Nitzanim

This week we focused on the upcoming holiday of Shavout and the letter Y. Monday was a Yellow day! The sensory bin had yellow water and yellow water balloons which everyone enjoyed squeezing, splashing and bouncing. We worked on building different coloured towers with our blocks. We also worked on fine motor skills by picking up flower petals with tongs. For circle time we went on a yellow hunt for yellow objects around our room and counted how many we found. We also played a memory game with some of the yellow items. We got ready for the upcoming holiday by planting flowers in Play-Doh. We worked on fine motor skills by colouring and peeling flower stickers to make beautiful crowns! During circle a couple of volunteers helped to tell the story about how Har Sinai was given the Torah and then we danced and celebrated with our mini Torah’s. For creative arts we made our own Har Sinai and decorated flowers for it. We also did lots of Y inspired activities. We tried to weave yarn through the holes in our baskets. We worked on fine motor skills by cutting spaghetti yarn with scissors and knives. A couple of us got messy and helped to make a Yellow yarn bowl. We also glued different coloured yarn to our letter Y’s!

 Perachim

We had lots of fun painting pictures with yellow puffy paint. During circle time, we talked about different words that start with Y. We also used our bodies to make a Y! We practiced our fine motor skills by threading pipe cleaners through a strainer and enjoyed playing with rice and corn kernels for a sensory activity. For creative arts, we made yellow paintings with yarn and made construction paper yaks. At circle time, we made Ys with blocks and with our bodies! We also practiced writing the letter Y and painted yellow yo-yos. We were busy getting ready for Shavuot! We read a story about Sammy Spider celebrating Shavuot. We added tissue paper flowers to our Har Sinais. We had fun playing with slime for a sensory activity. For creative arts, we decorated Shavuot crowns and painted paper baskets. We decorated our ten commandments crafts and Shavuot baskets. For dramaticplay we took turns pretending to be Har Sinai and talked about how Har Sinai was given the Torah.

 Both classes also released our butterflies! It was so exciting to see them change from caterpillar’s to butterflies and then to watch them fly away!