insights

For IJP’s Shabbat Dinner, Kitah Gimmel-2 sculpted vases for their take-home art project. In the Atelier, each child was given a chunk of Crayola Air-Dry Clay.

Morah Dawn had the idea for her children to make napkin rings for Shabbat. In the Atelier, Morah Jessica presented the children with six wooden napkin rings each.

For the Shabbat dinner, Kitah Gimmel-1 sculpted their own candle holders. Each child was given two pieces of clay to soften with a rolling pin.

For the Shabbat dinner, the Kitah Alef children sculpted their own candleholders out of clay.

For Shabbat Morah Mushky had the idea for her children to make vases. During art class, each child was given a small glass bottle to decorate.

For our Grandparent’s Day celebration each class made an invitation. The Kitah Daled children were offered a variety of leaves, pens, markers, and pencils.

For the Shabbat Dinner, the Pre-Kitah Alef children painted challah covers. During Art class, one on one, the children were presented with a white cloth napkin in a large Ziplock bag with grapes (pom-poms soaked in beet juice.)

For Thanksgiving, the Kitah Gimmel children made leaf prints for a Thanksgiving invitation.

The children have been very interested in the caterpillars on our playground. We discovered they are called Fall Webworms.

The Kitah Gimmel-2 children have recently begun making their own portraits. During Art class, the children were offered water color paints, pencils, and pastels along with a mirror and watercolor paper.

In the Atelier, the children were offered an assortment of loose parts and a large sheet of cardboard. The children painted Tacky Glue onto the cardboard and then placed their objects onto the glue.

The Kitah Daled Children have been working on self portraits. In the Atelier, the children were each offered a sheet of watercolor paper and watercolor paint palettes, watercolor pastels, and watercolor pencils.

The Kitah Alef children have been really interested in new mediums and experiences. They are also incredibly mobile.

The Kitah Gimmel children have been spending a lot of time in the outdoor classroom this year. As the seasons have begun changing from summer to fall, we began to notice these webs covering the branches of the pecan tree.

For Sukkot, the Pre-Kitah Alef children were offered an assortment of loose wooden parts, ribbons, pipe cleaners, and wooden beads. After selecting their wooden objects, the children painted them with dot markers and washable glitter paint pens.

Kitah Daled made Sukkah decorations inspired by spider webs and a recent yarn-wrapping project.

The Kitah Alef children created their own Sukkah decorations using a variety of loose parts. During art class, the children were offered CD’s, large clear lids, wooden beads, tape rings, pipe cleaners, and raffia ribbon.

For Sukkot, the Kitah Gimmel-1 children were presented with plastic loose parts, pipe cleaners, zip ties, beads, yarn, and ribbons in the Atelier. The children selected objects that appealed to them and strung them together to create their own Sukkah decorations.

In the Atelier, the Kitah Bet children were offered wooden loose parts, wooden beads, pipe cleaners, raffia, and yarn to create their own sukkah decorations.

In the Atelier, the Kitah Gimmel-2 children were offered metal loose parts, wire, and rainbow tinsel to create their own sukkah decorations.

The Kitah Alef children decorated their own honey jars for Rosh Hashanah. During Art class, the children were each given a strip of muslin and hexagon stamps. The children printed the fabric with yellow and gold paint.

The Kitah Gimmel-2 children decorated their own plates for Rosh Hashanah. In the Atelier, each child was given a clear glass plate plus apple, shofar, and honey comb stamps.

For their Rosh Hashana take-home project, the children painted their own drip trays. In the Atelier, the children were presented with hexagon-shaped panels, honey drippers, and honeycomb stamps.

For Rosh Hashanah, the children made challah covers. In the Atelier, the children were each given a cloth napkin to decorate.

For Rosh Hashana, the Pre-Kitah Alef children decorated their own plates. Each child was given a 4’’ glass plate to paint.

The Kitah Bet children are making honey jars for Rosh Hashanah. Their first art offering in the Atelier was clay, rollers, and sculpting tools.

For Rosh Hashanah, the children were presented with images of pomegranates in the Atelier. They used pens, pencils, pastels, and markers in shades of red and pink to depict the fruits in cardstock.

For Rosh Hashanah the Kitah Alef Morahs wanted to depict the Shofar. During art class, the children were presented with yarn, liquid watercolors, brown tempera paint, and shofar shaped stamps. 

For Rosh Hashanah, the children were presented with bubble wrap “gloves,” hexagon stamps, and honey dippers.

The Kitah Gimmel and Daled children were presented with loose parts and hot glue during enrichment. They were asked to make bees with these materials.