It’s good to be back together after the Pesach break! All of the children came back full of energy and excitement to be back in school. I have began to really expand our outdoor classroom. Luckily we had a parent donate four picnic tables, which has allowed us to do a lot of the work that we normally do inside, outdoors now.
As you all know, here at CJP we run a program that is Reggio inspired. In the Reggio Emilia approach the environment is viewed as a place that is welcoming, authentic aesthetically pleasing, culturally representative of community, embraces nature and filled with purposeful materials. We also implement the belief that the environment in which we are surrounded by is the “third teacher". We are using our outside space as that third teacher and incorporating much more nature into our everyday learning experiences.
“There are three teachers of children: adults, other children and their physical environment."
- Loris Malaguzzi
Morah Maxine is no longer with us and we will now be joined 3 days a week by Morah Tori. She will be a nice addition to our class and curriculum. Tori is a student at ASU studying music therapy and will be doing music with the children.
Morah Tori singing frozen songs that were requested by the children.
As we move on from our Pesach unit. I decided to tell the story one last time of the Jewish people being freed from slavery. This time I read them The Big Passover Book from Slavery to Freedom
We looked at the map of Egypt and Israel. One of the children pointed out that David is now in Israel.
I spy
Water color exploration
“Morah Maya I made a new green and a red over here.”
-Carmel
Beading on the yard
We had a group time where I shared pictures of sea creatures and animals from the Odysea Aquarium. The children heard some fun facts about each animal. In this picture Shai is looking at the jellyfish.
The Green Room students always enjoy this activity. They use tiny eyedroppers to collect colored water and drop it on top of whatever letter or number that they have on the tray in front of them. This exercise is helpful in developing their fine motor skills which will help them moving forward when holding a pen or pencil.
Water play on a hot day
Drawing on the yard
Jonny discovered an active ant hill on the yard.
Play-doh on the yard.
“ Is that a rocket ship, it looks like air.“
- Yehonathan
“Look there’s seeds inside”
-Jonny
Shabbat Shalom
Morah Maya
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