New textures, boxes, and fun!

Welcom to another sunny week with the Yellow Room 

 This week has been filled with friends, learning, and fun.

On Tuesday we played with a new sensory item: cotton stuffing, pompoms, and cotton balls. This showed us the different textures of similar items. Madison liked holding the pompom in one hand and tipping the bin over with the other. Morah took the bin and shook it to make new sounds like popcorn. Madison was fascinated by the items flying out of the bin as Morah Jac bounced them around for her.

We also once again joined our friends in the Purple Room  Davening is so exciring when we do it together.
We also read more about Parsha Noah. After nap time Madison continued to work on our Ark by adding rainbow colored yarn, ribbon, and string. Maddie enjoyed the ribbons; pulling them off and placing them back onto the picture.

Tuesday also brought our highchair just in time for lunch! Although Madison was much more interested in the boxed our new chair brought with it. We played the boxes like drums; exploring them inside and out.

 We would like to thank Morah Sydney for visiting on Wednesday while Morah Jac was away.

 Wednesday night brought curriculum night for all parents of our CJP community. Wonderful fun thanks to Morah Masha!

 Thursday was a busy morning davening with the Purple Room. Madison enjoyed hearing all the songs so loud and clear watching her friends with a huge smile on her face!

 After nap we played with stick puppets Morah Jac made, and used a flash light to see the light and dark. Maddie enjoyed the puppets and lights very much and even pointed to it in one of our Shabbos books.

 We have begun reading and looking at Shabbat books during afternoon circle time. Even though we are not here on Fridays it is a great opportunity to show and talk about our wonderful Shabbat customs. It will be a continued focus to bring more familiarity and recognition to the holiday each week.

Shabbat Shalom

Morah Jac

Animals!

A joyful Welcome back!

We are so excited to have gotten back into a full week!  I hope everyone had a happy and beautiful Yom Tov.

This week the Yellow Room was full of social interactions, getting comfortable in our routine again, and lots of learning together.

On Tuesday Madison and I took a trip down the hall to visit our school library. Madison enjoyed looking at picture books. We brought some books about animals back to our classroom so we could learn about the Parsha of Noah this week! 

We also joined our big kid friends in the Purple room to read last week's parsha. Madison loves being read to, and shows great focus and interest.

We also started an art project. Morah Jac made an ark out of construction paper and added some animals. With a few loose parts items given one at a time Madison tried to stick the fur/wool, stripes and feathers to the animals on the page. We will continue this project next week.

On Wednesday after davening we enjoyed reading our animal books. Madison has begun to point to the animals on the page. Morah says the name of the animal and the sound it makes; this makes Madison smile.

We also enjoyed some outdoor play. 

Thursday was a fun filled day! To go along with the Parsha of Noach, Farmer Sean brought some animals to visit with us. Madison liked to watch the animals but was not ready to touch them at first. She was more interested in her hat strings until we found the sheep. Madison touched the sheep's soft wool. She also pointed to the animals especially the Llama. We followed the Llama a couple of times.

Shabbat Shalom!

Morah Jac

Yom Kippur Explorations

Welcome back to the Yellow Room.

 שנה טובה ומתוקה

 Wishing you a sweet new year, and an inscription in the book of life.

May you also have an easy, healthy fast in the upcoming Yom Kippur Holiday.

The past week we have continued with our schedule that Madison has naturally created for our classroom. Keep an eye out in the coming weeks for a picture schedule to be posted in our classroom.

 We played with many different balls that were a great sensory experience. They were different sizes, colors, and textures. Madison really liked the blue bumpy ball.

Wednesday was a busy day loaded with lots of fun.

During davening/tzeddakah time Madison took the quarter from my hand and attempted to put it in the pushka herself, and with a little assistance she got it in on her 5th try! This was a wonderful step in her development. From pinching the coin to independently attempting to put the coin in the pushka.

After Davening we played with clay. Using animals as an accessory. I stuck the animals in the clay, and Madison took her time concentrating on how to pull the animals out from the clay. 

