This week in the purple room was all about our respiratory system.
Our friends learned all about how we breath and where the air that we breathe goes.
Our bodies breathe either through our mouth or our nose. Our nose has tiny hair inside that cleans the air from dirt. After we take a breathe the air travels to our air tube called the trachea. The trachea is covered by the epiglottis and every time we breathe it opens up to let the air in. The epiglottis protects our respiratory system from food that we eat because our trachea is behind our esophagus. Ones the air is in the trachea it travels to our lungs where the air is cleaned and spread all over our body. We also learned about the function of our diaphragm. It’s located at the bottom of our lungs and every time we breathe in, the diaphragm goes down and give the lungs more room to expand, and every time we breathe out, the diaphragm comes up to help our lungs get rid of the air it’s not using.
We made our own lungs using balloons and straws to see what happens to our lungs when we breathe in and out. Please check out our documentation board that documents all of the learning that has taken place over the past month as we learned about the human body.
Questions to ask at home.
Why does the epiglottis need to close our trachea?
Where is the trachea located?
How many lungs do we have?
What does the diaphragm do when we breathe in?
What do the little hairs in our noses do?
Friday, December 22, 2017
Friday, December 15, 2017
Menorahs from Scratch!
This week in the purple room we were waiting for Chanukah to start and we were finishing all our Chanukah projects and our menorahs.
Our friends made a beautiful menorah from scratch. We first had to sand our wooden plank, so it can be smooth. Then we painted and drew Chanukah pictures. While our menorah was drying we melted crayons and poured them in to dreidel molds. When everything dried it was time to put our menorah together. Our friends used wood glue to glue all the parts together so it can be ready for them to light their own menorah on Chanukah .
Our purple room friends also made their own Chanukah booklet, where they drew pictures of their favorite Chanukah games, food and much more. We were also getting ready for dreidels and Dads, and each friend answered questions about their daddy’s, Tatty’s or Papa’s.
Our friends made a beautiful menorah from scratch. We first had to sand our wooden plank, so it can be smooth. Then we painted and drew Chanukah pictures. While our menorah was drying we melted crayons and poured them in to dreidel molds. When everything dried it was time to put our menorah together. Our friends used wood glue to glue all the parts together so it can be ready for them to light their own menorah on Chanukah .
Our purple room friends also made their own Chanukah booklet, where they drew pictures of their favorite Chanukah games, food and much more. We were also getting ready for dreidels and Dads, and each friend answered questions about their daddy’s, Tatty’s or Papa’s.
Looking forward to continuing the Chanukah celebrations next week!
Morah D
Friday, December 8, 2017
Chanukah
This week in the purple room we learned about Chanukah and played many Chanukah games.
We learned all about why we play dreidels and how it helped the Jewish people learn Torah. Our friends decorated foam dreidels and tried to make their own dreidels out of clay. Our friends learned that the letters on the dreidel stand for Nes Gadol Haya Sham which mean a big miracle happened there, but if you live in Israel the dreidel has a Pey instead of a Shin because in Israel the dreidel letters stand for Nes Gadol Haya Po which means A big miracle happened here.
On Wednesday and Thursday our friends started making their own menorah that they can use during Chanukah to light the candles. We started by sanding down the wood to make it smooth and then we painted it. We will be finishing them next week so you can light them at home with your families!
Share time this week was all about the letter E.
Nosson brought in his egg toy, it was yellow inside and made sounds.
Vella brought in an Elton John CD that she found in her moms car.
Shimmy brought in an electricity box that he made with his papa, it lights up and has blue tape.
Nechama brought in her brother's elephant and an emergency room that her brother built with legos, the emergency room had a toilet and water.
Ben shared an elephant that he found in our class room, it was a baby and was hard.
Shabbat shalom
Morah D
We learned all about why we play dreidels and how it helped the Jewish people learn Torah. Our friends decorated foam dreidels and tried to make their own dreidels out of clay. Our friends learned that the letters on the dreidel stand for Nes Gadol Haya Sham which mean a big miracle happened there, but if you live in Israel the dreidel has a Pey instead of a Shin because in Israel the dreidel letters stand for Nes Gadol Haya Po which means A big miracle happened here.
