Chanukah is here in Pre-KA! All around the classroom you can find the the themes and traditions of this special holiday.
We've created new Chanukah-themed sensory bottles with different weights and sounds. The children experiment by shaking them, rolling them, stacking them, and even sliding them down our tube.
On our table are our find motor activities. The children can fit large and small Chanukah candles into menorahs and pop them through small holes cut into a container. We also reinforce counting by counting the candles as we place them in the menorah.
A Chanukah puzzle gives us the opportunity to talk about Chanukah themes while working little fingers to pinch the pegs.
Our Chanukah sensory bin is full of dreidels, wrapping paper, candles and different textures. The children can practice spinning dreidels on the floor, or use one in particular that buzzes when you pull the string!
We have a blue pin art toy that encourages focus and creativity as the children explore the many possibilities of shapes they can make in the plastic needles.
On Chanukah we celebrate the light that emits from the menorah, so we incorporated lights into our play. Click-on lights change colors as the children press down on the middle. You can see their pleased and excited expressions when they successfully change the colors.
For art we painted with - dreidels! We spun them and slid them around in blue and silver sparkly paint.
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To complete our Chanukah fun we baked Chanukah cookies! Carefully and patiently we performed each step of the process - rolling the dough flat, pressing a Chanukah-shaped cookie cutter in it and sprinkling on colorful sprinkles!
We are so excited to share all of our special Chanukah take-home items with you!
Happy Chanukah!
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