playing with science

Our color exploration continues!  We read the book Color Dance, by Ann Jonas.

It is a beautifully illustrated story about the colors red, yellow and blue and what happens when they move together, stay apart and join with white, gray or black.  We created our own color dance with shaving cream and red and yellow liquid water color.  The white of the shaving cream created a muted orange color and lots of laughter, too!

We also defied the laws of gravity by using paper towel to move red and yellow water up the towel and into an empty cup.  Guess what color ended up in the middle???

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Magnifying Glass

 On Tuesday afternoon, Jacob decided he wanted to play with a new material. He and Eliza headed with the teacher to the art supply closet to search for something inspiring. After surveying the shelves, they selected Floam. When they returned to the classroom, Jacob began touching and squishing the floam. Then he retrieved a magnifying glass to closely examine the floam, explaining that there were tiny balls or spheres. After taking a closer look, Jacob used the magnifying glass to create. He sculpted the floam directly onto the magnifying glass and exclaimed, "It's Mr. Magnifying Glass!" He then added some hair to the top and said, "Now, it's Mrs. Magnifying Glass!" with a huge smile. Putting the  magnifying glasses with floam inspired imaginative and creative play. Thank you Jacob for introducing us to Mr. and Mrs. Magnifying Glass! 

where it all began...

On Monday, we began talking about Moses, the baby, and his mother Yocheved.  Using baby dolls, boxes as baskets and blue construction paper for a river, the Shamayim children re-enacted the beginning of the Passover story.  They wrapped baby Moses carefully and lovingly (some gave kisses), placed him in the "basket" and placed him gently into the "river". 

 

We discussed how the Princess found Moses and decided to keep him as her own and that Miriam, Moses's sister, offered to help the Princess care for the baby.

We are excited to have the Rabbi visit us tomorrow so that we can continue learning about what happens as Moses grows up.

She wrote us BACK!!!

 
 
 
 

The Kohavim boys and girls have been busy builders, creating some beautiful structures with the straw connectors. You may recall the Kohavim Hotel and boat structures?? Joshua Rosenberg had asked how these straws and connectors were made. Not knowing the answer, we went right to the source, THE PRESIDENT, Carolyn Viosin. The children signed the letter and even put 'we hope you write us back." After sending the letter, we waited. In fact the day after we sent the letter, Joshua asked if she had responded yet. We explained it takes time for the letter to arrive at its destination and then time for a response back. After just a little over a week, Ms. Viosin, responded answering with details about the process of making the straws, the machines used, and the steps in which lead to the finished product. She explained that there are artists and craftspeople that work at developing these products that are produced at her plant. In addition she sent a box of items that they produce at the plants in Canada and North Carolina. She THANKED US for showing her the great structures we designed and the process we undertook to create these buildings. We were excited to know that she was going to share this with some of her colleagues at Royclo. It truly just takes the IDEA. In closing she hoped that we will always enjoy LEARNING, EXPERIMENTING, and CREATIVITY!!! A true educator.