Mail Carrier Game

The Ganon Post Office is open for business! 

The children are enjoying writing each other letters. 

I decided to teach them a Mail Carrier Game. 

One child is chosen as the mail carrier and given a bag full of envelopes with the classmates names written on it. 

The class says "Good morning mail carrier!  Your bag looks full I see.  I am looking for a letter.  Have you anything for me?"

The mail carrier pulls an envelope out of the bag.  The mail  carrier reads the name on the bag and takes it to that person.  Then the mail carrier says "Yes!  I have a letter and a hug too!  I have others for your neighbors but nothing more for you!"

Then the game continues as the mail carrier gives out more letters.

Tu B'Shevat

The EC classes combined for a fun Tu B'Shevat celebration. 

The children participated in many fun activities.

Working at one of the activity centers at our Tu B'Shevat celebration. After making designs by blowing the paint, the artist placed paper over the top to make a print. 

 

 

 

 

Using droppers and colored water, the children made "almond blossoms" to look like the trees blooming in Israel.

 

 

The children at this activity center made almond blossoms. By cutting or tearing paper, then filling a small baggie, the final addition of pink twisties made creative looking blossoms. The blossoms were added to our Tu B'Shevat trees.

 

 

 

This activity station was called "Glue Globs." Using muscle power, the artists squeezed colored glue on to wax paper. When the glue globs dried, they peeled off and were added to the Tu B'Shevat trees.

 

 

The children talked about different fruit that comes from trees.  They were given a plate with fruit on it.  Children were encouraged to use the food items to create a picture.  Once the children were done 'creating' then they could eat the foods.  A child commented that is was both "yummy and fun".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pollock Inspired Painting

Our class looked at some paintings done by Jackson Pollock. The children were intrigued by the way he used the paint brush to splatter the paint. Then they created their own Pollock Inspired Painting.