A Day in the Life of a KG Dragonfly

On a cold, breezy day in January we decided to miss the cold and enjoy our classroom a little bit longer. And we are SO glad we did. First, the Dragonflies went to the Table Centers to explore new trays and small worlds representing winter scenes, the week's Parsha story, and loose parts related to Tu B'Shvat. Once they entered the sensory, dramatic play and building centers, each child went to work (play) on what interested them the most.

Magnatiles are a huge hit and leave tons of room for open exploration. Lev sits happily alone building "our school", adding more and more rooms and levels as he goes. 

Sam decided that he wants to build, however, he wants to build with wooden blocks which have tons of room for open exploration. Sam, taking a little risk with gravity, began to put wedges on his tower, challenging him to put a little more thought and effort into balancing the blocks.
So careful and delicate, he was. 

Meanwhile, in the background you can hear Mason, Erez, and Orli all cheering for Virgina basketball; but Adom isn't having it, he wants the Panthers to win. Not long after cheering,
Orli asked Morah Cree to be her fairy godmother and Cree happily obliged. 

They dressed to the nines and enjoyed some tea together. Cheers, everyone!

Adom joined the Queen in some sight-seeing then returned to his airplane
where he plays the devoted pilot. 

How quickly they move on!
 In just a few short minutes, Mason is moving art supplies to the floor
because he's more comfortable there. It wasn't long before he was joined
 by three more friends, Adom, Erez and Orli.
Mason went to wash his hands but returned to show his Morah that
the soap turned his blue paint into "Carolina Blue."

Our classroom has a good number of book lights that mainly serve our light and reflection table,
but sometimes venture out to fulfill other jobs in the classroom, as well. I mean,
 how else are you going to get the best view of the underside of the table?
The Morah asked Erez what he was looking for, to which he responded,
"I'm just looking! I can shine all over the place, and shine and make things lighter!"
Yes, Erez, YOU CAN!

After a lot of messing about and to-and-fro, the children were all antsy to get outside so
 they asked the Morah to play the clean up song, Clean it Up, by The Laurie Berkner Band.
We suggest you try using this song, or another like it, too for fast and happy clean ups.