We wish a hearty refuah shlaima to our dear Ella. We hope you can join us next week. We’d also like to welcome Madison back, after a week long absence. We missed you soooo much!
With Tu B'shvat around the corner, this week we focused on nature. We are working on our own small tree in class. The tree trunk makes a crinkling sound which is super exciting for us to touch. Next week we’ll include natural leaves to make it look more real.
In our sensory box this week you will find a variety of fall leaves as well as twigs. That’s not the only place where we found leaves and twigs though. During our visit to our sweet Peach Friends we discovered what a real tree bark feels like. It’s rough, patchy, and scaly with lots of small crevices. As we touched it we noticed parts of it crumbled in our soft small hands. We got to hold twigs too. While there, we also tried to do puzzles. Our friend Gavin, the pro, was there to assist as he told the morah the colors of each piece of the puzzle. Great learning experience from our peers .
This week, we explored the natural world outdoors. Our outside classroom is brimming with rich sensory materials. With so much to see and touch it was an amazing place to learn about plants and grass. Both dry and green grass. We got to feel the moist grass on our hands. The variety of plants outside is amazing. But what caught our attention the most was the beautiful plant with the colorful, pink flowers. Being outdoors provided a perfect opportunity for a meaningful conversation about what we were seeing, touching, and hearing.
We heard birds chirping outside, loud airplanes flying up in the sky, and the older children playing and screaming joyfully.
We continue to work on strengthening our legs. One fun game we play is “where is morah” her head pops up from either above the furniture or below. We can’t see her without having to go up and down looking for where her voice is coming from.
We are only getting better at communicating! From pointing to things to imitating sounds and words to full blown gibberish. It all comes natural at 11 months. A great part of our day is spent being read to and singing silly songs with movement. Soon we’ll be dancing along to those fun tunes we hear in the classroom.
Shani the puppet came this week to read us a book. Silly Shani likes to nibble our toes and hands. She mainly does it when we pull her soft, long, yellow yarn hair.
Parents: I highly recommend using a puppet when reading. It makes reading a much funner experience. Give it a name, personality, (Shani is silly and talks in a high pitch voice) she loves to nibble little toes and hands. Give it a voice of its own!
Lastly, please send in a water bottle/sippy cup. Time and weather permitting, I’d like to bring the girls to our outside classroom more often. Perhaps we can enjoy our lunch outdoors.
Shabbat Shalom!
Morah Anna
Friday, January 26, 2018
Friday, January 19, 2018
Exploring Outdoors
Here at CJP, we’re always thinking of ways to make the most out of a child’s playtime. We think of it as more than just toy time. Playtime should always be meaningful and involve people, objects, and/or movement.
That is just what we did this week.
Playing this week involved blowing bubbles while enjoying the fresh air. We listened to and sang a variety of songs. Our favorite in the morning is “boker tov”
We got to “splish-splash “ with soapy water and a sponge! Squeezing out the soapy water was so much fun.
That is just what we did this week.
Playing this week involved blowing bubbles while enjoying the fresh air. We listened to and sang a variety of songs. Our favorite in the morning is “boker tov”
We got to “splish-splash “ with soapy water and a sponge! Squeezing out the soapy water was so much fun.
We got creative while working on our fine motor skills. Morah made balls of different sizes with the moldable foam. We squished it, flattened it and examined every bit of the foam. We noticed it was sticky, soft, and it also crumbled into pieces.
Thank goodness for the nice warm weather outside. This week, we got to explore the outdoors. Ella hadn’t taken her socks off all day until we went outside! She kicked her tiny bare feet on the fresh, cool grass. Then proceeded to crawl around and examine the dried leaves on the ground. Crunchy, dried, brown leaves attracted her more than the fresh green leaves.
In the mystery box this week, we were pleasantly surprised to find a bag full of hard, crunchy pieces of pasta. We explored everything else that was in the box: from a soft, cuddly bear to a cold, squishy bag of gel.
In the upcoming weeks, we will incorporate some Hebrew words into our daily routine. Feel free to send a list of the words you’d like your precious daughters to learn in class.
We missed Madison in school this week and can't wait for her to return on Tuesday! We hope you are feeling better!
