This week we found ourselves in a sticky situation. That’s right, Morah Anna took out some sticky contact paper and we walked all over it on our bare feet! This helped with our sensory awareness as well as strengthening our leg muscles, which by the way, continue to get stronger. We have grown from holding on to Morah’s entire hand to only one finger! Our steps are more stable now.

Our finger muscles got a workout as well. We worked hard to “unstick” small toys placed on the sticky paper.

We beat the heat as we went outdoors early in the morning. What could be better than feeling the morning dew on our feet? Then enjoying the grainy sand on our hands....and on our hair! As we have learned the phrase “arms up” we decided it was best to show morah how rapidly we’ve learned it- but with sand in our hands. Uh-oh .

Lastly, we created a new discovery bottle. Using only oil, food coloring, glitter, and water. We observe how the oil and water don’t mix. Next week, we will try the same method in ziploc bags which we’ll add to our collection of sensory bags.

Last, but certainly not least we’d like to thank the Elikan family for donating some wonderful books to CJP! We very much appreciate it!

Books: Beautiful Yetta
                The Wheels on the Bus
                 If Animals Kissed Goodnight

Shabbat shalom,
Morah Anna

Welcome back Ella! We surely missed having you with us last week.

These past two weeks were full of so much socialization. Not only did we enjoy morning snack and davening
with our peach friends but we also enjoyed the sun outdoors with our older peers. They love us, and we love all the attention we get from them. Some huddle around us and want to play. Some of the activities we enjoyed last week included bubble-nanza, tons and tons of bubbles . Our older friends took turns blowing bubbles as we followed and observed.  We also rode our trike around the dirt road and our feet felt refreshed on the cool moist grass.

This week, we worked on our own face magnet while we sang to “can you touch your nose...eyes..ears..mouth...tongue”. We are learning where the eyes, nose, and mouth go as we place them on a blank face.

Have you ever seen such a thing as throwing balls out of the mouth while rolling on the floor? Well we have. No, it’s not morah Anna. She wouldn’t go that far to entertain us. It’s Mr. Bucket!
Mr. Bucket rolls around while shooting colorful balls out of his mouth and we follow. There’s blue, red, green, and yellow ones too.  Admittedly though, we find that tasting the holey balls is much more exciting.

We are adding more to our “sensory collage” this week we added green rice, pink, and purple too. We love to feel the dry, grainy texture in our tiny hands.

On Thursday, we took a trip two doors down to our school library. We flipped through some books and picked out three age-appropriate books for our classroom. We have read and re-read the books we currently have in our class, so we’re looking forward to reading what we picked out.

*Parents: you’re more than welcome to bring in books from home as well. They’ll be returned at the end of the day.

Books: Good Night, Baby
               My Grandma and I
               The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Songs: “Can You Touch Your Nose”

Shabbat shalom, 

Morah Anna

Body Parts!

Bon voyage to Ella! ️
Looking forward to seeing you soon!

This week, Wednesday and Thursday we took out our water tub. We played with different sized cups as we talked about small, medium, and big cups. We poured and splashed in the soapy warm water.

We also revisited the face-naming theme from last week. We take every opportunity to go over it. When we look in the mirror, when we hold a doll, as well as when we read books. It’s funny to see the reaction when they see morah sticking out her tongue.
Two new friends joined in the fun for this activity. None other than Shani the puppet! And she brought along her best friend Etty who’s visiting this week for Purim. Etty the puppet has a raspy voice but we were able to understand her well. She is very inquisitive. She asked us where our eyes, mouth, ears, and nose are. Maddison impressed her fluffy friends by pointing at Etty’s nose and sticking her finger in Etty’s mouth when asked about the tongue. What was also impressive was Maddison following the puppets’ “conversation”  with her eyes back and forth.

This week we found veggies in our mystery box. What?! Veggies in the mystery box?! Yep, we found a felt tomatoe, felt lettuce and felt carrots. Unlike the cold, fresh veggies we find at home, these are soft, warm, and fuzzy. 

We wish our families a very happy Purim! 🤹🏻‍♂️

Shabbat shalom,
Morah Anna