How to correct someone else's wrong!

Celebrating our Roots

Planting with our grandparents on Tu B'shvat was a highlight of our week! Thank you to all the grandparents who were able to be there, both real and volunteer! 

Blossoms appearing  in our  Lemon Tree!

We planted this tree during the first week of school this year! Throughout the winter we have been observing it, noticing the bare branches, wondering if it will indeed blossom ?
It was very exciting to see tiny little buds appearing! We will continue to water it and observe it throughout the rest of the year!

How to correct someone's wrong! 
Lesson from the Torah Portion- Yisro


Yisro (Moshe's father in law) was very concerned about the fact that Moshe was being asked so many questions by so many people. He didn't like what he saw was happening.

When someone wants to correct someone else or let them know they are doing something wrong- there is a special kind way of doing it.

We learn it from Yisro in this weeks Torah portion! He used very soft, kind and positive words.

The words he used to tell Moshe was, "Its not good for you" to stand for so long, and its not good for the Jewish people to have to wait so long." How can there only be ONE person to assist millions of people?
Morah Avigayil role played this scene with our friend "Moshe!"

Then he came up with the idea of having "Shoftim" judges, so that there would be more people that the Jews could go to for help and wisdom in applying the laws of the Torah. He created captains in groups of tens, hundreds and thousands.

In our classroom, we came up with different examples of how we can tell people when we want something to change.

We can remind friends in a positive way when we see someone is making a mistake. We can choose positive words. For example- instead of breaking someone's tower, we can say "I'd like to use those blocks" or "I think you took my blocks, please can i have them back"
We also reviewed the lesson from last week, on talking it out! When we see someone doing something not nice, we don't have to tell the Morah, we can talk it out, directly with them in a positive way.

Respect your Parents

The Ten Commandments are listed in this weeks Torah Portion. One of the 10 commandments is "Respect your parents." We made door hangers to place on their parents room, as a reminder to knock before you go in, and respect their parents space, and not disturb them if they are busy. 

Matan Torah Art

Using ripped papers, the children created beautiful mountains! We also created flower art, in representation of the flowers that Mount Sinai was covered with when the Ten commandments were given.

Primary Colors

We introduced the children to the term "Primary Colors." Next week we will mix them and learn about secondary colors.

Group Exercise! Moving, stretching and Toning our bodies!