CJP Green Room: Thanksgiving in the Green Room

This week in the Green Room we continued our theme of Thanksgiving and being grateful. We sang "Thank you Hashem" and each friend went around the circle and said who they are grateful for. We baked pumpkin pies and made mashed potatoes for our Thanksgiving Feast. Thank you to everyone for coming to celebrate with us. Our class really enjoyed performing their dance for you!

We explored different textures this week. On Monday we played with shaving cream. This sensory activity helps develop spacial awareness by learning where their body stops and another person's begins. This skill was shown when the friends covered Morah Mirele's arm with shaving cream.

On Tuesday and Wednesday we cooked for the feast. Mixing and mashing the potatoes and baking the pumpkin pies encouraged self-regulation because we had to measure ingredients and mix slowly so the food wouldn't spill.
Parsha
We discussed the parsha every day and also read the book "Kind Little Rivka". We told a story about the parsha with pictures and you can say this story with your child and have them fill in the blanks:

The parsha this week is (Chaya Sarah). Eliezer went to the well to find a wife for (Yitzchak). Her name was (Rivka). Rivka gave water to Eliezer and his camels to drink so he knew she would make a great wife for Yitzchak. He gave her presents and (jewelry). She became one of the mothers of the Jewish people. Rivka had the same three miracles that Sarah had so everyone knew she was the true wife for Yitzchak. Her tent was protected by (clouds), her challah stayed (fresh) all week, and her Shabbos candles stayed (lit).

Good Shabbos and Happy Thanksgiving!
Morah D and Morah Shoshana