Harps and Books!

We started off our week reminiscing about Chanuka and sharing our favorite memories!

Arik, told us about his bike parade when he had a Menorah attached to his very own bike!

We have been working really hard on our Kamatz and Patach vowel. 

Using different skills like hearing the sound and having to write what the combination of letter and vowel is.

Playing 'Kria headband' game. Guessing by listening to the sound our friends were making.

Including letters and vowels at different morning centers. Yanky creating a word combination and Chanie writing and reading the words on the white board.

This weeks Parsha is Vayigash. We talked about how Yakov learned Yosef was alive by listening to his granddaughter Serach playing it on a harp so it would be too shocking!

While listening to harp music Chanie having fun flicking the rubber bands on her harp picture.

Shmuel, creating his own harp using a hanger and rubber bands.

Making davening meaningful.

We are up to our third morning Bracha. 'Matir Asurim' , we learned first simply its being able to move our body when we wake up after a night of not being in control of our body like being bound up. 

We took this deeper by understanding sometimes we have bad habits that seem like it's binding us and we have no control. 

We shared some of the bad habits we can sometimes have. While we say this morning bracha we will include the english words to remember the lesson.

Hey Teves 

(the 5th day of the Hebrew month of Teves) 

 is a special day in the Chassidic calendar. 

The holy books of the Rebbes were stolen from a relative and being sold. 

On this day the judge ruled the Holy books belong to all the Rebbe's Chassidim! We can all learn them!

This is an auspicious day of buying new Jewish books and reading the ones that we have.

Each friend brought in their favorite Jewish book from their home and we created a 

Hey Teves visiting library!

Arik brought in a book his own Zaidy wrote and illustrated. 

Watching a special Rebbe video and learning how on this day we can write a letter to the Rebbe and request anything we need.

Enjoying an edible book with chocolate Alef Beis.