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The Charlotte Jewish News - January 2007 - Page 15 Preschool Puzzlers By Fern Sanderson Preschool Puzzlers is a month ly feature presented by the Jewish Preschool on Sardis. Fern Sanderson is the director ofJPOS and a member of the national, state, and local Associations for Education for Young Children, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the National Jewish Early Childhood Network. She can be reached at jpsonsardis@earth- link.net. Q: I am unsure of how to select good play choices for my preschooler. What toys are edu cational? Is superhero play good or bad? How much television should, he watch? A: Children need to learn a lot about people and how things work before they are ready to count and read. Through play, children explore Fern their world, discover Sanderson how to get along with others, test their skills and mus- • cles, try out new ideas, and feel competent enough to try different activities. Curiosity. Self-esteem. Language. Problem solving. Mathematics. Cooperation. Endurance. These are just a few of the many kinds of learning involved in play. The more a child can do with a toy, the more likely it is to be educational. Offer materials/toys that give your son choices and opportunities to explore. Toys that are open-ended and unstructured, such as clay, blocks, generic toy figures, tend to encourage play that he can shape in his own way to meet his needs over a period of time. Your son will learn about geometry and gravity, shapes and balance when he plays with blocks. Using vari ous art media enables him to per fect muscle control, leads him toward drawing and writing and helps him to see cause and effect. You can see that most play activ ities will correlate with a set of skills, including language, physi cal, social and emotional. A little superhero play may be okay. It can give preschoolers a sense of strength and power, of doing good deeds. But it can quickly escalate into hurting oth ers and out-of-control aggression. Your supervision and direction will be needed to help your son in this area. How much TV and what kinds of TV your preschooler watches are equally important. Nature specials or high quality program ming (e.g., on public broadcast ing) can be positive learning experiences. As far as how much, many educational experts say that one quality program a day is suf ficient. Children learn best from trying out ideas and interacting with people and objects. In all produc tive play, the fun is in the doing. Children need lots of time to pur sue their own ideas, to try doing things their own way, to see what it’s like to be someone else. You can encourage your son to play in valuable ways by providing cer tain items for him and, when appropriate, extending his ideas during play. Chanukah at the Charlotte Jewish Preschool Sizzling latkes fill the air with a tantalizing aroma only satisfied when the last crispy bite disap- pears...children concentrating on wrapping little fingers around the dreidel’s thin stem just so a quick twist of the wrist will send it whirling and dancing across the floor... upturned faces with rapt attention focused on the story of brave Judah Maccabee.. .chanukiyot with glowing lights as we add a candle each night.. .CHOCOLATE GELT AND DREIDEL COOKIES! ■ Counting candles in our chanukiyah. Chanukah friends. FOR YOUR FAMILY, YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR FUTURE. Expert guidance and innovative solutions to help you reach your financial goals. Personal needs analysis ♦ Education funding Business needs analysis • Estate analysis • Retirement solutions Employee & executive benefits • Long-term care insurance Northwertem Mutual Financial Network-Charlotte 6235 Morrison Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28211 (704) 442-4472 scott.fligel@nmfn.com www.nmfn.com/scottfIigel Northwestern Mutual FINANCIAL NETWORK* the quiet company* Scott Fligel, CLU, ChFC Field Director i53 02006 lixtliwsfira MuluL KxthvesBm UiiuU Feudal ^Btvicrk 6* rnaMUiig wne lor tsesiKiuid detnbmbnuni cfTTe Nxilmestem MuluaJ Lfs iftsuraiKS Comcany.MtMuVee.WO^M.andissut^ldvlesandafliiBBs.aiidthBCfielcornpuqr'lsa iegE»iW!i«»inark Sa» Figeilstn Insurance Agent oi m 98 tisurance, aanuiiiesajid ilsantiy nxme insuiance) WattiMeslern Lcuq him Care bsurancs Co, Ulrraulee, wi (hfig-term can iisurance),asubsOaryofm NMandthe NcdiiwesiBin MutualRiumcafNeMork-CharloaeannottucMrcBabis 6104-506 Decorating dreidel magnets Miss Elka tells the story of Chanukah in the Temple Beth El sanctuary. A photographic narrative celebrating life and faith traditions of Jewish, Christian and Muslim families in Charlotte ON EXHIBIT NOW THROUGH MAY 6 Levine Museum SPECIAL JANUARY PROGRAMS! 1/13 - Community Day with FREE admission 1/25-An Evening with Dr. Diana Eck More at www.museumofthenewsouth.org of the New South John S. and Janica L. Knight Foundation 200 E. Seventh St., uptown Charlotte • 704.333.1887 Open Monday through Saturday 10 am - 5 pm; Sunday 12 - 5 pm
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