Acts of Kindness KG

We are constantly noticing acts of kindness in our classroom.  On this day Ziva helped Bryna with her name in stamps and then when Bryna noticed that Ziva could use help, jumped in to help.  Brings a smile to our face. 

KG Sensory-Table Talk

This week in our sensory table we had planting dirt, assorted shovels, and golf balls to interact with. The children got all into playing and shoveling with the dirt. We overheard their conversation during center time, and this is how it went.

Adaya-"I'm saying how many girls are by this table"
Laylah- "You can help me plant my seed (holding up a golf ball)"
Ziva- "Can I help you too?"
Adaya- "You can all help!" and she started naming, Laylah, Josie, Ziva, Bryna, and  Kemp.
Adaya- "Kemps not a girl hes a boy."
Kemp- "Why are their big (golf) balls in here?" (they are the seeds)
Josie- " We are pouring it in the bed." (pouring cup of dirt back into the table)
Amitai- "I got a golf ball, I got a plant."
Adaya- "There are a lot of bugs here (pretending the dirt was bugs)."
Laylah- (repeating) Yeah, lots of bugs here."
Josie- We have black dirt."
Ziva- "Look what I found a little seed in the dirt!"
Soon enough some of the dirt spilled on the floor so Bryna and Libi came to the rescue of cleaning up and swept up with our mini brooms.
Bryna- "I'm cleaning this all up."
The children had great interactions with each other  making sure to look out if anyone needs a lending hand. There was a mess to be cleaned up and the children knew just what they had to do.  What we also noticed about this conversation is how many vocabulary words for planting these children already have, and how we can scaffold and add to this in our learning.  The children also spent some more time classifying themselves into boys and girls, counting the numbers and adding them up- this all whilst playing in the dirt.

                                                           

Alef-Bet in KG

Each day at the end of Tefilah our class sings the Aleph-Bet and then we review the Hebrew names of all the children and match the beginning letter of their name.  During activity time Bryna came over to the chart and began singing the Aleph-Bet song, soon Libi and Ziva joined and they picked out the letters of their names.  It is such a pleasure to see the children taking their own initiative to learn and grow.  

 

Sweet Moments in KG

Sometimes we sit on the rug waiting for friends to be finished with snack, or bathroom or clean-up.  Today as everyone was busy doing their job and many of the children began to gather in place, this happened (see below)- it was so exciting to witness this sense of camaraderie and organization of play that exists with these children. 

KA Explores With Rice

Exploring with their senses is essential to the development of the children in Kitah Alef. To continue with our Fall activities the children explored with pumpkin spice scented and colored rice. This activity allowed the children to use four of their five senses.

The children used their sense of sight to see the mutlicolored rice as well the leaves that were placed inside of the bin. Their sense of smell was used when smelling the lovely pumpkin spice scented rice.Their sense of touch was used as they felt the rice and leaves with their hands. The even used their hearing to listen as the rice trickled and spilled inside of the bin.   

The children scooped the rice and poured the rice back into the bin. They used the scoopers with the rice, but really enjoyed feeling the rice between their fingers.  Besides for all the sensory fun, this action of scooping and pouring, filling and dumping are  fine motor, hand-eye coordination and pre-math skills.  Learning is so much fun!






Hannah, Ruth, and Shaya demonstrate how the children not only used the scoopers with the rice. They also reached inside the sensory bin to feel the rice with their hands.



Shaya, scooped the rice with the scooper and poured it back into the bin. He smiled as he repeated this several times.



Hannah and Ruth both enjoyed scooping the rice with the scoppers as well as feeling the rice with their hands.



Henia and Pearl immediately reached into the bin to touch the rice when the Morah placed it on the floor. (The bin is placed on the floor so that the children are able to reach it comfortably). They both noticed that the rice had a special fragrance and smelled it. After smelling the rice both girls continued their exploration inside of the bin.





Leiba and Shaya watch as the Morah demonstrates how to use one of the sccoopers with the rice.