FROM MORAH CHANIE
We all had lots of fun preparing for Pesach. The "prop" box should contain everything (except food items) that your child would need for the Seder. Please save it for the Seder so the children will feel special. I wish you all a Happy Pesach & Shabbat Shalom!
FROM MISS LISA
Cooperative dramatic play has become very popular in our classroom lately, both indoors and outside. We are seeing the children work together as firefighters, building a fire truck with the large blocks on the outdoor stage, pretending to be construction workers, and even using spray bottles outside to create their own hair salon. Through this kind of imaginative play, the children are collaborating, negotiating roles, and building shared storylines together. Dramatic play strengthens language development, social-emotional skills, problem-solving, creativity, perspective-taking, and self-regulation. It also supports confidence, cooperation, flexible thinking, and early planning skills as children learn to work through ideas and scenarios with one another. The students are also learning that compromise is essential to playing with a group. There is give and take and we respect each other’s feelings and choices in the play. The conflicts that naturally arise are teachable moments and great opportunities for problem solving. Have a wonderful Pesach break