Shabbat Shalom!
Morah Anna
Books: Peek-a-Boo Baby
Splish Splash!
Songs: Friends Friends 1,2,3
Boker Tov
Sign language: more, milk, water, eat
Friday, January 12, 2018
Cruising, standing, and lots of new textures!
We’d like to give a big WELCOME to Ella Rozendorn!! 👏 👏 👏 She transitioned very well into our classroom and we love having you join us every day!
Wow! What a busy week we had, new faces and new adventures! We spent the week cruising, scooting, and pulling up as we hold on to furniture. The morah has been challenging us by providing opportunities to cruise around. Our favorite was the rolling tubes. Morah would roll them and we’d follow the rolling tube. Another favorite was the balls of different textures and sizes. We love chasing the balls in the room.
Our pincer grasp is only getting better. We tried to pull out different straws inserted into a box. We got to chew on them as well.
Oh the soft gooey feeling of the coconut flour mixed with water was an amazing project we did this week. It got a bit messy, but the messier, the merrier! Morah talked about the dry warm powder. After we added water, it turned into wet, lumpy, cold texture. Now that was a party to our hands.
Our visits to the Peach room are always fun. This week, we got to see two small turtles. Morah Lindsey gave us pieces of lettuce and we got to feed them!
As we cruised around the Peach room, we found a big pool full of some colorful balls. There were red ones, blue ones, yellow, orange , and green ones. The most fun part was throwing them out and seeing where they rolled to.
In our surprise box this week, we found a bag with noodles in it. We took them out and played with them in a bin.
We love using the instruments in class. We added our special sound to the song “Friends, Friends, 1,2,3” Maddie chose the maracas, while Ella picked the tambourine. As with everything else, the morah models how to use them. This activity turned into a totally different one. As we emptied out the instrument bucket and filled it up again we learned about “in/out”.
We hope the weather is warmer next week, so we can hang out and learn about the environment outside.
Lastly, please note that we take every opportunity that comes to introduce new language. We use a lot of descriptive words with emotions to explain what we are doing, seeing, touching, hearing , and tasting. As we may already know, doing so aids in forming stronger language and conversational skills in the years ahead.
Shabbat Shalom!
Morah Anna
Wow! What a busy week we had, new faces and new adventures! We spent the week cruising, scooting, and pulling up as we hold on to furniture. The morah has been challenging us by providing opportunities to cruise around. Our favorite was the rolling tubes. Morah would roll them and we’d follow the rolling tube. Another favorite was the balls of different textures and sizes. We love chasing the balls in the room.
Our pincer grasp is only getting better. We tried to pull out different straws inserted into a box. We got to chew on them as well.
Oh the soft gooey feeling of the coconut flour mixed with water was an amazing project we did this week. It got a bit messy, but the messier, the merrier! Morah talked about the dry warm powder. After we added water, it turned into wet, lumpy, cold texture. Now that was a party to our hands.
Our visits to the Peach room are always fun. This week, we got to see two small turtles. Morah Lindsey gave us pieces of lettuce and we got to feed them!
As we cruised around the Peach room, we found a big pool full of some colorful balls. There were red ones, blue ones, yellow, orange , and green ones. The most fun part was throwing them out and seeing where they rolled to.
In our surprise box this week, we found a bag with noodles in it. We took them out and played with them in a bin.
We love using the instruments in class. We added our special sound to the song “Friends, Friends, 1,2,3” Maddie chose the maracas, while Ella picked the tambourine. As with everything else, the morah models how to use them. This activity turned into a totally different one. As we emptied out the instrument bucket and filled it up again we learned about “in/out”.
We hope the weather is warmer next week, so we can hang out and learn about the environment outside.
Lastly, please note that we take every opportunity that comes to introduce new language. We use a lot of descriptive words with emotions to explain what we are doing, seeing, touching, hearing , and tasting. As we may already know, doing so aids in forming stronger language and conversational skills in the years ahead.
Shabbat Shalom!
Morah Anna
Friday, January 5, 2018
Getting Stronger!
Happy New Year! Welcome back, it’s so nice to have Maddie back with us!
