Shalom Parents and Families,

The cool weather has arrived! We have been and will continue exploring our 5 Senses and Emotions for the next two weeks until break. 

Seeing and hearing the children is a wonder to behold, such small humans with such BIG emotions. They are learning the skills of self calming and I see incredible progress each day. Under the loft they may take time to find their peace. With part of our 5 Senses each child selected an essential oil and applied it to a cotton ball which they may request to smell and help soothe themselves. 

They continue to identify their names and their classmates names written in Hebrew and English along with exposure to sight words: I, see, a, the. Next week we will add: my, like, and, end. They have enjoyed choosing rhyming words in books and verbally as pre-literacy skills to reading. Brand and letter recognition games and sound games are a fun way parents can encourage these skills while traveling in the car. Do you emember playing license plate/travel alphabet?

We've added the Spanish version of our "Hello Friend Song".

Hello friends!

How are you?

I'm very happy to see you

Greet your neighbor.

Boogie on down!

Give a bump 

And turn around,

Hola amigos!

Como esta usted?

Estoy muy feliz de verlo a usted.

Salude a su vecino.

Boogie para abajo.

Dese un tope

y de la vuelta.

Language is such a wonderful gift to share with your child at these tender ages and stages.I encourage you and your extended families to share and expose your children to rich vocabulary conversations and foreign languages. Their minds take in all in. Their brain has the capacity to absorb it and store it. 

The Sensory Journey was a big hit! First the children were led with a barefoot and blindfold over many textiles and natural materials. Later they felt the same items with 2 bare feet, eyes open. They got a kick out of it! Ava's family brought in grapes to share: they looked at them, smelled them, listened and later tasted them. It was like a new discovery taking time to slow down a recognize the  fruit fully in the present moment.  

Many children readily identified water, the towel and sand, the other things.  Each day they have been touching something inside the "Mystery Box" and challenged to identify it by touch. The peace and blue rooms shared their sensory tables with us. The water beads Hailey and Hammond's family shared were a huge highlight among all ages!

The older children wrote their names out with Wickie Sticks. 

Thank you for all you do and how much you love and care for your children and contribute to our class. Thank you to Alice and her Bubby for supplying us with cups and plates for our food preparation works, and  Hammond, Erin and family for allowing the children to experience wooden foods and Jemma, and the Goldman's for bringing babies into our dramatic play area and enriching all of our lives. We appreciate all that you are and contribute to our school family

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Shalom,

Morahs Cindy and Devora