Purim Week!

This week was all about Purim!  On Monday we used "Floam" to create different shapes.  Tamar was very excited to make a triangle and she said, "it's a hamentasch!"  Ben made a bear like in our Purim story about the little bear to joined the party and everyone thought he was in costume!  The Floam was a great sensory activity that engaged four out of five senses.  It also helped us practice math (shapes) and encouraged discussion of the Purim holiday.

 
On Tuesday we created our beautiful Purim auction project!  We used five canvases and house paint to make a gorgeous work of art.  We each had a color and then poured the paint into the center of the first canvas.  The paint mixed together to create swirls and designs.  We then allowed the paint to drip off the canvas onto the other four canvases.  We hope you can make it to the shul Purim party on Sunday so you can see the painting and bid on it!  Last year our classes auction project was a hot commodity!


Vella stirs water into her pink paint before pouring it on the canvas.

Shimmy chose orange paint!

On Wednesday we had Sports and we practiced obstacle courses.  We had to be careful not to step on the "hot lava".  Everyone especially enjoyed the Chinese jump-rope.  The obstacle course was great for coordination and balance.
 
On Thursday we worked on cutting.  We practiced cutting out different shapes and also cutting on a straight line.  Next week we will focus more on cutting as we believe our friends are ready to perfect this skill.
 
We joined Morah Ora's class to make hamentaschen on Thursday.  We mixed the dough and then added our filling.  Everyone chose sprinkles, chocolate chips, and jam.  They were delicious!

Nechama and Tamar use their hands to knead the dough.

Nosson and Vella check the eggs for blood while Shimmy stirs.

While playing outside with loose parts, Nosson and Shira ran over to Morah Shoshana and said, "look we can make an aleph".  They used the pipes to create an aleph.  This creativity and abstract way of seeing literacy in our natural world is unique to the Reggio philosophy. It is so wonderful seeing our friends prove how effective Reggio is in our preschool.  Great job Shira and Nosson!
 

Good Shabbos and have a freilichen Purim!
Morah D and Morah Shoshana