Lets stick together!

We have been so excited counting the days till Lag Ba'omer and ultimately the Holiday of Shavous. Forty nine is a big number and putting them in order one morning was a big task!

This week we started learning about Lag Ba'omer and specifically Rabbi Akiva. He was a famous Rabbi who had thousands of students and till this day we learn his teachings. However, he did not start off this way. He was 40 years old when he started learning. Rabbi Muchnik came in and turned into Rabbi Akiva joining as a student as our friends helped him learn the Alef Beis. 

There is one famous story of Rabbi Akiva who saw a rock that had a hole in it from a consistent water flow and a great lesson to never give up. Even though he started his Judaism journey a bit older he worked tremendously hard and created a big impact!

Kfir and Mendy, exploring with water and rocks with holes in them.

Rabbi Akiva's favorite Mitzvah that he is known for is Ahavas Yisroel, loving our fellow Jew. 

We learn a big lesson from trying to break a bunch of sticks together compared to just one. When we stick together and love each other so much can be accomplished!

Rabbi Akiva's students however, did not get along since they each thought their own view and way of thinking was the correct way. We did an experiment by both friends looking through the same scope and describing something completely different. They were BOTH right!

Each friend was invited to draw their point of view in the classroom. Each of their pictures were so uniquely different.

Our friend's worked hard on their own Rabbi Akiva scene for Lag Ba'omer, they came out stunning!

Prk Kria- Learning the letter Reish. Adding the Rabbiem's pictures inside the letter Reish.

Kindergarten Kria- working hard to finish all the vowels before the year ends!

English Academics - Playing a financial literacy game.

Worksheet time! Counting pennies for math!

Muffins for Mom Challah bake!

Counting and excited!

This week we learned all about counting and numbers. We have been counting the omer which goes all the way to the Holiday of Shavous!

What is it like to count to a goal and get excited?

We took the the days of the week as an example. Every week we get excited for the 7th day of the week, shabbos!

We practiced our counting and number recognition.

Avrham put his picture by Wednesday since his birthday is coming and we counted how many days till his big day.

Chana, drew by number 7 what she loves to do on Shabbos "Play Zingo".

Mordy and Levi counting pieces and placing the correct number it said on the little circle.

Using Qtips to practice writing numbers. Ido and Yosef figuring out how many airplanes are in the sky. 

Challah bake with Muffins for Mom!

 Taking care of our garden!

Working hard on our gifts for our mothers.

Making deliciuos Challah with our mommies.

Gan family Shabbos party!

What are we counting for ?

This week at Gan we learned what happened after the Pesach story. Where did the Jewish people go? They traveled through the desert getting ready to receive the Torah at Har Sinai. 

We learned about traveling and counting the Omer.

Shai, showing us different transportation methods that the Jewish people did not have.

Using our own Mountain to count the Omer all the way till the next holiday of Shavous! We are getting really excited!

Our beautiful bulletin board of the Har Sinai scene. All our souls were by the mountain when receiving the Torah. Our friends' pictures were placed on the board to make the experience feel personal we each are receiving the Torah!

Creating our own Torahs.

The counting of the Omer is a great time to practice our math skills. Kfir, hole punching the number he sees on the flower.

The Jewish people traveled in the sandy desert for 40 years! We get to have fun in our sandbox every day.

Protecting the Jewish people in the desert was a cloud surrounding them! Mimi creating a cloud using glue and shaving cream.

During snack time, Morah Hadar got a lot of stares as she was pretending to eat white seeds. 

The Jewish people did not have lunch boxes! They were served straight from Hashem the Mann which could taste like anything they wanted!

Prk Kria

We learned the letter Kuf! Practicing writing it and making it!

Kindergarten Kria

We learned a NEW vowel of Kubootz! Creating a train scene and writing new words with Kubootz in it.

English Academics 

We got caterpillars in our classroom & are excited to watch them transform into butterflies!

Butterfly and caterpillar themed number recognition/counting games.

Learning about the life cycle of butterflies

Working together!

 

We want to wish a big Mazel Tov to Kfir on his 5th Birthday!