey sweetness to the next level...
Each child went around and said something sweet about a friend and at the same time give them a taste of honey!
Elizabeth: "I love Devorah Leah and I like to play with her!"
Levi: "I like to play toys with Aron, he's my friend!"
With all this sweet talk to each other, Dovi was compelled to give his brother Levi a hug! :)
The sounding of the Shofar: What is symbolizes.
Preparing the children to hear the shofar on Rosh Hashana, we learned WHY the Shofar is sounded!
 |
| Max demonstrating ;) |
Using a baby doll, we demonstrated how when a baby cries, we run to help him or her and show our love.
The Shofar sounds like a cry - It represents us children crying out to Hashem. Just as a parent listens to his child and loves his child so much. Hashem is our father and we are His children. He loves us so much, and when he hears our Shofar sound- he listens to all our requests.
Learning where a shofar comes from
Muka asking questions about the Ram.
Later we noticed Levi checking out a sheep and comparing it to a ram.
Playing with the stuffed ram.
Chani getting excited for Rosh Hashana!!
Learning the sounds of the Shofar
There are three different sounds of the Shofar
Tekia - one long blast
shevarim- three medium sounds
Teruah - nine small short sounds
To help the children learn the sounds, we made a visual Shofar game, where the children had to stand on the correct tape representing the sound.
Apple Addition
We focus on multiple intelligence's, while learning about the Jewish Holidays. Using apples we focused on some math skills!
In each box the children were able to pick numbers along side the correct amount of dots for those who are not up to recognizing numbers yet.
In each 'tube' they dropped down the corresponding amount of figurine apples. Once that was done, together we counted the total sum in the bucket below.
On a two year old level this activity was a thrill to just see the "cause and effect" of the process of dropping them down the tube!
Apple graphing
First we did a survey on how many of us like green apples and how many of us like red apples!
It was a great way to introduce graphing and counting sub totals.
How many apples tall are you? (visually helping the children understand units and space)
Water play on those hot sunny days!
No comments :
Post a Comment