On Wednesday and Thursday our friends started making their own menorah that they can use during Chanukah to light the candles. We started by sanding down the wood to make it smooth and then we painted it. We will be finishing them next week so you can light them at home with your families!
Share time this week was all about the letter E.
Nosson brought in his egg toy, it was yellow inside and made sounds.
Vella brought in an Elton John CD that she found in her moms car.
Shimmy brought in an electricity box that he made with his papa, it lights up and has blue tape.
Nechama brought in her brother's elephant and an emergency room that her brother built with legos, the emergency room had a toilet and water.
Ben shared an elephant that he found in our class room, it was a baby and was hard.
Shabbat shalom
Morah D
Friday, December 1, 2017
Chanukah story!
After an awesome thanksgiving week where our purple room friends learned all about what being thankful means and enjoyed a wonderful thanksgiving meal with the whole CJP family we returned to a new and exciting week.
This week in the purple room we have been learning all about Chanukah. Our class was decorated with dreidels, menorahs, candles and many different Chanukah stickers and books. Chanukah is coming up and all our friends are very interested in why we celebrate Chanukah. We learned about the story of Chanukah, that there was a very mean king named Antiochus, who didn’t let the Jews learn Torah and he made the Bais Hamikdash very dirty. We played the game of dreidel and learned that the Jews also played dreidel when they were in the cave. The Jewish people would secretly learn Torah and if they saw Antiochus' soldiers coming they would quickly hide the books and play dreidel.
Our friends can’t wait to eat all the latkas and sufganiot, as we learned that we eat food that is cooked in oil. This is because during the time of Antiochus the Jews only had enough oil for 1 day, but Hashem made a miracle and the oil lasted for 8 days and nights.
We also introduced a new Montessori math work to our classroom, and we have been learning how to make the number 11-19 in a tangible way.
Looking forward to more Chanukah learning and preparation next week!
Morah D
This week in the purple room we have been learning all about Chanukah. Our class was decorated with dreidels, menorahs, candles and many different Chanukah stickers and books. Chanukah is coming up and all our friends are very interested in why we celebrate Chanukah. We learned about the story of Chanukah, that there was a very mean king named Antiochus, who didn’t let the Jews learn Torah and he made the Bais Hamikdash very dirty. We played the game of dreidel and learned that the Jews also played dreidel when they were in the cave. The Jewish people would secretly learn Torah and if they saw Antiochus' soldiers coming they would quickly hide the books and play dreidel.
Our friends can’t wait to eat all the latkas and sufganiot, as we learned that we eat food that is cooked in oil. This is because during the time of Antiochus the Jews only had enough oil for 1 day, but Hashem made a miracle and the oil lasted for 8 days and nights.
We also introduced a new Montessori math work to our classroom, and we have been learning how to make the number 11-19 in a tangible way.
Looking forward to more Chanukah learning and preparation next week!
Morah D
Friday, November 17, 2017
Our Digestive System
This week in the Purple room we learned about the digestive system, and how our food travels through our body.
Our friends learned that we eat food with our mouth, we break the food down with our teeth, and we have saliva that makes our food smooth so that it can go down our esophagus smoothly. Our friends got to feel their esophagus in their neck and learn that the esophagus connects our mouth to our stomach where the food gets broken down even more because of the gastric juices in our stomachs. After the stomach the food moves to the small intestine and the large intestine. We tried to build a digestive system in class using pipes and Morah D used a small rock to show how it moves inside the pipes.
Our friends learned that we eat food with our mouth, we break the food down with our teeth, and we have saliva that makes our food smooth so that it can go down our esophagus smoothly. Our friends got to feel their esophagus in their neck and learn that the esophagus connects our mouth to our stomach where the food gets broken down even more because of the gastric juices in our stomachs. After the stomach the food moves to the small intestine and the large intestine. We tried to build a digestive system in class using pipes and Morah D used a small rock to show how it moves inside the pipes.
Share Day this week was all about the letter B.
