Gan Camarillo Preschool

Friday, January 12, 2018

Parshat Vaeira

Parshat Vaeira: Spreading the Light

In this week's parsha Hashem told Moshe to warn Paroh to listen to Hashem and let the Jewish people go. Paroh was very stubborn and mean to Moshe. Paroh didn't want to let the Jewish people g, because he didn't accept that Hashem runs the world.

At first Moshe tried to speak with Paroh in a nice way but when Moshe saw that Paroh wasn't listening he came to Paroh with gevurah (with strength) and the 10 makos (plagues) began. Parshat Vaeira contains the first 7 makos.

Yisroel and Max enjoy water exploration.

* ask your child*

Which 2 makos were connected to water?

(blood, frogs)

Morah Avigayil asked our kindergarteners "Why did Hashem bring the 10 makos, He could've killed Paroh and taken the Jews out of Egypt in a much faster or quicker way.?

Kindergarten learned that Hashem had 2 purposes:

1) Hashem needed to punish Paroh. 2) Hashem was teaching Paroh that He is the one in charge and hoped that Paroh would do Teshuva.

Each week kindergarten is so excited to start coloring the parsha sheets

and guess what will happen in that weeks parsha.

Light Up Your House, Light up the World

We delved deep into the exciting world of maps this week.

Hard at work creating our own maps.

Did you know there is a special way to read a map?

Kindergarten discovered that you need to use a map key.

We used special tape to create roads on the floor of our classroom and enjoyed using different materials to build houses and cities.

Morah Avigail shows kindergarten a map of our classroom

We also explored the connection we have to the world.

When a person goes somewhere and does something good, they light up that place.

Max giggles at the candle Morah Avigail used to illustrate this point

Leaps and Bounds in Literacy

Wet sand is a great sensory experience

and a great way to write your name

Way to go Muka!

Shin like in Shark!!

Sin as in Sail away quick!

Menucha and Muka had a ton of fun demonstrating!

We lay down on the carpet and played a calming game.

Relaxed learning is the best learning!

Writing letters in the air is fun!

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Preschoolers Catching Germs!

Starting off our week enjoying the rain!

Mina felt like she needed to taste it.

Evan tells his friend, "Yisroel it's REALLY raining!!"

It was quite exciting to watch the weather change, so we decided to bring it into the class on our art table.

Faiga and Mendel using yarn and different shades of blue paint to create a rain scene.

Mendel closed his paper on top of the yarn to see what would happen when he opened it.

Rozie had extra paint on her fingers so she made raindrops on her picture.

Germ Review

Last week we did a germ experiment by all our hands touching one piece of bread while the other bread was untouched. We noticed a big difference and Saige helped by describing the mold that was covering the germ touched bread. This was a great opportunity to learn how even when we cannot see germs it can cause a reaction.

Mr. Sneezy boy, Catch his Germs!

A fun interactive way to learn about how we handle the sick germs that can spread when we cough or sneeze; was to have 'sneezy boy ' visit our class.

Every time he sneezed we sprayed the bottle of water to show how germs can spread in the air. We took turns catching it in a tissue.

Saige creating her self-portrait.

Tracing our bodies and filling in the details.

Motty and Bela Riva proud of their eye lashes they drew.

We played a fun sticker game at circle time one morning. We took turns calling out body parts and the children were invited to place a sticker on the correct spot!

Evan learning where his collar bone is.

Using blocks and black beads Menachem created a body.

Playing a body twister game was a fun way to learn our body parts, master gross motor balancing skills in addition to correct color discrimination.

Mitzvah's using our body parts!

Dovi showed his head can wear a Yarmulka on it to show us Hashem is on top of him!

Rozie's using her hands to give Tzedakah!

Evan points to his ear, "To hear good things about my friends"

Mina using her arms to give Motty a hug.

We would like to wish our friend Motty a Happy 5th Birthday!

Friday, January 5, 2018

Germs can be ick, they can make me sick!

Welcome back 'Show and Tell"

It was so great to see our friends back at school after winter break! Each child was invited to bring a picture of something they did over break and explain it to their friends. This was a great opportunity for the children to practice speaking with confidence, answering their friends questions, and of course being a good listener!

Spending some quality time and 'catching up' in the library.

Germs

This time a year is usually when we see sniffles and coughs. We will be focusing on 'Healthy Habits' and reminding the children how to stay away from bad germs.

During circle time we demonstrated how germs spread.

We sprinkled some 'germs' (crushed up chalk) on Saige's and Mendels hand. We sang a friend song and as they held hands they noticed how the little germs transferred to their friends hand!

Germ growth experiment

To see the affects of real germs we took two pieces of bread. One was placed in a bag with a glove on. The other one was passed around from person to person rubbing their hands all over it. We will be monitoring the two pieces of bread to watch the difference.

Learning good hand-washing habits by the sink. Rozie making sure she gets between her fingers.

Menachem helping out Batya to rinse off the soap.

Germ Art

Microscopic pictures of real germs invited the children to draw their own version of what a germ looks like.

Blow art was a fun way to create germ photos.

Saige noticing the beautiful blended colors that she was creating.

Multi age scissor observation

Its amazing to see the different levels of skills in our classroom and watch them challenge themselves and grow.

Here's an example with just putting out scissors and paper:

Mina (age 2) cutting little snippets all around her paper.

Faiga (age 3) cutting around different shapes on her paper.

Bela Riva (age 4.5 ) cutting out small detail numbers.

Mendel and Hannah enjoying a basketball game together.

We want to welcome and wish Happy birthday to a new friend in our class, Batya Johnson!

Parshat Shemos: What's the Matter?

Parshat Shemot: What's the Matter?

The Jewish people had many children and their families grew while they were in Mitzrayim (Egypt).

Threatened by their growing numbers, Pharoh enslaves them and ordered the Hebrew midwives Shifra and Puah, to kill all male babies at birth. When they did not comply, he commands his people to cast the Hebrew babies into the Nile.

We used Puppets and little people to tell the story of "Mitzvrayim and the Nile River."

A child is born to Yocheved. The child is placed in a basket on the river while the baby's sister Miriam stands watch from afar. Paroh's daughter discovers the baby boy and raises him as her son, and names him Moshe. Moshe refused to drink from an Egyptian wet nurse because "It was a not Jewish Mommy and the milk from her was not good" - Menucha

Thanks to Moshe's big sister Miriam- and to Shifra and Pua- the Jewish Midwives- Moshe was able to be nursed by his real mother and not the Egyptian midwives!