Seaing is Believing

 This week we dove into an ocean experience.

 Everyone was fascinated to learn about the ocean and the animals and fish that call it home.

We read books that showed us all kinds of cool animals and talked about which ones we wanted to see.

Shmuel told us he wanted to see sharks! Morah Davina said, "No thank you!"

We learned that some animals need to live in warm ocean and some need cold.

Even some animals that live on land like seals and polar bears need the ocean to live.

Enjoying an ocean sensory experience, Sholom and Batya work together on an ocean sticker match, building their spatial awareness and shape recognition.

Ocean "Go fish"

 Practicing our animal words, Chanie finds them and writes them in the classroom.

Everyone remembered that the ocean tastes very salty. 

Regular lakes and rivers are not salty. What is different about salty water?

When we put the egg in freshwater it sunk, but with salt water it floated, salt made the water heavier and stronger.

Scientists record their experiments so they can remember.

Sweet friends working on number recognition with a coloring dice game.

Some classmates decided to make an ocean art project.

Our highlight of the week was when we went on a field trip to a tropical fish store.

We saw some really interesting fish and ocean animals!

One lesson we took from the Parsha this week was how to use our words. When the Jewish people were in the desert , with the mishkan (mini Beis Hamikdash) accompanying them, they were very sensitive and had an allergy. 

Meir told us how his brother is allergic to peanuts.

The Jewish people were allergic to Lashon Hara, when they said Lashon Hara a rash came on their skin called Tzara'as. Now we don't get tzara'as when we hear or say Lashon Hara.

To help the children understand the power of their words, each Mitzvah Mentchie received a tube of toothpaste and had to squeeze out as much as they could on a plate.

Then each child was given some tools and had 5 minutes to put as much back as they could.

Afterwards we checked to see if anyone had gotten all of it back in. 

Nobody had gotten even close! Lashon Hara is similar to this. 

Once it's said, people remember it and it's very hard to fix.

Chess is a very popular game right now in Mitzvah Mentchies!

Happy 5th Birthday Mina and Arik! Keep learning and growing!