(Direct quotes from each child below)
Ben brought in his Batman suit that had lots of black and yellow on it. We had a special guest, Jemma from the Blue Room, who loves batman so she came for share to see Ben in his Batman outfit. We all got to try the costume on, thank you Ben for sharing! Vella brought in basil that grows in her backyard. It was green and she cooks with it. Shimmy brought in his book that he read to the class, we all laughed because of all the oops in the story. Nosson brought in his boat. It’s his bath toy that he shares with Bayla and Nosson got his boat from "before he was born". Nechama brought in a bear toy that had fur but not real fur, she drew on the bottom of her bears feet so that she knew it was hers and not Dovid’s. Nechama bought her bear from target if anyone wants one.
In this week's parsha of Toldos we learn about how Yitchak and Rivkah had twins, Yaakov and Aisav. Yitzchak loved to learn and Aisav loved to hunt and play games. One day Yaakov was making a delicious lentil soup, Aisav came home and was very hungry and asked Yakov if he can have some. Yakov said sure in exchange for the Bracha of the first born, Aisav agreed. Yitchak was getting older and it was time for him to give the first born bracha. He called in Aisav to tell him, Aisav was so excited so he went out to make a meal for his father. Meanwhile Rivka told Yaakov about this and told him to dress up like Aisav so that Yitzchak will give him the Bracha. When Yaakov went in Yitchak said you feel like Aisav but you have the voice of Yaakov, so he gave him the Bracha of the firstborn. We made lentil soup this week just like Yaakov did in the parsha!
Shabbat Shalom
Morah D
Ben brought in his Batman suit that had lots of black and yellow on it. We had a special guest, Jemma from the Blue Room, who loves batman so she came for share to see Ben in his Batman outfit. We all got to try the costume on, thank you Ben for sharing! Vella brought in basil that grows in her backyard. It was green and she cooks with it. Shimmy brought in his book that he read to the class, we all laughed because of all the oops in the story. Nosson brought in his boat. It’s his bath toy that he shares with Bayla and Nosson got his boat from "before he was born". Nechama brought in a bear toy that had fur but not real fur, she drew on the bottom of her bears feet so that she knew it was hers and not Dovid’s. Nechama bought her bear from target if anyone wants one.
In this week's parsha of Toldos we learn about how Yitchak and Rivkah had twins, Yaakov and Aisav. Yitzchak loved to learn and Aisav loved to hunt and play games. One day Yaakov was making a delicious lentil soup, Aisav came home and was very hungry and asked Yakov if he can have some. Yakov said sure in exchange for the Bracha of the first born, Aisav agreed. Yitchak was getting older and it was time for him to give the first born bracha. He called in Aisav to tell him, Aisav was so excited so he went out to make a meal for his father. Meanwhile Rivka told Yaakov about this and told him to dress up like Aisav so that Yitzchak will give him the Bracha. When Yaakov went in Yitchak said you feel like Aisav but you have the voice of Yaakov, so he gave him the Bracha of the firstborn. We made lentil soup this week just like Yaakov did in the parsha!
Shabbat Shalom
Morah D
Friday, November 10, 2017
Our Hands and Letter A Share
This week in the purple room we learned about arms and hands.
Our friend drew their hands, counted their fingers and practiced writing numbers.
Our room was filled with different materials made of different textures and we enjoyed using our hands and fingers to see how each one felt. We used rocks to paint with instead of paintbrush’s.
Morah D set up a challenge table and each area was filled with a different material.
The first station had cubes and letters, our friends used their hands to make the letters out of cubes.
The second and third station had glass stones and rocks to make letters.
The fourth station was rubber bands and we used our fingers to make the letters.
The first station had cubes and letters, our friends used their hands to make the letters out of cubes.
The second and third station had glass stones and rocks to make letters.
The fourth station was rubber bands and we used our fingers to make the letters.
Share day is back and this week was the letter A. All of our friends had to bring something they have or found that began with the letter A.
Ben brought in an airplane named Dusty that has a spinner and is not a mooksa toy.
Nosson brought in an airplane that "he didn’t know where it came from because it was in his family before he was born". His airplane is also not a mooksa toy because it has no batteries and no screws.
