BINGO!

At the manipulative table, the Kohavim children have been playing Alphabet Bingo. They each take turns being the caller and race to cover their boards first. While playing the children identify both upper case and lower case letters. The caller reads the letter he/she has chosen and then shows the children the card. The players then have to look at their individual board, which is filled with eight different letters, and determine if they have the alphabet letter that was called. The most exciting part is when you have filled your entire board and can shout, "BINGO!" 

Sanding the Rough Edges

Today, the children sawed more wood and some of them decided to  use sandpaper blocks to smooth out the rough edges of the wood. Mittens became work gloves and work resumed. 

Jared is pointing to  his plan  so that he will know how long to make his next piece of wood.

Nathan notices that "The wood is getting on the sanding paper " and he looks at the white residue on the sand paper.

Max noted that there were "little pieces of wood. It's turning yellow cause I'm scratching the wood. "

Molly said,"It's getting smaller and smoother with sanding." The students continue to be excited to work on their  projects and wait patiently until it is their turn to work. Next time, some of the students will start to hammer!

No trolls under this bridge, just the rug!

Today was a day for using our bodies in fun ways.  Keshet children enjoyed climbing up the stairs, balancing on the top, and walking down the other side.  With no railing to hold, it's quite a challenge for a toddler.  Some kids found this to be rather a good way to spend the morning.  Just look at Isabella's expression of delight as she sprung off the last step!  Beyond gross motor development and practice with balance, the kids worked at taking turns - making sure that each child had a turn - and going to the back of the line to wait for her next turn.  

Team Work, Turn Taking, Respect, and Patience

Team work, turn taking, respect, and patience are the key words here!

During Friday lunch bunch in the Tel Aviv classroom, we sat together on the rug while playing the following game:

Each of us, myself included, got to choose only 5 pieces of Lego. During each person's turn, we had to add one piece at a time to a collaborative Lego structure. When we were done, I was very proud of the children for following directions, being respectful to one another, and understanding team playing and turn taking. I emphasized to the children the fact that we were able to work as a team and together we we're able to build a cool structure where each one of them could pretended it was something else.