Wow, it is so good to be back for the school year! It was so exciting to see many familiar faces as well as a bunch of new ones! We began our week with a fun orientation, where we got to meet the friends who will be in our class this year. Being that we are a Gan family, we began creating a big family scrapbook album. The first pages reflecting our summer break!
One of the biggest factors that provides a child a sense of safety, stability and wellbeing is the predictability of what will happen next. With this in mind we focused our orientation on what the daily schedule will be at Gan this year. With a fun scavenger hunt each child was invited to find a clue in the classroom and see where it goes on our visual schedule.
One of our classroom routines is to "wish well" to each of our friends families. This gives us the comfort from our friends that we respect everyone's families 💙
We put a lot of focus on the visual schedule and sticking to it, so the children can know what is coming next, and feel safe at Gan. We counted from 1-12 going through our schedule.
Building houses!
Being the first week, it is important for us to create a strong foundation for the upcoming weeks and ultimately the year. We saw pictures of buildings before they even had roofs! This taught us how building our school doesn't all happen at once, but through all the small steps we make working together.
Aleph Beis tracing with playdough
Number recognition
and counting activity
Spotting our names on the table with a handprint!
Outside play and smiles!
It is the month of Elul! We love when Rabbi Lang comes to sound the Shofar for us!
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