Can I play with you?
Can I play the game you are playing?
How do you play this game?
Can I be a cat in your game?
They also decided they can invite their friends to play even before being asked. The children’s thoughts didn’t stop there, they decided to create a game together. They built this tower together, and then Ronan decided to feed the elephant. Shyli fed the moose.
Art: an exploration of dimension, spatial relationship, problem solving, representation of thought, and more.
The children began this vase and flower activity by rolling a die (identify the number of dots) and drawing the picture vase or flower associated with that numerical digit. They worked to evaluate the size of their paper to determine how big to draw the vase so that they could still fit a minimum of 3 flowers. They also evaluated the height of the flowers and the size of the flower face.
The children were involved in many processes that they use every day in school and at home. The problem solving was especially challenging if one part of their picture was too large. How do we make the rest of the drawing work out? Some children decided their vase was too small for three flowers so each flower needed their own vase. Or, they drew a really small flower so the next flower was larger. They also identified numbers. They worked to follow directions. And of course they needed to determine how their picture would fit into the space they had available. They explored mixing different media/substances when they used pastels and painted over them with water colors.
Jacob and Leanna determining what to draw and how to use the space.
Naveed and Jacob doing bug math.
B”H
Dear Parents,
The Yellow Room Friends are preparing for the Pesach Seder. With a choice of three vegetables, potato, parsley and onion, they dipped them into salt water to see which they would like best and cast their vote.
Which vegetable would you use to dip karpas into salt water?
Ronan: Potato
Leah: Potato
Jacob: Parsley
Naveed: None
Shyli: Potato
Leanna: Potato
…seems like onion didn’t get even one vote!
Kriyah
Creating the Haggadah has created kriyah opportunities. The Kindergarten Friends reviewed all 15 steps of the Seder and figured out which nekudos would make the words sound right. Then they searched for the correct label to insert under the Makah (plague) pictures, watching out for the sounds of the first letter of each word.
This week the Yellow Room experimented using different paint mediums for creating the art in their Haggadahs. They observed how the particular medium affected the texture or color. The Kindergarten Painters used acrylic paint to paint tiny towels for the Urchatz (washing) page of their Haggada, negative imaging with school paint to paint the Karpas page, nail polish for Eliyahu’s cup and watercolor paint for dropper art for the Shulchan Aruch page.
What did you notice about the different paints?
Leah: I noticed when you opened the acrylic paint there was crust in it.
Jacob: I liked using the nail polish. Nail polish is different than acrylic paint.
Naveed: I liked using the nail polish because when I opened it it had a brush inside it. The acrylic paint is not bumpy and the nail polish is bumpy.
Shyli: I like all of them because I love painting and love doing stuff I don’t know.
Leanna: What I like about the nail polish is because you get to paint your nails and paint your toenails.
Mae: I like painting with nail polish because it’s fun to use. Watercolor paint is more wetter.
Which do you like better? Matza of challa?
Leah: They taste the same.
Mae: Challah. Because it’s soft.
Leanna: I like both. Because the challah is good and soft. The matza is nice and crunchy.
Naveed: Challah. The only crunchies I like is sweet crunchy.
Shyli: I love both. I love crunchy stuff and soft stuff.
Jacob: Both because I sometimes like crunchy stuff and sometimes I like soft stuff.
Shabbat Shalom!
Morah Perline
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