Lag BaOmer Parade 🔥

We finished our heart of mitzvos… and you know what that means? It was finally time for the Lag BaOmer Parade!

The children were so excited to walk proudly in the streets, holding the beautiful signs they made and showing such wonderful Jewish pride and spirit. We said pesukim together and sang songs! It was so special to celebrate our Yiddishkeit together with so much happiness and achdus (unity)!

We celebrated Lag BaOmer with a bonfire, songs, roasted marshmallows, and special stories shared by Rabbi Lang.

Mother’s Day is coming up, and the kids have been working hard on a special card and a beautiful jewelry plate for their moms.

Pre-K Kria

Mazal tov to our friends on completing his first Alef Beis book!🎉 They now get a brand new red book to complete the Alef Beis and received a special yummy treat of Alef Beis cookies!😋

K Kria

Practicing Hebrew with Buba (baby dolls) was a great way for the kids to connect, self-regulate, and learn through mirroring. We learned body parts in Hebrew, and the children were so gentle and caring with the bubas. Many of the kids have baby siblings at home, and it was so sweet to see their nurturing side shine through.

Academics

We had a “Write the Room” scavenger hunt for the planets in our solar system.

One of our Centers this week featured a count and graph game.

Aftercare

In honor of lag BaOmer The children made a fun and creative bon fire with yummy treats. They enjoyed building and decorating their own sweet creations, practicing what they would do, sharing, laughing and learning along the way. 

Hands on learning for heart filled celebrations 🔥❤️

Shabbat Shalom!

Bonfires and Mothers day!

We stared off the week celebrating Lag baomer!

Thank you Rabbi Lang for coming in and teaching us all about Lag baomer. We sang songs , said the Pesukim and ate delicious roasted marshmellows. 

Before we roasted marshmallows we practiced how to be safe around fire. 

During aftercare, we made edible bonfires!

Touching up our fine motor skills to help some of our friends get ready for Prk next year!

Look how I can use a scissor!

We love observing our friends grow in their social skills. This age we see them start by parallel  play to really engaging with one another. 

According to the Torah every day is Mothers day ;) We have a special Mitzvah to honor our parents every single day. That being said, we still had fun working hard on our Mothes day craft!

Happy 3rd Birthday Eliara!

Making homemade dough together. 

Shabbat Shalom!

 

In Rabbi Shimon’s cave!

Lag BaOmer is around the corner, and we went on a journey to learn why this day is so special.

Lag BaOmer is the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, one of Rabbi Akiva’s students. Rabbi Shimon was a very big tzaddik, and he taught us the Zohar and Kabbalah.

Long ago, Rabbi Shimon and his son, Rabbi Elazar, had to hide from the Romans. They hid in a cave, and Hashem took such good care of them! Hashem made a spring of fresh water for them to drink and a carob tree for them to eat.

Inspired by Rabbi Shimon’s story, we built his cave using recycled materials!
We started by creating the structure,

then gave it a nice coat of paint.

After that, we added the spring of water and the carob tree, just like in the story.

And to finish it off, we drew Rabbi Shimon himself to bring it all together! 🧡

All done!

We used our sense of smell to explore carob powder!

We used our sense of taste to try it as iced cocoa! Some of our friends really enjoyed this new flavor.. Miya said it tasted like seaweed! We imagined how Rabbi Shimon might have eaten his carobs..

We continued our Sefiras HaOmer journey this week and recorded the children doing Ahavas Yisroel—acts of kindness for their friends. When we finish filling our big heart with mitzvos, we will celebrate by going on the Lag BaOmer parade.

Brotherly love!

 

Eli F. and Yossi C. shared the ball and showed amazing sportsmanship, and later, Yosef joined in too!

Kind and caring words could be heard all around the playground! 🧡

"I am helping!"

Pre-K Kria

We learned and practiced the letter final Fei!

K Kria

We went on a color hunt to find all the kubutz sounds hiding around the classroom. 🎨

Academics

We are learning about the solar system. Utilizing our fine motor skills, we created artwork showing the planets & the sun.

Our Kinders played sight word bingo.

Aftercare

The children worked together to create homes, roads, and imaginative spaces while practicing teamwork, communication, problem-solving, and kindness. It was beautiful watching their creativity grow as they learned that strong communities are built when everyone works together and helps one another. So much learning through play!

Shabbat Shalom!