Lag B'omer with life lessons!
With the holiday of Lag B'omer coming up we learned about the famous sage, Rabbi Akiva whose passing, this day commemorates. Click here for more on this Holiday
We chose to tell the children a portion of the story of his life. How he went from not knowing much Torah as an adult, to becoming a most sought after Rabbi, in the hope they can learn from his good character, and implement his virtues in their own lives.
Akiva Puppet to tell the story:
Rabbi Akiva participated (as a student) in one of our circle times this week! He really did go to Gan and start from scratch his journey in Torah knowledge. It was quite funny to some of the children that he was in preschool, even though we learned he was 40 years old!
Levi L. helping Akiva during davening circle!
Shua showing Akiva the Tzitzis blessing.
Once he became a Rabbi, His main message was to have AHAVAS YISRAEL- love each other unconditionally. What a beautiful message for our children!
We made an Ahavas Yisroel puzzle class project. Each time we saw an act of Ahavas Yisroel that the children did we drew/wrote it on a puzzle piece inside a large heart. When it is complete, we will enjoy a class treat!
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| Elizabeth, Chanie and Devorah Leah all took turns with a playdough cutter! |
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| Levi A. gave Aron a car he was wanting to play with! |
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| Levi Lubin gave shua an extra piece of play dough! |
Alef Beis practice
Rabbi Akiva started with the Alef Beis so this week we put a lot of emphasis on practicing our Hebrew Alphabet and a special focus on the first letter of their name.
Alef Beis tracing
Alef Beis sensory
The children had to try to copy the Hebrew letter in their shaving cream. This was a great way to practice since it was easily erased and fun at the same time!
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| Yehudis testing how it felt first |
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| "my name starts with Alef!" |
Alef Beis foam puzzle
Evi and Devorah Leah were excited to walk on the path they made with the Alef beis pieces and Aron decided to add a chair tunnel!
Alef Beis building and team work
During Circle time we called each child to find their first hebrew letter of their name!
Decorating their letter with splatter paint art!
Chani doing her letter Ches!
Alef beis Cookies!
Gathering and measuring our ingredients! Great math skills involved!
Learning responsibility by cleaning up after ourselves.
Ahavas Yisroel in full swing!
It was beautiful to see the teamwork and friendship this week!
Lately the children have been very into digging themselves a hole in the sand and 'burying' themselves and creating a cozy feeling.
This week the single little holes turned into one big one for all our friends!
Another lesson we can learn from Rabbi Akiva is to never give up and that is what brought him the success he experienced!
Throughout the week any time a child was having a hard time accomplishing something we always referred back to 'keep on trying' and 'don't give up'
Max and Evi working really hard to reach the top!
Feeling of accomplishment!
Yehudis watering our olive tree.
Working and communicating together!
Ending our circle time with friendship songs and dancing!
Songs:
1) Amar Rabbe Akiva x2Vehavta leriach hakamocha
sheli shelach, shelach shelach x2
ze klal gadol batorah
Whats mine is yours i'll share with you
if you need me i'll help you
that is the basis of our torah
2)Oh lets be friends and join together
oh lets be friends now and forever
oh lets be friends and join together
oh lets be friends because that's the Torahs way!
