"THE GOAL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SHOULD BE TO ACTIVATE THE CHILD'S OWN

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1 ב"ה TLC Nishmas NEWSLETTER 20 th April 2018 מ צ ר ע- ת ז ר יע Tazrio - Metzoro "THE GOAL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SHOULD BE TO ACTIVATE THE CHILD'S OWN NATURAL DESIRE TO LEARN" Dear Parents and Grandparents, Hope your week went well! In this week's double parasha, Tazrio-Metzoro we taught the children about the skin disease tzora as that was afflicted onto a person if they had been gossiping and talking 'Lashon Hora'. Of course we never told the children about tzora as but we did explain about how to be a good friend and not talk Lashon Hora. We explained that we should use kind and good words and think about what we are saying Monday: To startoff our week, we had the wonderful task of listening to the children s weekend adventures, and more... "I went to the park, I went to the sunny one and Rebecca Willick was at the park. I go on the Rebecca's big girl swing. Eli Sheva was at the park too and she playing with Annie. Mummy came to the park. Mummy go on the other big girl swide. I done swinging and Eli sheva pushed me. Grandpa gave raisins in big boxes. The other shop was not closing it was opening. It wasn't the meat shop, it was the tiny shop. They sell clothes. Mummy buy dresses and she didn't try them on, she just pay them" - Layla "I went to Bubba's and Zaida's. I did a roley poley and Zaida saw. She said I did a roly poly over the toys" - Rosie "Mummy and daddy told me they are going to bring me to school and daddy brang me to nursery Friday too. My school is really far away in the car" - Samuel "I went to the farm and saw animals. There was a big donkey. There were cows, loads of cows. One cow did a big poo. I went home and went sleepy. I gave the animals food. I put it in my hand and they ate from my hand. It felt funny. One cow pushed another cow over and it went moooooo" - Aaron "I went to the funfair with all my family and went on 100 rides. My sister can count to 100. I went on a ride which was a fire engine. It had it's sirens on but it was a toy one so it couldn't go on the road. I went out afterwards, home. I had a cream cheese bagel when I got home, with cucumber Page 1 of 7

2 and pickles. I went on a carousel and there were water balls which I couldn't go in. I was really sad because Kiki had a go" - Benji "I went to sleep in my cot at home after I went park. I went to shul yesterday. Daddy went to shuld and I sat next to daddy. I went to big boy shul and saw Daniel too" - Rafi "I go to swimming with daddy and Yoav. I put my face in the water and went on a choo choo train in the water. I lie in the swimming pool on my back and daddy hold me. I go up the stairs when I was getting out and then went home" - Amira "I went to the zoo. I saw a monkey and a giraffe. The giraffe was really really tall, it's neck is long. It was yellow (Did it say hello?) Yes (laughing). I saw elephants standing up and they picked hay up with it's trunk and put sand on itself" Ariella "When Natan was having a birthday party, daddy and Natan were out and I was playing games with my mummy. Natan went to a birthday party. It was one of his friend's. I played a pirate pop game and a puzzle with different people. I also painted a picture and I put it in the bin. We made cake and when Grandma and Grandpa comes we ated it and it was with chocolate chippies. I also went swimming with mummy, daddy and Natan but mummy didn't go in because she wears glasses" - Talya THANK YOU CHILDREN! WE LOVE LISTENING TO YOUR STORIES! Today we explained to the children about how important it is to talk nicely to one another and not say words that make their friends sad. The children gave some great explanations of some very nice words and nice things to say to one another and not to use language that may make others feel sad! And some examples of what the children said are: "I love Benji" said Samuel, then Daniel said "I love Rafi" "I like Yakira" said Amira and then then Natan said "you're the best". Talya said "I love Becky" then Samuel said "You're my best friend" Benji then said "I love my teachers and all my family" then Rosie said "I love you Benji" WHAT GREAT UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN ON HOW TO MAKE ONE ANOTHER FEEL HAPPY AND TO USE KIND WORDS! We have started Yom Ha'atzmaut preparations to celebrate Israel's birthday! Today the children have started to make their own individual flags to wave around as well as making a big nursery poster of the Israeli flag using a vast amount of different blue and white rescources! WHAT A GREAT FLAG CHILDREN and such lovely individual flags you created! Page 2 of 7

3 HOW BUSY WERE YOU TODAY CHILDREN! Tuesday: Today the children were involved in a lovely colourful science experiment 'The Colourful Skittles Science Experiment' Of course the children s eyes opened wide when they spotted a bowl full of yummy colourful Skittles! We had our little volunteers make a circle with different coloured skittles on a round plate. Then all that was needed was warm water poured into the centre of the circle and the magic begun! They all watched in amazement as the colours spread to the centre of the plate creating a Magical Skittle* Rainbow which is a beautiful and bright display for the children to see! Such a simple experiment with a BIG WOW factor! Believe it or not there is a lot of science behind this experiment such as why the food colours meet in the middle of the plate and not mix together? So, we kept it as simple as possible and explained to the children that first of all the warm water 'melts' the colour on the Skittle and it's the sugar in the colour that stops the colours from 'mixing' and which 'pushes' the colour to the centre of the plate! AWESOME! *Skittles available in all good kosher stores!!!!! Wednesday: Show & Tell...First up was Tamar with great 'Moana' figures "It's Hay Hay from my favourite story. Mummy is my favourite. This is Moana, Mummy, daddy, Mawai, Hay Hay. I watch them at home with Page 3 of 7

