It's Raining in Pre KA

When we came to school on Wednesday, the children couldn't help but notice and be intrigued by the rain that was pouring down outside. The children kept on going to look out the windows and doors to watch and admire the rain. 

Yonah even managed to venture outside to get a feel of the rain

Since we couldn't exactly go out and play in the rain, we decided to bring the rain to us, in our classroom. We filled our sensory bin with water and put in all sorts of sponges, cups, spoons, and scoopers. 

We even used a Colander to make rain in the sensory bin. The children took turns using the colander to make it rain.

Eli put his hand under to get a feel of the 'rain'

Then we added some blue and purple liquid watercolors to the water. The children watched intently as the watercolors started mixing and swirling in the water, and stuck their hands and utensils in the places where the colors started mixing in. 

Adom poured his water from one cup to the other. And plenty on the floor as well! :)

We made rain pictures with the colorful water from our sensory bins, using the utensils from the bin to place the water onto the paper.

Levi figured out that he could use one of the sponges to make his picture!

We then added some soapy bubbles to the water! The children started excitedly saying "bubbles, bubbles!" and started splashing the bubbles around. The children each took turns adding some bubbles to the bin as well. 

  

When we were all done, Yonah and Eli decided to take the mop and try and help to clean up! Thanks Eli and Yonah ;)

 What a wonderful, wet rainy day it turned out to be! 

(And don't worry, we changed all of their clothes at the end ;)

Have a wonderful Shabbat!

Kitah Bet Explores the Weather

Now that fall has set in, Kitah Bet has been discussing the different types of weather we experience throughout the year. To do this we used water bottles filled with water and a representation of each type of weather inside - sunny, rainy, cloudy, snowy, and windy. After discussing them at circle time, the bottles were placed on the table as morning activities.

Becker noticed that both the rainy and snowy bottles had tiny, swirly sparkles.

Annabelle and Evan shaking the bottles.

Next we focused on the windy weather, blowing around all the fall leaves. Using leaf cookie cutters and fall-colored paint, we made our leaves blow against the blue sky. It was a good exercise in fine motor skills as well as planning - where did we want to place each leaf?

Sammy makes a leaf pile with hers.

 A windy leaf example.