Parashas Toldos Comes to Life!

In this week’s Parshat Toldos it tells us about Yaakov and Eisav, who were twins! We know twins too—Morah Chana has a twin!

When Rivka was pregnant, she noticed something strange! Every time she walked by a shul, the baby kicked! But when she walked by a place of idol worship, the baby kicked again! “How strange!” she thought. “What a confused baby!” Rivka was worried, so she went to ask Shem what was happening. He told her that she had TWINS in her belly! One baby wanted to go to the shul, and the other wanted to go to the place of idol worship!

Ariella and Gabriel were our wonderful actors and helped bring the Parsha to life!

Yaakov, loved making good choices while Eisav, often made the wrong choices. We made adorable finger puppets of Yaakov and Eisav. Ziva, had so much fun playing pretend watching our little fingers turn into their legs!

Zalman, had a great idea! He said Eisav would say, “Give it to me NOW!” while Yaakov would say, “Can I have this, please?” What a fun way to practice our good manners and learn about making kind choices!

Eisav, sold his birthright to Yaakov for a bowl of LENTIL SOUP! Can you believe it?!

We became little chefs and made our very own yummy lentil soup! Chop, chop, chop! Mix, mix, mix! We had so much fun cooking together, and our soup turned out delicious!

We continued our lentil fun by using lentils and different kinds of beans to create beautiful hanging art! Each child came up with their own special design, and we loved seeing how unique and creative every masterpiece turned out!

Yosef, created a pattern using corn and black beans.

Yaakov, cooking up some delicious mitzvah notes!

Rabbi Mendel came to tell us the story of Yaakov and Eisav!

We used our sense of touch to explore different fabrics! Which ones were rough? Which were soft? And which were somewhere in between? This fun sensory activity helped us understand how Yaakov had smooth skin, while Eisav was red and hairy!

We got to celebrate our amazing dads with a super fun DONUT PARTY! 🍩💕 What a sweet and special time we had together!

A BIG thank you to Gabriel’s dad for building us an awesome new structure for our playground! The kids were SO excited to climb, jump, and sit together at the very top! What a wonderful new addition to our playground! 💕

K Kria

Building words with our word dice was a fun highlight this week and a great way to practice our reading skills!

Academics

We read “Our Class is a family “ and worked on our own book to present at the Camarillo library for our field trip.

Social Studies time! We  celebrated Veterans’ Day on November 11, and learnt about the meaning of this important American holiday.

Happy Birthday Tal!!

Shabbat Shalom!

Which voice will you listen to?

This week we learned about Parshas Toldos when our matriarch Rivka gave birth to twins!

Yakov and Esav were opposite personalities. 

Yakov, loved to do Mitzvahs! Just like we do!

Esav, would keep choosing the wrong choice.

We learned we have both these voices inside of us! Sometimes we might hear a 'Esav voice' and try hard to listen to our 'Yakov voice'. 

Making our own Esav and Yakov puppets.

In this weeks Parsha, Yakov made a lentil soup to honor his father. 

We made our very own delicious soup.

It tasted so delicious and healthy!

Rabbi Yosef came to do a rally for Rosh Chodesh Kislev and we also got to show him some safe ways to use our really big muscles.

A highlight of this week was our dads coming for Donuts for Dad!

              

Thank you Gabriel's daddy for building a big beautiful ramp for us to climb on!

During aftercare we made grilled cheese sandwiches. 

Shabbat Shalom!

 

Mazel Tov!

This week, we learned in the Torah portion the very first Jewish couple that got married, Yitzchak and Rivka!

Through a fun mock wedding we learned about the Jewish traditions and just how special a Jewish marriage ceremony is!

We prepared delicious cupcakes and enjoyed a vegetable platter for the special event.

Oliver, was our Rabbi who lead the ceremony. 

Enjoying a festive meal after our dancing!

This week we also learned about the season of fall! Watching the fall color 'leaves' blow by our big fan.

Fall inspired art thinking out of the box during our art exploration helps our little creative brains.

Leaf patterns.

Shaina, making her playdough fall tree.

Bringing nature indoors is a great way to see all the things we can do with it. 

During aftercare we worked on our balancing skills. 

Shabbat Shalom!