This week Pre-K focused on the upcoming American holiday Thanksgiving.
We learned the story of a king in England who did not let the Pilgrims talk to Hashem the way they wanted to. The Pilgrims decided to leave England and sailed across the sea to America. When they got there, they did not have enough food and winter was very cold and harsh. A lot of people died and they did not know how to plant food and keep warm in their new home. Then they met the Native Americans, these were people that looked different than them and at first they were not so tolerant of them.
Acting out the story with puppets.
But the Native Americans were kind and they taught the Pilgrims how to plant and hunt for food. When the next winter came the Pilgrims were ready for it and they planned a great feast to show how thankful they were that they could survive the winter.
Now every year in America, people take a day to show how thankful they are for what they have.
They make a feast and common foods are turkey, pumpkin pie, corn and cranberries.
We made a sequence of the order of the story.
Emma goes on a word writing hunt for some thanksgiving words .
Making a story bracelet. Each color helps us remember the story of Thanksgiving.
Doing a puzzle of America , where we live!
What does thankful mean for me?
Being thankful is a way of saying how we want to thank Hashem.
At first we explored this with specific ideas, each person chose a colorful sticker that corresponded to a specific thing they wanted to thank Hashem for (person,place food etc.)
We got some really sweet answers!
Spencer wanted to thank Hashem for Mendel
While Mina wanted to thank Hashem for Uncle Baruch!
To really internalize this message, each child got to play this game individually with colorful cereal!
Modeh Ani is a special bracha we say every morning that thanks Hashem for giving us our neshama (soul) everyday!
Hard at work at creating our thanksgiving centerpieces!
Creating tie-dye leaves and gathering sticks
beading our thankful leaves
Pumpkin Exploration:
Sensory play cleaning our pumpkins.
Testing the thickness of a pumpkin shell.
Using real tools, teach us how to be safe and responsible.
Exploring the insides of a pumpkin,
Mixing in some oil so we can roast the pumpkin seeds and have a delicious snack!
Some friends enjoyed them, but others didn't.
Many people eat turkey by their thanksgiving meal.
gluing the right number of feathers for their turkey
Sweet friends playing a rhyming matching game!
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