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!

It all starts with a seed!

Learning what makes Hashem's beautiful tree grow!

Our sensory table helped the conversation start of how seedlings get planted.

Seeds are so fascinating. We saw them in all types of fruits and vegetables. Magnifying glasses helps us take a closer look. 

Tweezers while helping our fine motor skills also helped us try to take the seeds out. 

Wow! From a little tiny seed we get a big beautiful tree and so many things come from trees! 

Friends, were invited to place recycling materials and wooden objects on their Tu B'shvat craft.

Our bodies look so similar trees- tracing them was a fun way to see that!

Practicing our math skills by patterning some fun nature objects.

We also learned about the 7 fruits of Israel. 

Taking a closer look at a fig! For some of our friends it was there first peek at one.

Our taste buds had a field day with some yummy olives, it was fun observing their reactions to what was their tastes and what was not.

Pomegranates and grapes were a hit.

Feeling the difference between the flower and barley that is also part of the 7 foods of Israel. 

Practicing Tu B'shvat songs!

Working hard on our Tu B'shvat hats by  painting and even using our cutting skills.

Always a good idea to regulate with some cozy book time.