Rainy day fun in the community room

 We are very fortunate to have an indoor play space on rainy spring days when the children have a lot of energy and need to run around. Today Matt was practicing his balance skills by walking on these plastic half spheres. Jesse, Sam, Oliver, Joshua, and Teddy Post had fun with the "scooters," making a train that they could ride around the room. The materials in the room lent themselves to many different uses and therefore encouraged the children's creativity. Sam loved putting the expandable "tunnel"over his body and experiencing the surprise sensation that came when it sprang open. As much fun as we had, let's hope for some more sunny days before the end of the year.

The love of building

A couple of days ago many of the Kohavim children worked together to make an awesome car wash. Today they built an equally awesome castle. As Mia put it, "Anyone in the whole entire world can come and get whatever they want in the whole wild world!" Is this enthusiasm or what?! There were roads, ramps, and bridges, all of which led to the entrance of the castle. To me it's especially awesome when the boys and girls build together.

A local author has an important message

If you haven't yet read Ish by Peter Reynolds, you really should. It has a great message. The message is that nothing in this world is perfect or just right. Every creation is unique and special, and should be valued for what it is. In this book it wasn't until the little boy saw that his sister had rescued every drawing he had made and thrown out, that he was able to relax enough to just create. Your vase may not look just like a vase but it's "vaseish". Your fish is "fishish", and your tree is "treeish." And they are all great she said. This freed the little boy up enough to return to his creative work which he now accepted as good enough but not perfect. I wasn't sure at first if the children would get the message right away but they did. I highly recommend this book as well as Peter Reynold's other books. He also owns a book store in Dedham Center that is well worth visiting. You will be sure to meet him there.