Planting with our Seed Expert!!

Today the Tel Aviv class had a very special guest: Elizabeth the seed expert!   Elizabeth  and Sasha are friends from URJ Camp Kalsman where Elizabeth was in charge of the camp garden. Elizabeth read a book about how seeds grow during circle time and then everyone got a chance to plant! Using their excellent fine motor and balancing skills, the Tel Aviv kids filled up personal seed cups by using spoons to transfer dirt. Then, they planted some seeds that they found on the playground! Micah G. even brought in a whole bag of seeds from his house for our special seed planting day! Lastly, the group planted special flower bulbs in a Tel Aviv garden box that we will have on our window sill. Over the next few weeks we will be carefully watching our seeds, hoping that they will grow. Thanks for visiting us Elizabeth! It was a fun dirt-filled day and we loved playing and learning with you!

Seeds Seeds and More Seeds!

Have you ever walked on to the playground and see a Tel Aviv kid staring at the gound!?!?  They are probably on a seed hunt! Through snow, rain and dirt the Tel Aviv kids have been using their expert searching skills to find seeds on the playground. They collect them in their pockets and more recently in zip lock bags. Next week we are having a gardening expert come in to teach us more about how seeds grow! We have planted seeds before and we hope to do lots more planting as it becomes warmer. Looks like we will have plenty of seeds ready for us next week when it’s time to plant!

First signs of spring

Now that it's finally March, the Levana class is ready to begin thinking about springtime!  We have been observing the first signs of spring -- the sounds of chirping birds, the sunshine streaming through the classroom windows, and the melting snow on the playground.  Soon we will see plants starting to grow, so we are using materials in our classroom that remind us of spring.  Today the students used seeds not only to plant, but also to make springtime art collages.

Let's Plant a Seed!

Noah Sussman and Jacob Shaw came up to me with seeds that they found. We decided to find some shovels and plant the seeds in our new dirt bed. The shovels were heavy and made of real metal and it was nice to see the group work with real tools and work together to plant the seeds.
 Many seeds got planted and we will seeds were planted and we will see what happens!