A Picnic Lunch in the Sukkah

Kohavim had a picnic lunch in the Sukkah today! We spread out a big sheet and sat in a circle so we could all see each other. While we ate our lunches we were able to notice all the the things in nature around us!

Take 3 -The Story of Purim!

The Thursday Lunch Bunch children wanted to make a mask to go with their crown! Then we decorated them, and put on a fantastic Purim Play! We invited the Kohavim children to come into our classroom to enjoy the show. Every time we heard Haman's name the Kohavim children shook their groggers!


Acting out the Purim story gives the children the opportunity to experience the
story of Purim/characters first hand. Try it at home with the whole family... it's a lot of fun!

Kohavim, Haifa and Tel Aviv spend time together!

Today the Kohavim children joined Haifa and Tel Aviv for the entire afternoon. We all ate lunch together, enjoyed playing board games and building during peace-out time. Then at the end of the day, we all went outside together to run around and play.

Exploring Color

It was fun to explore color mixing. Wow~ look what happens when two colors come together!!!

Sticker Mania

Enjoy...!!!

I have an IDEA !!!

It all started with Teddy Fox telling me he wanted to make a birthday card for his brother's birthday. His brother likes sports and he asked if we had any stickers. Luckily we had some stickers w/ hockey, his brother's favorite sport!! Then other children wanted stickers too. As we weren't anticipating this request, there weren't a lot of stickers available. Well, what could we do? Jesse said that he had an idea; he wanted to make his OWN stickers. Great idea, but how was  HE going to do that? He came up with using TAPE. He explained the process. First you draw what you want, cut it out, cut the tape, fold it, and put it on the back and viola you have a sticker!! Teacher Jesse had many students. See following blog. Thanks Jesse!!!

Tender Moments

It's Peace out time during lunch bunch. Mia and Teddy Fox enjoy some quiet time just relaxing and talking. Nathaniel and Mia enjoy some quiet reading of Alice the Fairy by David Shannon. Alice isn't a permanent fairy, but a temporary fairy. She has a lot to learn, but is working on it with her magic wand with which she creates many adventures.
Sweet moments to enjoy.

Explosion of Color

What do you get when you drop red, yellow, green and blue food coloring in a bowl of milk, then squeeze a bit of soap on top? An explosion of beautiful colors and designs !!! Enjoy....

Woodworking 101

Wednesday lunch bunch friends elected to have a woodworking shop. The project was to make a geo board. There was a problem, however. We had only SIX hammers and NINE boys and girls. What to do? The fair way was to put our names in a container and then the first six would get the first turn to use the hammers. There was no peeking as they drew the names. Though there was some initial disappointment in having to wait, I was very pleased to see everyone shared and took turns offering each other the hammers so there was not too much waiting.
There were different techniques exhibited, some drew the circles first, then carefully, put the nails in place and hammered away. Others decided they could just hammer the nails w/out the design.
All equally great methods of design. We did not all finish but worked very hard.

Clay Master pieces

 

Monday lunch bunch friends elected to explore clay. Last week we made clay pots from natural clay. The children really remembered exploring with Mr. Clay last year, with their feet, then their hands. Monday we worked on our rolling technique, and some friends made some clay pots, by pinching and others by coiling and then pinching.
This week we worked with a different type of clay called polymer clay. After looking at the many possibilities for creation, they went to work. After rolling and cutting they discovered new creations just 'happened'. Samuel was amazed and said he made a "snail". Then when a friend asked how he did it he explained the process of "twirling" and rolling and viola. Hadley elected to make beads. She carefully rolled out the clay in lines, then rolled it into a ball to get her rainbow bead. Then she needed a hole in the clay which was easily made with a golf tea. She said these bracelets were for a special person in her family.
This clay will be baked and ready for next week. We are looking forward to many more beautiful creations. One of a kind creations for our budding artists.