Sports and Obstacle Course with Kitah Alef Camp

 This week Kitah Alef had a special treat! We went to the third building for Sports with Morah Stephanie. There was an obstacle course set up for us. There were rings to walk through and bridges to climb over.

The children pretended to drive the bus while singing The Wheels on the Bus.

 We also had a gigantic parachute that we through up and down. At one point the children took turns climbing inside and we carried them around in it.

Yona is laughing as he helps the parachute to go up and down.

 There was a trampoline for jumping on and a large open space to run around in.

Sela climbs across the bridge without any help! Way to go Sela!

 Everyone had a turn trying out the various obstacles and learning to balance while walking and or jumping across.

Cups in Kitah Gimmel

Cups and lids, simple as that!

We brought in cups and lids one day and put them out on our table. 

That’s it.  The yeladim were drawn to it as soon as they came into the classroom …it opened up some incredible discoveries…

It was a social time for a group of 3 to gather and have conversation and ‘coffee’ together (friendship and conversational skills building) …

It became a discovery time on seeing what fits in the cups (spacing and problem solving skills) …

It was an observation of modeling (“This is how my mommy likes it!”)…

It became a stacking time, first with lids then without (fine motor, spacing, and balancing)…

It became a counting and matching activity….

It became an experiment and observation of tilting and stacking, jiggling and leaning (fine motor, problem solving, balancing skills) ….

Learning occurs in the simplest things and in the yeladim's own hands!