dear kitah gimmel parents, · 2020. 1. 9. · dear kitah gimmel parents, to’dah to all of the...
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DearKitahGimmelParents,
To’dahtoallofthevolunteerswhohavegiventheirtimeinthekitahandespeciallyfortheJournalwriting.Ithasbeenagreatsuccessandthechildrenwillevenaskifit’sa“journaldaytoday?”Pleaseconsidervolunteeringifyouhavenotdonesoyet.
Storytellingisanimportantpieceoftheliteracypuzzle,It’sthroughbooks,books,morebooksandjournalwriting,thatchildrendevelopaloveoflanguagewhilepracticingtheirpre-readingandwritingskills.Acreativeconnectionismadewhentheyhaveanideaforastory,developthatideawithwords,havetheirwordswrittendownandlater,sharingtheirwords.Wemayeventry“actingthemout”inclass,givinganotherdimensiontotheirwords!
Morecreativeconnectionsaremadewhenchildrendrawwhattheyhavebuilt,asseeninthepicturesbelow.Beingabletodescribetoafriendwhatwasdoneandwhyisasignofreallyunderstandingtheprocess.
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ThislastweekendgaveusaglimpseofSpringandjustintimebecauselastweek,intherain,thechildrenhelpedtoturnthesoilinourplanters.Nextweaddedsomesoilamendmentandafewday’slater(stillintherain)theyplantedmint,parsley,Rlowersandsomegarlic.Intheclass,wehadbeenwatchingtherootsandshootsthatwereleftoverfromasaladandwedecidedtoexperimentwithplantingthemtoo!Can’twaittoseeifthey’llgrowanothercrop?
Gardeningprovidessomanylearningopportunities,suchasnewvocabularywords,howtowaitpatiently,thecyclesoftheweathertonameafew,nottomentionthemanyJewishvaluesthatcanbewovenintotheconversationasthechildrenbecomepartnerswiththeearth,BritAdamahandwhentheclassisaskedtobecomeShomreiAdamah,guardiansoftheearthandofallgrowingplantsintheyard.
Weattempttodeepenthekitah’sconnectiontoIsraelbyvisitingthemapofIsraeleachdayandinvestigatewhereEmmahasbeenandwonderingwhatshewillseenext?EmmaissendingusdailyphotosandweusetheiPadtochecktheareaout.WeareintroducingmoreHebrewwordsinthekitahbylabelingmanyoftheareasweareineachandeveryday.
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Thesepicturesshowjustaglimpseofsomeoftheotherhappeningsinthekitah.
TheRirsttwoshowexamplesofchildrenworkingonsomeoftheskillsneededtodevelopwritingreadiness.HandandRingerstrength,theabilitytoexertforceagainstresistance.Handtoeyecoordination,theabilitytoprocessinformationreceivedfromtheeyestocontrol,guideanddirectthehandsintheperformanceofatask,suchaswriting.
Thethirdphotoshowsanevaporationexperimentusingsticksinasaltsaturatedwatertomakesaltsticks,muchliketheonesmadebytheOhlonepeopleoftheBayAreawhousedthemtotradewithothertribesforobsidianandotheritems.
WearealsohavingmanyconversationsaboutBlackHistoryMonth.ThisisaopportunitytoexploreB’tzelemElohim,weareallcreatedintheimageofGod.Theunitwaslaunchedwiththisstory:ASGOODASANYBODYreadbyMayaandwillbecoveredmoreinthenextnewsletter.
Shalom,Laura,MayaandJosh
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