This week, we took our most
anticipated field trip to the mailbox with the help of Morah Jacqueline. We explained to the children the importance
of holding hands and staying together as a group. Shimmy immediately said, “Hold
Ben’s hand fire drill.” We reiterated that yes, just as we do during a fire
drill; we hold a friends hand or a Morah’s hand while we move safely away from
school.
The children saw many things on their walk however they were most excited about passing the bus stop and watching a motorcycle drive by. Ben and shimmy both shouted, “Motorcyle! Motorcycle!” and could not stop smiling afterwards. Soon, we made it to the mailbox and the children each took turns placing their Rosh Hashanah cards in the mailbox with the help of a Morah.
Afterwards, Nosson made an interesting observation about the mailbox and began explaining to his friends… “Hey, theres a hole! That’s where the mail man puts his key in and gets the mail.” All of his peers immediately became curious and began studying the key hole, alongside Nosson. As we observed the children, it seemed that they were showing a great deal of interest in how the actual physical mailbox works. What happens when the key goes in? What does it look like inside?
For the next few weeks, we plan on having more “tinkering” activities out for the children to study and examine how locks work. If you have any extra keys, locks, or boxes with locks at home for us to examine, we would love for you to share them with our class for a few days. Thank you!
The children saw many things on their walk however they were most excited about passing the bus stop and watching a motorcycle drive by. Ben and shimmy both shouted, “Motorcyle! Motorcycle!” and could not stop smiling afterwards. Soon, we made it to the mailbox and the children each took turns placing their Rosh Hashanah cards in the mailbox with the help of a Morah.
Afterwards, Nosson made an interesting observation about the mailbox and began explaining to his friends… “Hey, theres a hole! That’s where the mail man puts his key in and gets the mail.” All of his peers immediately became curious and began studying the key hole, alongside Nosson. As we observed the children, it seemed that they were showing a great deal of interest in how the actual physical mailbox works. What happens when the key goes in? What does it look like inside?
For the next few weeks, we plan on having more “tinkering” activities out for the children to study and examine how locks work. If you have any extra keys, locks, or boxes with locks at home for us to examine, we would love for you to share them with our class for a few days. Thank you!
We hope you enjoy your Rosh Hashanah honey cake that we
made as a class! Shana tova!
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