Later in the afternoon when circle time was finished we worked on an art/sensory project in line with Yom Kippur and Kapporos. We used feathers to decorate print outs of chickens. Contact Paper helped hold the feathers on to the page.  Madison was fond of taking all the feathers from the bin and feeling them in her hands. She spread them out all around her then would grab bunches moving them from one side to another, and placing them on the contact paper.

Thursday brought a new sensory experience: Natural paint (using spices Cinnamon, Turmeric, and Paprika) brought in a new aspect of sensory: smell! 

Madison enjoyed playing with the paint in the cups and with the assortment of brushes. She began to dump the paint onto the page.  This was fun until she touched the paint with her hands- she did not like the texture! It felt gritty and rough, we will try again in a few weeks!

Shabbat Shalom,

See you next week

Morah Jac

Apples and Shofar!

What a beautiful week it has been full of new and exciting things. Our free play has been full of many toys and exploration, from wood rattles to blocks and play mats. Even a little outdoor play in the shaded grass area.

Every morning Madison enjoys singing our Davening songs with our puppet friend Miriam. We sing Modeh-Ani and Shema. Repetition of these morning songs help develop verbal communication. Madison Loves to give Tzeddakah. Her face lights up when she sees the Tzeddakah box come out. Learning to pick up/pinch/grab the coins helps with her fine motor skills. 

This week we integrated many different textures, colors, and sensory activities into our day. Madison enjoyed paint mixed with soapy water and painted with cotton balls for texture. First we felt the cotton when it was dry. Then when we added the water and it became a new adventure. The cotton balls can be seen displayed on our family tree up on the wall near the cribs. We used paint in a new way with a ziplock bag on Wednesday. This was something Madison enjoyed very much; she could hear the bag crinkle and squish. The finished art is displayed on the board outside our class room door.

On Thursday we took a break from art and enjoyed some water/ice play. Madison found that when she moved the ice it made a loud sound. She was a little surprised by the cold ice at first but quickly began to touch, shake, and play in the ice.

The afternoon time gives us ample opportunity for circle time. We sing songs and read books. This week we added books about out upcoming Holidays focusing on Rosh Hashana. Madison liked the touch book where there were new textures to feel.

We played with red apples, some were real and others were fake. We also explored the picture of the apples and honey. (There will be no honey in the yellow room as it isn't safe for infant consumption!) Another book we added shows different objects that we will see on Rosh Hashana including a Shofar and the sounds that it makes. On Thursday we joined the Purple room to hear Rabbi Tzvi blow the Shofar. We also got to explore a real Shofar! The rams horn may feel rough on some parts and smooth on others. We pretended to blow the shofar 

Tekiah-tooooooooooooooooooooot
Shevarim- tooot tooot tooot
Teruah- toot, toot, toot, toot, toot, toot, toot, toot, toot

Shabbat Shalom!
Have a wonderful weekend,

Morah Jac

A new friend in the Yellow Room!

Welcome Elikan family! Madison joined us on Tuesday; her 1st week was filled with getting to know new friends, new morah and new routines like circle time and davening.

Angie welcomed our new friend so nicely and was wonderful at sharing and playing with Madison.  She was so gentle and kind.

On Wednesday we introduced new textures for sensory play with clay.  This carried over to Thursday where we added in a wood slab. This brought a new texture into play we had already been familiar with. Madison enjoyed the wood slab and taking the clay from the wood and placing it on the floor.

On Thursday we incorporated some of the upcoming Holiday theme of Rosh Hashana by stamping a page with pictures of apples. It is fun to work on holding the art materials and see that our actions produce a result. We will continue the Rosh Hashana theme into next week.

Congratulations Angie!!
Angie will be graduating to the Peach room on Friday! What a fun and beautiful year it has been. Happy Birthday to Angie! Thank you for all the joy and happiness you have shared in our class so far. Enjoy your new adventure.

Shabbat Shalom,
Morah Jac