Shabbos Street!
This week we learned about Shabbos! We focused on the two special mitzvah's:
1)Lighting the Shabbos Candles (girls)
2) Reciting the Kiddush (boys)
A new book on our felt board: " I love Shabbos"
Muka having fun 'pouring ' the wine in the fathers kiddush cup. It has been really fun reading to the children the story and watching them make their own spin on the story using the pictures from the book!
Lighting the Shabbos Candles and Experimenting:
After talking about how special it is for all girls 3 and up to welcome the Shabbos by lighting the candles, we did some candle and fire experiments.
It was important to start off with fire saftey!
What does fire need?
1) Fuel- we learned that the wick 'drinks' from the wax in order for the fire to be lit.
2) Air- To demonstrate that fire needs air we placed a glass cup over the fire and it went out! As soon as we lifted it the flame went back on!
Mazel Tov Muka!
Muka was especially excited to see a picture of a girl lighting the Shabbos candles since this Friday night will be her 3rd birthday and she will get to light her own Shabbos candle for the first time!
Candles inspiration in our Art Center
We placed contact paper, red and orange yarn pieces with a drawing of a candle and a wick.
Creating their very own candle holder
Making Kiddush (grape juice) from scratch
Next we talked about the boys special mitzvah of reciting the Kiddush on friday night.
We had a lot of fun talking about it through making our OWN grape juice!
Before telling the children what we had for them it is good to encourage their curiosity to try to figure it out!
Max and Elijah asked "Morah is that blueberries?"
Instead of just telling them what it was we let them taste it !
First we worked hard separating the grapes from the vine. It was a lot of detailed work and great fine motor skills!
Then the fun part- we crushed them with blocks!
Placed them in a strainer!
The children were fascinated to see how ALL those grapes created just a SMALL amount of grape juice! It was delicious though and gave a new appreciation on the process from grapes to the kiddush cup!
L'chaim!!
Grape sensory play!
Look what we can create with home made purple playdough and different size bottle caps!
On Wednesdays we do our davening circle on a parachute!
Each child had their own color and had to keep to their own space with out going on to a friend. This was a nice lesson on respecting people's space.
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| Levi giving Tzedaka in the middle of the parachute! |
Torah, Torah I love you!
"Hi!"
Thank you Michaylen for subbing while Morah Rachel is in Israel!
That feels goood!
Loving our Friends!
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