To truly appreciate what we are celebrating on Passover, it is important for the children to learn the Story, and understand what life was like for the Jewish people when the miracle of Passover took place.
To help the children appreciate the miracle, we created a mini "Egypt" in our block center!
Our scene was created with the children's artwork! Finger painting a BIG sun and brick painting for the pyramids.
The big sun hanging over their little heads was a reminder of how hot the desert was.
The Coffee Bean of Camarillo were gracious enough to provide us with plenty of boxes, so the children could build pyramids, and re-enact the slave work that the Jewish people were commanded to do!
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We placed slave costumes in the center with pictures of what it might have looked like in Egypt.
Rochel working really hard building a pyramid with herself in it!
They were hiding from King Paroh who was not acting so kind.
Next to the pyramid block area we placed trucks and pictures of what a modern day construction sight might look like. This was for the children to contrast the kind of back breaking work the Jewish people did (by hand) back then, as opposed to using machinery and trucks- which is what we have now!
Using Trucks and machinery make the work A LOT easier!
We created 2 life size characters of "Moshe" and "Pharoah" to facilitate role-playing, whereby the children learn the story and the messages contained in it.
Our circle time's took place in Egypt!
King paroh was delivering orders, not being polite or kind. The children really felt the difference of how Moshe was treating them, as opposed to King Pharoh.
One of the children responded "So King Pharoh doesn't share his bike!"
Chani and Levi "becoming" King paroh and Moshe
and having a conversation :)
Look who we found one morning in the block pyramid!
Math and Pyramids
Using a model made from 10 blocks, we built a pyramid. The children were able to count out each row and create their own pyramids.
At first, some of the children made a tower with the blocks and when trying to create a pyramid were a bit frustrated. This was a great opportunity to talk about hard work and not giving up. They wowed us with their results.
It was hard work but they succeeded
Yitzi brought the sample pyramid closer to him and worked
really hard counting each row for his pyramid.
Mendel and Rochel while looking at our slaves picture noticed some jews in the back round carrying bricks around their neck with ropes.
....so the creativity began.
Creating their own:
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| Not the greatest shot...but if you look close- you can see they took strings from the beading center and tied a long block onto baskets and other utensils from the kitchen! |
Rochel found a cream cheese container to hold the bricks on the other side.
Clay molding pyramids
As an invitation to build...and work with clay....
We created wooden triangles using popsicle sticks and placed clay with some water available to moisten the clay to work with.
What a great sensory experience...
Some of the children molded small bricks with the clay, piling them up or across.
A 3d pyramid!
Yehudis loved the way a lot water felt on her clay.
Pyramid cutting
Fine Motor Marble Fun!
All it took was an upside down bath mat and some marbles!!! Using a spoon, it was quite a challenge for the children to place the marbles individually into the suction cups on the bath mat!
Ilani used a lot of focus and concentration lining up all the marbles.
Levi found a little merry go round that fit the marbles perfectly.
Look at those faces.;)
Yitzi found a slide for the marbles!
Seder Table VS Shabbos Table!
One morning this week we set the table with the white cloth...as an invitation to get the children questioning... (As it was not a Friday ;)
As we began placing the candles and silver cups on the table, the children got excited and thought it was a shabbos party!!
We talked and sang about the difference between a shabbos table and a pesach table!
It was important we build on knowledge the children already have, so they can make real connections with the NEW knowledge we are giving them!
Shabbat candles and white tablecloth are familiar sights....
But where is the Challah?
Why is there 4 cups?
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