TI Preschool 
 
Circle Time Songs of the Day
Shalom Chaverim
Shalom cha-ve-rim,
Shalom cha-ve-rim,
Shalom, shalom,
L'hit-ra-ot, l'hit-ra-ot
Shalom, shalom.

Good-bye my dear friends, 
Good-by my dear friends,
Good-bye, good-bye,
We'll meet again soon,
We'll meet again soon,
Good-bye, good-bye. 
Fine Motor Practice
  • Gross Grasp Development with Water: This activity will help with your child's gross grasp. Gross grasp is used when squeezing all the fingers shut around an object, like when holding the handle of a book bag. Developing your child's hand arch and thumb web space is important for handwriting and scissor use. For this activity, you will need a plastic container, or even your bathtub, and a kitchen sponge and/or small towels. Fill the bucket/bathtub with a little bit of water and put in the sponge and/org small towels. Invite your child to play with the towels. To expand their play, ask them to see what happens if they try to squeeze the sponge and/or towels.
Art 
  • Painting with Bottle Tops and Cups:  For this activity, you will need a few recycled lids and bottle caps, paint, paper plates, and paper. Pour a little bit of paint on a few plates. Gather up a bunch of different sized lids and bottle caps and start stamping away!  
Science / Cooking
  • Leak-Proof Bag Science Experiment: This is an easy science experiment that will WOW your children! For this experiment, you will need a large ziploc bag, water, and pencils. To begin, fill a large ziploc bag about half full with water. Then poke a pencil straight through the bag - in one side and out the other. Surprise! The bag doesn't leak! This is because the bag is made of a polymer. When you poke the pencil through the bag, the molecules spread apart and then seal themselves around the pencil. It's really cool to watch! Try adding more pencils and see what happens!
Gross Motor Play
  • Cloth Textures Scavenger Hunt: Take a spare basket, bin, or box from around your house and go for a scavenger hunt around your house to find cloth items with different textures - silk, rough washcloth, ribbons, fleece, velvet, etc. Sit together and feel and enjoy the different textures. 
  • What can you make with them? 
  • What do they feel like?
Outdoor Time
  • Collecting Rocks:Go for a walk outside and collect some rocks. Bring them back and explore the rocks with your child. What do they like best about the rocks that they chose. 
  • Invite them to create their own Pet Rocks. For this activity, acrylic paint will work best. You will need paint, paint brushes, and water (for rinsing the brushes). Put out the paint supplies for your child and let them go for it! After the rock is painted, let it dry for the day.  
  • The rocks are not the typical type of pet that your child would hear about another friend having at home. This allows for your child to use their imagination and pretend. 
  • Ask your child: "What's the rock's name?", "What does it like to eat?", "How does it move?"
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