This week we worked on strengthening her legs. Madison has been getting stronger and stronger and she was practicing her standing and walking with lots of assistance! I’ve noticed that her legs are stronger than last time I attempted this. She’ll be walking in no time!!
We added a new activity to our davening routine. We used our maracas to add sounds to our songs. We continued to work on putting that coin into the pushka. Maddie already knows what to do when given a coin and the pushka. What a smart girl!
Shani the puppet joined us for snack this week. Maddie attempts to feed Shani by putting the spoon in her mouth. What a mitzvah girl! Right after lunch, Maddie played peek-a-boo with Shani. She looks around to see where Shani went. This activity is not only fun to play but also teaches “object permanence”.
Brrrrr the cold weather is upon us, and this week we incorporated a “snow” sensory activity . We put cold shaving cream and food coloring drops in a bag. Maddie enjoyed mixing all the colors in the bag and feeling the cold mush. It was fun to see her poking and squishing the bag. As we already know, sensory play has many benefits. At this age, it’s especially important to work on her fine motor development.
When we give more opportunities for children to use their hands, they will fine tune the skills needed to manipulate smaller objects. We will add a new sensory bag each week. At the end, we will have a “quilt” collection of all our sensory bags.
Our outside play activity this week was blowing bubbles. The wind, however would either pop the bubbles before Maddie could get to them or they would drift off too quickly. Madison would follow the bubbles with her eyes. A special thanks to Morah Jac for being here on Thursday. She took Maddie to the outside classroom AKA: the playground. Maddie had the opportunity to play with the older children, play in the sand, and she even got to ride a trike! In the upcoming weeks, we will join them for more fun learning experiences.
Our mystery box just keeps getting more interesting each week. This time, we added two items to our mystery box: a white fluffy bunny and a finger clapper! Maddie kept coming back to the basket to dump all the things out. She kept morah busy filling it up again!
BOOKS: Touch and Sparkle Pets
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
SIGN LANGUAGE: more, milk, banana
SONGS: pat-a-cake
Thank you, parents, for your continued feedback and suggestions. Our main goal is for Madison to have the best care and learning experience here at CJP.
Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Anna
This week we worked on strengthening her legs. Madison has been getting stronger and stronger and she was practicing her standing and walking with lots of assistance! I’ve noticed that her legs are stronger than last time I attempted this. She’ll be walking in no time!!
We added a new activity to our davening routine. We used our maracas to add sounds to our songs. We continued to work on putting that coin into the pushka. Maddie already knows what to do when given a coin and the pushka. What a smart girl!
Shani the puppet joined us for snack this week. Maddie attempts to feed Shani by putting the spoon in her mouth. What a mitzvah girl! Right after lunch, Maddie played peek-a-boo with Shani. She looks around to see where Shani went. This activity is not only fun to play but also teaches “object permanence”.
Brrrrr the cold weather is upon us, and this week we incorporated a “snow” sensory activity . We put cold shaving cream and food coloring drops in a bag. Maddie enjoyed mixing all the colors in the bag and feeling the cold mush. It was fun to see her poking and squishing the bag. As we already know, sensory play has many benefits. At this age, it’s especially important to work on her fine motor development.
When we give more opportunities for children to use their hands, they will fine tune the skills needed to manipulate smaller objects. We will add a new sensory bag each week. At the end, we will have a “quilt” collection of all our sensory bags.
Our outside play activity this week was blowing bubbles. The wind, however would either pop the bubbles before Maddie could get to them or they would drift off too quickly. Madison would follow the bubbles with her eyes. A special thanks to Morah Jac for being here on Thursday. She took Maddie to the outside classroom AKA: the playground. Maddie had the opportunity to play with the older children, play in the sand, and she even got to ride a trike! In the upcoming weeks, we will join them for more fun learning experiences.
Our mystery box just keeps getting more interesting each week. This time, we added two items to our mystery box: a white fluffy bunny and a finger clapper! Maddie kept coming back to the basket to dump all the things out. She kept morah busy filling it up again!
BOOKS: Touch and Sparkle Pets
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
SIGN LANGUAGE: more, milk, banana
SONGS: pat-a-cake
Thank you, parents, for your continued feedback and suggestions. Our main goal is for Madison to have the best care and learning experience here at CJP.
Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Anna
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