Nitzanim

This week we learned about different community helpers and how they help us in the community. We started off with construction workers! We were very busy creating sculptures at the Play-Doh table and building in the block center. We also used rocks to build different letters with. We used popsicle sticks and bricks to help make our own blue prints and then constructed our plans with connecting blocks to make our creations come alive! To learn about the job of a vet, we took notes with our letters on magnetic trays and the drama centre was a vet office full of pets and doctor tools. For circle, we read a book about a vet and then got to help a parrot by gluing him lots of new feathers! Lastly, we learned about police officers and tried to solve a mystery in our drama center. We looked for clues and letters in the sensory bin and collected them with magnets. We also made and baked our own police cars! We all enjoyed music, especially the parachute. For circle, we read a book about police officers. Played a gross motor game of red light green light and then made stop lights of our own for creative arts!

Perachim

This week was all about different kinds of transportation! We built a long train track in the drama center and enjoyed playing with the trains. For creative arts, we used water colours to paint pictures of trains. During circle time we talked about different kinds of transportation and sang songs about cars and trains. Our drama center was a parking lot where we drove cars on our road mat, and matched numbered cars to numbered parking spaces. Sensory was driving cars through "mud" (mixed beans). We used our fine gross motor skills by cutting out wheels and glueing them on to cars. For circle time we read a story all about construction vehicles, and then played a game of guess which truck is in the middle. For creative art, we made airplanes using popsicle sticks and cotton balls. We also made a chart by writing our names under our favourite vehicle and then had turns acting like a vehicle so our friends could guess what we were!