In the beginning!

After all the Holidays we were so excited to welcome back our friends! 

We stared in the beginning - Breishis , the first Torah portion of the Torah.

Hashem created the beautiful world we live in. 

Throughout the week we explored each of the 7 days of creation. 

Pinny, creating his world using paint and a balloon.

Eliara, was using a magnet stick to learn about light and dark.

Hashem created the water and divided it for the ocean and sky. Arden, separating the blue pieces in side some fun squishy gel. 

Water was very appreciated during this hot week! 

While learning about the land Hashem made and all the plants, our friend created their own garden fun.

Feeding the birds using our tweezers.

How many fish can you count in the sensory bin?

The last thing Hashem made was people! The whole world was created for us to make it a beautiful home for Hashem.

Sholom, making his self portrait.

We get to do Mitzvahs in this world and the Torah helps us know how to brighten this world!

We have been getting ready for a special next week, Parshas Noach! Helpers decorating our new bulletin board.

Relaxing book time together.

Aftercare fun, painting with colored ice as a team created such vibrant colors 

Animal yoga, friends while blindfolded got to pick out the next animal pose. 

The Wonders of Creation!🌎

This week’s Torah portion is Parshas Bereishis, where we learn all about how Hashem created our beautiful world in six days!

Before Hashem created the world, everything was dark! We closed our eyes and imagined a world that was completely dark and empty. Then, the very first thing Hashem created was light! ✨

We connected our learning to Thomas Edison and the invention of the light bulb. We learned how he tried again and again, and didn’t give up when it didn’t work! His perseverance reminded us that when something is hard, we can keep trying until we succeed! 💡

As we learned about Day 2 of Creation, when Hashem separated the waters and created the sky and the sea, we brought our learning to life with a fun science experiment! 🌧️🌊

We made our very own “rain bags” and hung them outside in the sunshine. Now we are watching closely to see evaporation in action and discover how water travels up and comes back down as rain!

Yosef, made a wonderful connection to our learning! He shared that while traveling to school early in the morning, it was very foggy, and he could actually feel the tiny drops of water in the clouds!

Ella, squeezed the clouds and watched the raindrops fall! ☁️

Ziva, moved the raindrops up and down in our sensory bags, just like the water cycle! 

On Day 3, Hashem made our world even more beautiful by creating all the plants, trees, and flowers! 🌳🌷🌿

We explored Claude Monet’s art and discovered how he captured the beauty of Hashem’s world in his unique, abstract style. 🎨🌿🌸

Yehudis, was a little artist herself in our circle time.

Creating our world with balloons! 🎈

Pre-K Kria

We learned the letter Daled and explored it in so many different ways! We practiced writing it, building it, recognizing it, and reading it as we became more confident with our new letter!

Academics

We all took turns getting an object from the “mystery box” and counted the syllables of that word.

During Circle Time we played a sight word recognition game.

Beating the heat with some refreshing water play 💦

Shabbat Shalom!

What does "sorry" really mean?

This week we learned all about Yom Kippur!

After learning about Rosh Hashana and all the Mitzvahs we do that are sweet we now focused on what happens when we make an 'oops'.

Step number one was that we ALL make mistakes and its ok and step number two is how can we fix it now?

Using puppets helped us role play what to do when making a mistake.

Eliara "I can ask a friend if they want a hug or space"

During the day we have plenty of opportunities when we are in each other's space to practice listening to our friends needs.

We created our own face craft with a reversable smiley face or frown. Different scenarios helps us practice what we would do if we make a mistake or something happens to us.

 "Yom Kippur Shul"

During aftercare our friends drew what they were feeling. 

Sweet moments are all over the place and it's so heartwarming to watch our friends communicate and create special moments together. 

Thank you, Morah Racheli for coming to play Rosh Hashana niggunim with her guitar! 

It was a treat to come and try to play the guitar as well!

Chalk and water and discovering the art we can make with it!

Our friends are getting more confident in our gross motor skills. Juda, was excited to show all his friends what he was able to do.

During mini academics time friends who don't nap had fun finding all the A's around school.

One of the highlights of the week, Challah making!