It's Fall

We had a busy week full of learning!
On Monday, at circle time, we introduced a scale. We saw how the side that goes down on the scale has the heavier item. Then we took different sizes apples and the children guessed which apple they think is the heaviest, and then checked it on the scale.

 Jojo and Noa are trying to see how many small apples

 will weigh the same as one big apple. 

With apples all around us, the children began noticing that not all apples are the same. Not only are there different sizes, different colors and slightly different names, they also taste differently. 

We had an apple tasting with a McIntosh, Granny Smith and Golden Delicious, and after tasting all of them and noticing how each taste a little different, we filled up a graph and each friend selected their name sticker to graph their favorite apple.

We counted the results together and most friends liked Granny Smith!

Snack time:

We went on a nature walk to experience what's different outside, now that it's Fall.

As soon as we started walking, Isaac pointed out : "I feel air in my hair, it's windy outside."

We noticed how the leaves are starting to change colors, and some leaves are falling on the floor. 

We have a basket in our class for leaves that the children collect outside, and friends are welcome to bring leaves they see on the floor when walking to school to show their friends.

Fall colors collage:

 Sensory table filled with rice.

With so many pumpkins in our center, Chloe started to wonder: What's inside the pumpkin? So at our circle time, we passed the pumpkin around and our friends were guessing what's inside. We then opened and explored the sticky seeds and brought them to our art center and sensory table to explore a little more.

Sam and Chana use glue and glitter to make a pumpkin seeds collage:

Fine motor skills: Isaac and Sara use plastic tweezers and spoons to scoop out some pumpkin seeds.

Interactive board to match the leaf with the tree it falls from.  

Shabbat Party:

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Class Bet Morahs: Sheina, Mushka and Miriam

A peek at our week

The year started on a great note! With the holidays over, the children were all ready for the full week school experience. 

Coming from Rosh Hashana and going into Fall, our theme this week was "All About Apples".

On Monday, at our circle time, we discussed where apples come from, and we got different answers such as: "from the supermarket", "from the fridge" and other opinions. We then opened an apple and saw a few little seeds and went to explore pictures of seeds on the soil and how they grow into apple trees. 

Song with movements and some hebrew words: 

"The little apple tree was lying on the ground,

The great big shemesh (sun) was shining all around,

Down came  the geshem (rain)

Dancing to and fro

And the little apple seed started to grow..." 

 Apple stamping:

 

 

 

Making pretend apples with red playdough: 

 

 

On Tuesday, the friends were very happy when we announced that we would be going on a trip to the farm! We looked at pictures of farms and each friend predicted what they thought we would be seeing at the farm. We got some great and imaginative ideas!

Art:

 

 

Outdoor play: hanging the pictures we decorated on the trees.

 

The highlight of our week was going on the big yellow school bus to the farm! We enjoyed the company of our chaperones and the children were so excited to pick the apples straight from the tree and eat it. It was a beautiful day; We enjoyed the apple orchard and hay ride and lunch on the grass. Thank you to the Mommies, Nannies and Grandma who came along!

(Please see the next post for pictures of the trip.)

 

 

 

Pre-Math: How many apples tall are you? Each friend had a turn to lie down while the other friends measured and counted how many apples tall their friends are.

Kosher Chefs: Making the first challah batch of the year.

Our First Shabbat Party!

Looking forward to another wonderful week!

Morah Sheina, Morah Mushka and Morah Miriam