4 mummy and daddy. This is hair band, purple flower. They are from shop with mummy" FANTASTIC SWEETIE! Then Talya came up with toy eggs "Eggies, you open them. It's an egg inside. This one's orange, blue and purple. the rest are at home. I cook them for mummy and daddy's breakfast. These are eyes and mouth. They fit in their own holes. this is a star so it fits in the star hole not the heart or diamond" AMAZING SWEETIE! Then Benji showed off his extra long bus "It's a fire engine. I'm joking, it's a bus but it's the same colour as a fire engine. I can open all the doors, the one at the back is easy. It's just pretend, the other doors fell off. Nikki get on the bus. Should I drive it for you? I'll take you to the fire station (Demo of driving it). You're at the fire station! WOW, SUCH A GREAT BUS DRIVER! Next Judah showed us a fire engine "Mine. Bus, this wheel (demonstrates spinning the wheel) WELL DONE SWEETIE! Next we had Jack showed us a human muscle figurine "It's a man, and he's red. These are all a muscle. 1,2,3,4,5,6 11 muscle3s. Grandma gave him to me, he's special. He flys like a Superman. He stays at home and my mum tells me about him. She names these because the man has muscles. He goes 'eurgh' (demo of flexing his muscle) WOW JACK! Then Carmel showed off her baby doll "Baby, it's mummy and daddy's baby, not my baby. I don't look after her. It's a girl, tiny baby. Feet, toes, hands, fingers. Dummy here. Stay at home in her bed" WELL DONE SWEETIE! Then Joel had a fire truck "Look at this (turns on music). Red fire truck, yellow. What's this? (points at name). It's stripey. It drives. Home, I play with it" GREAT JOB SWEETIE! Next Jake showed us a great elephant "There's a rider and it moves. It a big elephant and it's walking. Head is nodding. I play with him and my mummy. The daughter is here and this is a blanket for the elephant. Look there is wind (moves elephant). It has red eyes. It has big nose" THAT WAS FANTASTIC SWEETIE! Next Amira had a hair dryer "A dry hair. It dries my hair outside after I have a bath. It's pink, my favourite. I hold it like this (demonstrates drying her hair). They are princesses. She has red hair, they have yellow, and she's brown. I don't know who they are" WELL DONE SWEETIE! Then up came Olivia R with a cute teddy bear plush "Mine, teddy, Shoko. I hug it" WELL DONE SWEETIE! Next up we had Rosie with a snap band "It's a bracelet and I put it on me (demonstrates snapping it on). I play with it. It's purple and it's got Everest from Paw Patrol on it. It snaps. We played with it before Pesach under the ten (Nikki and Rosie). Mummy got it Page 4 of 7

5 for me in a different shop" WELL DONE SWEETIE! Next we had Samuel with a fidget spinner "I do it like this (demonstrates spinning it). It spins on my fingers like this. Black and green and blue. My mum said we can play with it in the car. I play catch with it. These are holes and I play with it like this in the sky" WELL DONE SAM SAM! Next Tal had a Noddy ABC's Book "Boo (book)" She turned the pages and then showed us "cloud" FANTASTIC SWEETIE! Then up came Rafi with a megaphone "I just call fireman Sam with it. It goes in my bag. It makes my voice louder. LOok! Fireman Sam Fireman Sam!! It's red and black and yellow and I hold it like this" GREAT JOB SWEETIE! Then Ariella came up with her baby and carrier "Baby, I put her here and hold her. I put my arms in this and she sits here. Her name is Baby. She's from home. She goes in buggy, her own buggy. She goes walks with me and comes to my house. It's pink and blue and spots" FANTASTIC SWEETIE! Next was Asher with Topsy and Tim books "Books, Topsy Tims. It's an aeroplane. They are going somewhere, don't know where. They are eating apples with a knife and fork. Look at this page, they are on the beach making sand castles. This is happy birthday (other book). Candles in the dinosaur cake" BRILLIANT SWEETIE! Then Emy showed off her baby doll "Baby girl. Sticker, it's blue teddy. Flowers, pink. She goes in my bag, this bag. Her eyes move. She is purple, blue, pink. Pink's my favourite. I play with this one at nursery and with mummy" THAT WAS SUPER SWEETIE! CHILDREN, YET ANOTHER SHOW & TELL SESSION WITH LOVELY ITEMS! WELL DONE! Thursday: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISRAEL! 70 YEARS OLD! Yom Ha'atzmaut (x3) Freedom came in '48 Freedom came so all Jews may Israel's Independence Day! Nineteen hundred and forty eight! Celebrate Independence Day! (sung to the tune of 'Skip to My Lou') Page 5 of 7

6 The children baked great cupcakes with the flag of Israel displayed on top! What an array of blue and white we had in our nursery today! And what a lovely picture we took of the children waving their flags that they made with the beautiful group poster displayed behind them! YOM YOM HOOLEDET SAMEACH AM YISROEL! Book of the Week: Shalom Israel Friday: Mummy & Daddy Shabbos today are: Tal & Jack All of us from Nishmas wish our children and their families a ovely weekend and Shabbos! Tracy, Becky, Paulette, Nikki, Megan, Courtney, Kristina, Galit, Onie, Nasra and Selin Page 6 of 7

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