Purim is in the air!!

Feeling happiness all through the week! 

Getting into the Purim spirit and dancing with our friends!

  

The children role play the purim story with their own twist of imagination!

Now that all the children know the Purim story so well it was fun letting them enjoy acting it out and using their own ideas of what it must of been like. 

Here the girls had fun pretending Queen Esther had three babies ;)

 

Raizel as Queen Esther! 

 

Gragger fun and fine motor skills

We placed a big sensory table with all types of little items and different size containers.

The children were invited to figure out which items could fit into which container and find the right size lid.

It was fascinating watching Aron figure out why his gragger wasn't making a loud noise.

Holding back the 'answer' is the most powerful tool for them to learn the process on their own. 

After trial and error he decided to dump out half of the contents and showed everyone his loud sound!

 

"Boo Haman"

During the Megillah reading on Purim we learned that by Hamans name we try to blot it out with a loud 'booing' sound!

  

We played a puppet game. Only when the Haman puppet popped up did our friends use a loud gragger noise!

 

Making our own graggers for Puirm.

 

Our happy children turn these graggers into outside dancing fun for Adar!

 Hamantashen and shapes!

A Hamantashen project helped the children practice how to make real yummy Hamentashen! We started off by giving each child a paper circle as a tool to learn how to make it into a triangle.

Once they had practice working with the paper circles....it was easier with the real dough circles!

Delicious Hamentashen making

Choosing their fillings.

Gross motor fun in the afternoon!

The children played a fun game counting the steps they can get in between the pillows.

Feeding the bearded dragons!

Best sensory experience? 

Challah dough!!

 

Happy Birthday Morah Keren!!

We love you!