TI Preschool 
 
Circle Time Songs of the Day
Shabbat is Coming!
Circle to the right, Shabbat is coming (3x)
Shabbat is coming. 
(Circle to the left..., everyone in...out, clap your hands..., stomp your feet..., have a seat...)

American folk tune - "The Old Brass Wagon"
Lyrics by Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
Fine Motor Practice
  • Tearing Paper Collage: Tea ring paper requires strength and endurance of the small muscles in the hand. When paper is torn, the hands assume a great tripod grasp which is effective and a mature grasp for writing and coloring. 
  • For this activity, you will need paper for ripping, one large sheet of paper for the background, and glue. Take any paper that you have lying around the house that you are not using anymore. It can be newspaper, construction paper, or any printer paper that was heading for the recycling. Have your child practice ripping the paper in different ways: small pieces, long strips, etc. Once you have all of your strips, allow your child to create a new piece of artwork on the large sheet of paper using glue. 
Art 
  • Painting with Water: This activity can be done inside or outside! For this activity, you will need a paintbrush and a bowl, bucket, or cup of water. 
  • To do this activity outside, allow your child to paint the ground, the walls, our their outside toys! Look at the designs they create on the ground. 
  • To do this activity inside, you can use paper, a sheet pan, or a toy that can get wet (plastic doll house, car, blocks, etc). 
Science / Cooking
  • Baby Moses Sink or Float Science Experiment: This is a great activity that you can do even with older children. In this experiment, your child will need to build a "basket" for Baby Moses to get across the Nile River without sinking! You will need a bathtub filled with a little bit of water or a plastic container. You will also want a baby doll or toy person and a variety of buckets, baskets, trays, and containers. You can do this activity inside or outside, depending on the weather. Give your child time to try putting their "baby" in the different containers or baskets to see if they float in the water. Ask your child about what worked and what didn't work. 
Gross Motor Play
  • Red Light, Green Light: This game will help your child build executive function through play. Executive function plays a key role in emotion regulation and impulse control - helping children pause, think and then make a decision before immediately reacting. Have your child line up at one end of your space facing you. You stand on the opposite end of your child and face your child. You should be a few feet away from them to start. When you stay, "Green Light!" your child should walk quickly or run (depending on how much space you have) towards you. When you shout "Red Light!", your child should stop where they are. You can continue to say "Red Light or Green Light" until your child reaches you. Then you can start again. If you are playing with multiple children, the winner is whoever reaches you first! If you want a visual aid, you can also make a red and green stop sights to hold up. You can even create extra stop lights with silly things: purple light and you hop up and down or blue light and you fly like an airplane, etc.
Outdoor Time
  • Measuring Mother Nature: Go for a walk outside. Take a ruler on your walk and measure the natural objects you find along the way. 
  • Are they big? 
  • Are they little? 
* You can even expand this activity by sorting the objects you find into piles by size/color/shape. 
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