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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