Gan Camarillo Preschool

Friday, October 23, 2026

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.

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!

Friday, October 16, 2026

Gan has gone WILD 🦁

This week, we continued our Creation unit! On Day 4, Hashem filled the sky with the sun, moon, and stars! Tal, made a big bright sun to add to our beautiful Creation bulletin board!

For day 5 of creation, we dove into exploring the beautiful world under the sea and created our very own coral reefs for the fish.

Gabriel, made his reef extra pokey to help protect all the little fish swimming inside! 🐠

Yehudis, filled her coral reef with all the colors of the rainbow

As the week went by, even our mitzvah notes matched our Creation theme! Ariella matched her beautiful flower mitzvah note to Day 3. Ashira, matched her shining star mitzvah note to Day 4