Books!

Books are an exciting way for children to learn about the world and their place in it.

With the Chassidic holyday of "Hei Teves" this week, we decided it was a good time to focus on books! CLICK HERE for more on Hei Teves!

One morning we spoke about how we should handle books, with love and care. We even found some books in our library that needed some fixing, and taped them up so that they would not get ripped more!

Each day we added a little more to a book that each child will bring home, "All about Me!" 

We pointed out to the children what an author is, and what an illustrator is!   

                                              

Some of our students were able to copy the number of their age, for the page that tells how old the child is! We included handprints, family portraits, our favorite food and what we want to be when we grow up!

  

Why the celebration of books?

We told the story of what happened many years ago when the Frierdiker Rebbe (Previous Chabad Rebbe ) was leaving Russia. He said he would not leave unless he had these holy books (manuscripts from the Bal Shem Tov) with him. They were so important to him! The books were placed in a library in 770 where he moved to in New York. 

One day about 35 years ago someone noticed that some of those precious books were missing. They found out who it was. The person who was taking them felt that the books belonged to him! He was a relative of the Rebbe and there was a court case to decide who the books belonged to. On Hey Teves it was decided that the books belonged to the Chassidim, and the relative who was taking the books had to return them to 770. It was a day of celebration!  The Rebbe shared that this is a very special day, and on this day, each year we should celebrate Jewish Books! We should study them, and also add in purchasing new books, so our houses should be full of Jewish Books!

Hey Teves Book Share!

We invited all of our friends to choose their favorite Jewish book from their house to share with the class. We had fun hearing a bunch of new stories, and learning lots of new lessons!

  

Alef Beis Enrichment

In addition to recognizing letters of the Alef Beis, we practiced taking turns, and following rules!

                                                           

Sensory Learning!

  

Next week we will choose some more favorite books to explore and learn more from!