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Circle Time Songs of the Day
The Flag of Israel by Sylvia Rouss
(tune: Frere Jacque)
The flag of Israel, the flag of Israel,
Has a star, has a star.
It is blue and white.
Such a lovely sight,
The flag of Israel, the flag of Israel.
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Fine Motor Practice
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It's Mail Time!: Find a shoe box/cardboard box around your house. Cut a slot or hole in the top. Find or create items that can be "mailed", such as clothespins, jar lids, old CDS, pictures, artwork, etc. Invite your child to practice "mailing" everything. Dump it out and do it again!
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Art
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Sticker Resist: For this activity, you will need paper, stickers, watercolors/food dye with water/salt, and a marker. Invite your child to put stickers onto their paper. Have your child paint over the stickers/paper with watercolors. Sprinkle salt over the wet watercolor paint. Watch how the salt crystals begin drawing the wet watercolors to them. Let it dry completely. Remove the salt and the stickers by gently rubbing the salt off with your fingers and then peel away the star stickers.
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Science / Cooking
- Homemade Pita Bread Recipe: This is an easy recipe in honor of Yom Ha'atz'maut next Wednesday, April 29. This recipe is from David Tanis at the New York Times.
- Ingredients:
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 cup whole-wheat flour
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Directions:
- Put 1 cup lukewarm water in a large mixing bowl. Add yeast and sugar. Stir to dissolve. Add the whole-wheat flour and 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour and whisk together. Put bowl in a warm(not hot) place, uncovered, until mixture is frothy and bubbling (about 15 minutes).
- Add salt, olive oil, and nearly all remaining all-purpose flour (reserve 1/2 cup). Stir until mixture forms a shaggy mass. Dust with a little reserved flour, then knead in a bowl for 1 minute, incorporating any stray bits of dry dough.
- Turn dough onto work surface. Kneed dough lightly for 2 minutes, until smooth. Cover and let rest 10 minutes, then knead again for 2 minutes. Try not to add too much reserved flour, the dough should be soft and moist. (You can refrigerate the dough at this point. Just make sure to bring the dough back to room temperature and knead into a ball before continuing).
- Clean the bowl and put dough back in it. Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap, then cover with a towel. Put bowl in a warm (not hot) place. Leave until dough has doubled in size, about 1 hour.
- Heat oven to 475 degrees. On bottom shelf of oven, place a heavy-duty baking sheet, or cast-iron pan. Punch down the dough and divide into 8 pieces. Form each piece into a little ball. Place dough onto work surface, cover with a damp towel and leave for 10 minutes.
- Remove 1 ball and press into a flat disk. Roll into a 8-inch circle.
- Carefully put the dough into hot baking sheet. After 2 minutes the dough should be nicely puffed. Turn over with tongs and bake 1 minute more. Transfer pita to a plate and repeat with the other dough.
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Outdoor Time
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Flower Printing
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Painting with flowers is a fun way to engage your child in process art while letting them experience some natural elements. For this activity, you will need paper plates, tempera paints, flowers, and paper. First, put a small amount of a single color of paint on some paper plates. Next, trim the flowers so that only a little of the stem is sticking up as a handle. Dip the flower in the paint and paint onto the paper.
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