Becoming a Jew!

At the beginning of the week, we got to celebrate Tu BiShvat together with our loved ones. We enjoyed a heartwarming event where we planted together with our grandparents and community members. It was truly a meaningful and joyful experience 💚

This week’s Parashas Yisro, and we had a very special visit in our classroom! The class was filled with giggles and excitement as Yisro, came to visit and share his story with us. Yisro, told us how he heard about all the miracles Hashem performed for the Jewish people, how they left Mitzrayim and how the Yam Suf split. He shared that he was searching for his son-in-law, Moshe, and that he wanted to become part of the Jewish people.

Yisro, asked the children what he could do to become a Jew, and the children were so eager to help! They shared beautiful mitzvos such as giving tzedakah (Yossef L.) every day and saying Shema (Miya). The children even demonstrated how they say Shema with excitement and pride.

We then learned about the incredible moment when the Jewish people received the Torah and the Aseres Hadibros (10 commandments) on Har Sinai. Inspired by this, we created our very own Torah. Yehudis, worked very carefully and patiently to help perfect her Torah.

Yossi C., practicing writing like a sofer stam, a special scribe who writes a Sefer Torah. He used ink and a feather to experience how a real Torah is written.

Yosef L. was our chazan and held the special Torah so beautifully. Showing us how close and precious the Torah is to our hearts.

To celebrate receiving the Torah, we sang joyful niggunim and played musical instruments together. It was filled with simcha 😁 and a great practice for Stop and Go..

Here you can see the “Army of Hashem,” our boys proudly saying the beautiful bracha on their tzitzis.

A special windy day called us outside to explore and play with our wind toys..

Academics

We have enjoyed observing the ants in our ant farm.  We learnt about the ant life cycle; here Theo completes an ant life cycle worksheet.

Shabbat Shalom!

Planting roots with OUR family roots!

 

We started off the week with our Grandparent's Tu B'shvat event!

What a treat to celebrate with our loved ones. 

Planting in our garden together is a beautiful lesson of where our roots come from. Just like we are going to care for these plants and watch them grow, our grandparents planted their family roots and watch us grow!

Thank you to those who drove from so far away what an honor and privilege! 

Enjoying Tree books!

Rabbi Lang taught us about Tu B'shvat and we sang Tu B'shvat songs.

We were gifted this tree from Mr. Schneider who is from our Camarillo community. He grew this tree from a little sapling and we get the honor to continue watching it grow. 

Some of our friends wanted a picture with it so we can measure how tall we are getting along side the tree.

Grateful beautiful weather and soaking up Hashem's shinning sun.

Love watching all types of kindness that takes place in our outside area.

This week we had fun with some new experiences. Cutting slime was a unique way to help our sensory input as well as our cutting skills.

Dancing during our Shabbat party is one of our highlights!

Have a great Shabbos!

Watch Us Grow! 🌱

With Tu BiShvat around the corner, we stepped into a world of trees, fruits, and blessings.

Our sages teach that a person is like a tree, and by learning about the different parts of a tree, we also learned more about ourselves!

We focused on the roots of the tree. By placing yarn on Golda’s feet, we demonstrated how a tree drinks water through its roots and how Hashem fills the ground with water and nutrients to help it grow. Eli B. then showed us how we drink through a straw, helping the children connect the tree to themselves.

Strong roots keep a tree firmly in the ground, even when strong winds blow. The children took turns trying to push the tree and make it fall, but it didn’t move! Then we all tried together, and the tree still didn’t budge!

Our roots are our emunah (faith). Just like strong roots hold a tree steady, our emunah keeps us grounded and helps us stand strong. We asked the children what a “strong wind” in our lives might be, and Yossi C. shared, “the yetzer hara.” We then talked about different scenarios and how we can overcome it.

We explored all seven fruits of Eretz Yisrael through touch,

sight,

smell, and of course, taste!

Mordy, proudly wrote the word זית (olive), and we also learned the special after-blessing recited after eating the seven fruits.

Miya, showed us how to carefully check our dates for crawlers before eating them.

Planting in out sensory table!

We said pesukim together at the Yud Shvat rally!

Pre-K Kria

We learned the letter Final Chaf, focusing on its special form at the end of a word.

K Kria

We practiced Shva Na and Shva Nach.

Academics

We have been learning about ants..& did a science experiment to see what food ants like to eat.

We then recorded our results..as all good scientists do!

Aftercare

Some bridges stood strong, some collapsed but EVERYONE learned something. This simple activity teaches so much about team work. Problem solving, Engineering basics, Patience + perseverance, mistakes and Understanding weight, force, and structure…

Melting Hearts and Chocolates!
The children are overflowing with love and sweetness in everything they do.
We were brought into a land rich with goodness, a land filled with blessings and the promise of sweet fruits. Today, that promise is tasted in the sweetness of our own hands.

Shabbat Shalom!