Shimmy brought in an action suit that had a belt, cape and a suite with muscles attached.
Vella brought in her sister Ava for share because she starts with the letter A. "Ava was not warm, her hair is soft and she has hard knees".
Nechama brought in her arm band from when she was born, it was hard, soft, and squishy.
In this week's parsha of Chayei Sara we learned with Morah Gitty all about Sara and the 3 special gifts: Her candles stayed lit from Shabbos to Shabbos, Her challah always satisfied her guests and Hashem rested above her tent. We also learnt about how Yitzchak found a wife, her name was Rivka! He knew she was the right one when Sara's 3 special gifts came back. At the end of the parsha Avraham passes away at 175 years old.
Shabbat Shalom! Please check the facebook group for lots of pictures from this week.
Morah D
Friday, November 3, 2017
Using our Feet!
This week in the purple room was all about our legs, feet, and toes.
On Monday we learned about the different parts of our legs. We counted our toes, all our friends counted 5 toes on each foot. We learned that we use our feet to walk and our knees to crawl. Ben told us that "Boo Boo uses his knees to crawl and feet to walk" and then all our friends tried to crawl on their knees.
Tuesday and Wednesday were fun days in our classroom, we used our legs to do different obstacle courses that Morah D set out for us.
Tuesdays obstacle course started with playing soccer to pass, run and kick the ball using our legs. After soccer we jumped over tires. We had a line of feet facing different directions, and our friends jumped and turned their bodies in the direction of the feet. We finished our obstacle course by dipping our feet into paint and walking on paper to see our footprints. We had lots of fun slipping in the paint and getting dirty. On Wednesday instead of dipping our feet into the paint we tried to use our toes to grab the paint brush and paint with our toes.
Thursday and Friday were muddy days. Our obstacle course was crawling through tires, pulling on ropes and dipping our feet in mud. Our friends used lots of sand and water to make the mud, which felt very dirty and gooey to them. The mud was also different from paint, and our friends realized that they can feel different textures with their feet as well as their hands.
This week we started learning Parsha with Morah Gitty. In this week's parsha of Vayera we learned all about Abraham and Sarah’s hachnasat orchim (inviting guests). We created Abraham's tent which had 4 doors for all to visit. We also learnt about the 3 malachim (angels) that came with 2 pieces of news, one that Sara will have a baby and the other that the city of Sedom will be destroyed. We also learnt all about akeidas yitchak, how Avraham always listened to Hashem.
On Monday we learned about the different parts of our legs. We counted our toes, all our friends counted 5 toes on each foot. We learned that we use our feet to walk and our knees to crawl. Ben told us that "Boo Boo uses his knees to crawl and feet to walk" and then all our friends tried to crawl on their knees.
Tuesday and Wednesday were fun days in our classroom, we used our legs to do different obstacle courses that Morah D set out for us.
Tuesdays obstacle course started with playing soccer to pass, run and kick the ball using our legs. After soccer we jumped over tires. We had a line of feet facing different directions, and our friends jumped and turned their bodies in the direction of the feet. We finished our obstacle course by dipping our feet into paint and walking on paper to see our footprints. We had lots of fun slipping in the paint and getting dirty. On Wednesday instead of dipping our feet into the paint we tried to use our toes to grab the paint brush and paint with our toes.
Thursday and Friday were muddy days. Our obstacle course was crawling through tires, pulling on ropes and dipping our feet in mud. Our friends used lots of sand and water to make the mud, which felt very dirty and gooey to them. The mud was also different from paint, and our friends realized that they can feel different textures with their feet as well as their hands.
This week we started learning Parsha with Morah Gitty. In this week's parsha of Vayera we learned all about Abraham and Sarah’s hachnasat orchim (inviting guests). We created Abraham's tent which had 4 doors for all to visit. We also learnt about the 3 malachim (angels) that came with 2 pieces of news, one that Sara will have a baby and the other that the city of Sedom will be destroyed. We also learnt all about akeidas yitchak, how Avraham always listened to Hashem.
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