Knock, Knock… Come On In!

This week we learned about Parshas Vayeira, all about Avraham and Sarah’s special home and how much they loved welcoming guests!

Sarah was a Tzadekes, and Hashem made three miracles for her!

Her Shabbos candles stayed lit from Friday to Friday! Toby said that was a big deal because there were no light bulbs back then... 😂 The Shechina rested above Sarah and Avraham’s tent, and her challah stayed fresh the whoooooole week! They also always had plenty of food for everyone.

We made our own challah covers! Making a frame with the little mosaic pieces was a fun challenge and a great way to practice our fine motor skills.

Yosef, rallied everyone together to build Avraham and Sarah’s tent!

The Shechina rested above this tent too! 😊

Avraham and Sarah’s tent had four doors so guests could come in from every direction! They loved having guests and teaching them about Hashem.

Then it was our turn to be like Avraham and Sarah and welcome guests into our classroom! ❤️ We made a big invitation card and invited our friends from Torah Tots to join us for a special treat. We loved bringing the mitzvah of Hachnasas Orchim to life!

In preparation, the kids made cookies, carried chairs for our guests, and set the table. Excitement was in the air!

It was finally time! We heard a knock at the door, and the kids excitedly hurried over to greet our guests with a big, “Welcome!” ❤️

Our little hosts made sure everyone had a chair and felt welcome. We said a bracha together and enjoyed the cookies we made with some milk. It was so sweet to see Tal and Ashira making sure our guests got their treats and drinks first. We were so proud to see the kids putting everything they learned about Hachnasas Orchim into action!

Our Torah Tots friends invited us to visit them too! ❤️ This gave us a chance to practice the other side of Hachnasas Orchim, being kind and respectful guests.

Pre-K Kria

New letter alert!

K Kria

Continuing with Kamatz, we are starting to read two- and three-letter words! We also practiced reading words with silent letters. It is so special to see the children becoming more confident with their Kria each week❤️

Academics

Write The Room! We enjoyed using clipboards for a classroom number count scavenger hunt.

Everyone took a turn sorting items by size. This activity reinforces the concepts of spatial reasoning, beginning math and comparison skills.

Shabbat Shalom!

Be our guest!

This week the Torah portion Vayera came to life as we set up Avraham and Sara's tent. 

They loved having guest and teaching people about Hashem. 

Three miracles happened in their tent, Sara's challah stayed fresh all week. Her Shabbat candles stayed lit all week and went out just before the next Shabbat and there was a cloud over their tent showing Hashem's presence. 

Putting our hosting skills to practice, by inviting the other class for some yummy fruit salad we cut up ourselves!

Learning to safely cut with a plastic knife and also trying to not eat all of it ourselves! Delicious fresh fruit saved for our guests!

Reuvi, offering to a friend before eating his own.

What a great surprise being invited back as guests to enjoy cookies and milk they made for us!

Making our own four door tent craft.

Our friends also worked hard on a Shabbat to go box!

Aftercare fun

Using recycled materials and wooden blocks, our children built bridges for their toys and cars to cross! A fun exploration of engineering, creativity, and teamwork! We also played guess the "caterpillar" under the sheet, which friend could it be?

Beyond the playground! Brining fresh experiences ,new discoveries and endless possibilities to our outside play time. Using lemon squeezers and tongs in our water sensory table. 

                                                                      Cozy reading time

Sara had delicious challah dough in her home, we made our very own challah dough this week.

Shabbat Shalom!

I am a STAR!

This week we learned about Parshat Lech Lecha. Hashem promised Avraham the very first Jew that his nation will be as many as the stars and the sand!

Creating our own star night art. 

Our big idea this week was making sure each child felt like they are one of those precious stars!

Singing for each child how precious they are! Their face said it all!

Wow there are so many pieces of sand!

We have been enjoying all the different weather elements. 

We love watching our friends look out for each other!

Thank you Morah Malka for coming in and singing fun songs!

During aftercare we made delicious banana muffins they were a real hit! We also did a fun art craft about letting go of all the Yetzer hara (not good)thoughts.

Making outdoor fun by adding some sensory cookie decorating with shaving cream and cookie cut outs!

Practicing braiding our Challah.

 

A Starry Week ⭐

This week’s Parsha is Lech Lecha! Hashem tells Avraham to leave his home and go “to the place that I will show you.” Avraham, didn’t know where he was going, but he trusted Hashem to guide him, keep him safe, and lead him to the best place!

Tal, practiced trusting just like Avraham when he bravely walked blindfolded through our classroom! Ziva, guided him with directions like “forward,” “left,” and “right”, a great way to practice our direction skills, too! Tal, trusted his friend, followed the directions, and he made it! ❤️

Hashem gave Avraham a very special bracha! Hashem promised that Avraham’s family would grow and become as many as the stars in the sky! ⭐

Can you count all the stars in the sky? ⭐ Yosef counted 43 stars, while Ashira counted 3,000! That’s a lot of stars! We learned that each one of us is one of Avraham’s special stars! Every Jewish child shines brightly and makes the world a little brighter with their mitzvos..

Toby, said she could see a million stars!

Ariella is shiny star!

Opposite Day! One of our center tables had the paper underneath it this week instead of on top! We laid down on the floor, looked up, and went star watching while using stamps to create a beautiful sky full of stars above us..

The kids created their very own suitcases to practice our own “Lech Lecha!”🧳 We thought about what we would pack if Hashem told us to go on a special journey, just like Avraham. Yehudis, made sure to pack Torah and an apple

We also played a fun quick-packing game! Gabriel, was our packing champ with a high score of just 37 seconds! Through this fun, fast-moving activity, we learned that Hashem loves when we are quick and excited to do a mitzvah! We carried this lesson right into circle time, when it was time to give tzedakah, everyone made sure to do their mitzvah extra quickly...

Welcome to the Hair Salon...

Singing “Five Little Monkeys” with Malka! 🎶🐒

K Kria

This week we learned our first Nekudah- Kamatz! 🎉
And we even wrote our first word.

Academics

Three-step sequencing cards teach us each story has a beginning, a middle, & an end (chronological order.) We worked in small groups to tell our stories to the other friends in class.

Our Kindergarteners  played a game that helped recognize numbers numerically and phonetically.

Shabbat Shalom!