Dear Parents, 

        This week the Green room took time to explore the subject All About Me.  Our friends enjoyed doing many activities that were about them, as we get more comfortable into our new routine and classroom.  This week we also celebrated David's Birthday. Here are some highlights of the week:

Social Emotional

Our friends made a cake for David's birthday. They gathered the ingredients and followed the recipe as they measured, poured, and mixed everything together. It was the talk of the morning everyone was so excited to celebrate and eat cake. We invited our Blue room friends to join in the festivities. We also gave extra Tzedaka for the occasion. Then David painted his birthday letter that we hung up on our Birthday/Classroom tree.

Family share. Our friends took turns sharing some things about their families. Morah Felicia asked questions like Do you have a brother or sister? Can you name your siblings and parents? Do you have any pets at home? and what is your favorite thing to do with your family? David and answered he liked to play ball with this family and Lia told us the name of one of their dogs, Guess. Shai shared that her family photo was taken at her Nana's house and she liked to play there. Ella said she enjoys playing with her mom and dad, and Yehonathan said he really loved to pet his Eti (brother) and Avigail (sister.) Our friends were so proud to share a little piece of themselves to each other and were also excited to hear each other's shares.

Inspired by the book, 'My Many Colored Days', by Dr Seuss, our friends created themselves with color based on how they were feeling. We talked about how we can feel many different feelings at many different times and they are all okay to have because they are a part of us.

Math and Science

Today we gathered data for a graph we will make comparing the different heights of our friends in the green room. We took our data and arranged them from the tallest friend in the class to the shortest friend in class. We discovered that Yehonathan was the tallest friend 3'4", David 3'3", Shai 3'2", Ella 3', Lia 2'9".

Art

This week our friends also made a self portrait of themselves. We first read a book, Face Me, and made faces in the mirror expressing different emotions. They showed great concentration as they worked.

We also explored the sense of touch and made a different textured hand going over what textures we felt and described them. Some vocabulary words used were squishy, bumpy, rough smooth, soft, and scratchy, this was a great sensory and vocabulary activity. Our friends did puzzles of their faces and friends faces, and practiced self care with a variety of dressing frames such as buttoning, diapering, and latching this not only helps build confidence and independence but strengthens fine motor skills that are needed later on down the road for writing.

We had a busy fun week and can't wait to start our Rosh Hashana unit.

Wishing you a restful Shabbos. Morah Felicia

First week of School!

 Dear Parents, 

First off we would like to welcome back all returning and new families!  We are excited to start a brand new year and we thank you for trusting us to be with your precious children through out the day. It's a privilege to nurture, guide, and have a positive influence on their growth and development as a whole human being.  Our goal is to make each child feel safe and loved, nurture independence, and to spark  that natural curiosity within.  Here are some highlights:

This week we have had some trial and error at morning drop off, thank you for being so patient as we create our new normal schedule.   The first month or two of school we start our day with water play outside, but this week was so hot already by 9 am we decided to do our gross motor inside in the bounce house!  Our friends were so excited and enjoyed bouncing and sliding down the side.  We hope to return to our regular schedule next week.

This week our friends were introduced to the classroom centers and the materials in each center.  Our friends are learning how to treat materials with care and they are learning that everything has a place.  The 2 favorite areas this week were definitely the dramatic play and loft as well as the art center. To help manage the class,  in the mornings our friends get to choose a classroom job that they are responsible for that day.  Our classroom jobs are:

• Door Holder - The door holder is responsible for holding the doors open for the class when we have any transitions out of class.
• Light Switcher - Light switcher is responsible for turning on/off the lights when we need to so we save electricity.
• Cart Pusher - Cart pusher pushes the classroom water cart when we leave the class so our friends all have their water. 
• Water Server - Serves water to everyone in class during snack and lunch time. 
• Line Leader - Leads the line so no one gets lost and everyone stays together and safe.

Next week we will start an All About Me unit.  Please bring a Family photo if you haven't already, also a picture of any pets you have, and a picture of your child's room. This will be for a project we will do in class.

Wishing you a peaceful Shabbos.  

Morah Felicia