Our mistakes make us stronger!

Yom Kippur

Our friends worked hard on their Yom Kippur booklets and learned all about what we do and don't do on the special day.

A kittul (what is customarily worn on Yom Kippur) hung from the ceiling to create an inspiration for their white painting project.

Practicing writing white and lavan in salt.

Yom Kippur is a day of davening to Hashem. 

By our davening circle we asked each child to draw what they want to say to Hashem. 

Role playing what happens when we make a mistake and how we can do teshuva and redo it. 

The red foot steps represented when we make a mistake. Mina and Chana Rochel role played hurtful words. Then we took a step back to the blue foot prints and said sorry and rephrased that.

We used a string that represented a rope that we make every time we do a mitzvah. It showed how we connect ourselves to Hashem. 

Esther cut it which is like what happens when we make a mistake. 

After, we tied it and noticed it was shorter. When we fix our mistakes we actually become closer to Hashem!

Before Yom Kippur we give extra Tzedakah. We took this opportunity to learn and graph the different coins.

Working independently on our Alef Beis workbooks.

Continuing our Alef Beis Chassidus.

Zayin- represents crown and sword. When Moshiach comes swords wont be used for wars.

Our friends had fun creating swords to bring to Alef Beis time.

Ches - is a shape of a Chuppa. When two people get married Hashem joins them!

A little mock wedding was a fun way to remember the letter Ches.

The letter Tes is number nine. A baby is in a mothers womb for nine months  A Tes also looks like a vessel holding a baby. The baby is learning Torah from a malach (angel) during the nine months of pregnancy. 

Mina dressed up like a mommy and had a doll in her tummy, we tried to listen to the Torah the baby was learning. Yanky adding alef beis to the hiding yud in the tes above the newborn baby.

Using our creativity and teamwork while coming up with a solution to a heavy pot filling up with water.

During our 'family meeting' time we have been working on eye contact. 

When we come into school and greet our Morah's it is respectful and feels good when we look at each others eyes. 

To start off less intensely we had a pretend Morah, our friends called 'Morah Cherry'.  Each child picked a greeting and found the Morah's eyes. 

Getting ready for Sukkos! 

Creating Sukkah decorations and learning about the 'Ushpizin' the holy guests who visit us every night of Sukkos.