We wish you many more happy birthdays, Mason!
Part of the joy in working in a Reggio school is having not only the permission, but the encouragement to change the plan according to the interests of the students. On Monday morning, Alice was at the light table attempting to make patterns with small objects. The problem was, she didn't have enough variety (in the materials I had set out) to make any pattern repeat. I suggested she go and grab the cubes off the shelf. With the cubes she was able to make A-B-A-B patterns and A-A-B-A-A-B patterns. Levi was interested in what she was doing, so he joined in! Once Alice had a good hold on how to make the patterns, she would sneak in an extra cube to see if I could figure out where the pattern "broke." Making patterns wasn't on the lesson plan, but that is what became important to teach in that moment.
Math adventures continued in our outdoor classroom! Alice, Mason, and Levi have been playing a game where they pretend that they're a bunny family. They stacked the tires to make a home for the rabbits. They were feeling frustrated that they all couldn't fit in the tires at the same time. They worked through it and discovered that if they all stood, there would be room for all 3 of them!
As I posted in the Facebook group earlier this week, we've had our Dramatic Play area set up as a fruit stand for a while. This week we took it a step further and added price tags. The Green Room friends did a FANTASTIC job working out what they could buy based on the bills they were holding. It would be a good idea to point out price tags while at the store with your child. If paying in cash, let them see the money, and encourage them to identify how much each bill is worth. It's fun for children to experience real life applications of their Dramatic Play!
Purim is in the air at CJP! Starting now, and leading up to Purim we will be having Purim experiences and provocations for the Green Room friends to explore. Here we see Mason and Sarah exploring magna tile Purim Castle creations.
Below we see Ava working with the Purim Wheel. On the wheel we see "slices" with Purim images on them, such as hamentashen, graggers, and a megillah. The student's job is to count the number of objects on each slice, and then clip the corresponding number onto the wheel. This game exercises the math skills of one-to-one correspondence and number recognition. It also works their fine motor skills as they work to place the clip onto the desired spot.
As of press time, we haven't seen our friend Morgan this week because he's been sick. We've missed him immensely! We hope he's enjoyed the Refua Shelaima calls, and that he comes back to us with a full and speedy recovery.
We wish you a restful Shabbat and a great weekend with your families. We have a lot coming up, especially with Purim, so make sure to keep an eye on the papers sent home and the posts from Masha on the Facebook group.
-Morah Deena and Morah Gitty
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