Opting for Opportunity

This week in Parshat Vayeira we brought Avraham and Sara's tent to life! We learned two significant things that have to do with number 3! 

1. Hashem sent 3 Malachim (Angels) that looked like people to do Bikur cholim (visiting the sick) for Avraham (since he was recovering from his Bris).  Avraham always loved having guest and it made him really sad that there was no-one in sight to invite into his tent. It was too hot out, so no one was travelling.  Hashem made a miracle to send them on a mission and give Avraham the opportunity to do the special Mitzvah of Hachnasas Orchim (inviting guests into his home)!

2. While Sara was living, Hashem made 3 miracles happen in her home. Her Challah stayed fresh and fluffy the entire week. (We felt the difference between the hard challah and the soft challah and compared it to each other.)  The second miracle was that her Shabbos candles stayed  lit the WHOLE week! And the third, Hashem placed a constant cloud on top of her tent protecting them. 

We put up a tent in our classroom to make the lessons come to life!

Deep discussions in the tent

We have a lot of skilled friends tracing their own names!

Just like Avraham made sure to do the mitzvah of Hachnasat Orchim (inviting guests), we made our own "welcome" signs for our homes.

Different face play dough making

One way that Avraham did the Mitzvah well, was to make sure his guests have the yummiest food. It did not matter where the people came from or how they looked, he always had room for them and invited them!

The Pre-school class invited us to their classroom to enjoy some freshly baked cookies they prepared!

 It was a great way for us to see what the Mitzvah of "Hachnasat Orchim" looks like in real life!

Aleph Beis

This week we focused on the letter Daled. We examined the shape of how the little spout in the back are like hands, opening up for someone to give to them. The Gimmel being the letter before it is actually giving it money or things that it needs. We learn from here how the Daled is the beggar. Delet means door and it starts with the letter Daled. The Daled Knocks on people doors for Tzedaka (charity.) This tied in perfectly with the Parsha being that Avraham always invited guests who needed help! 

We had fun with band-aids, Matching the alef beis letters on the band-aids,  to the letter on the body.

 Just like Avraham was sick we brought that into our classroom by healing him with band aids and Aleph beis :)

Learning happens best when we use our entire bodies! We marched around the classroom with our hands behind our backs, to form the "Daled spout" so they can receive the tzedakah being given to them.

Our Gan family shared a few moments this week that really shined a light 

on how each child is so kind, empathetic, and thoughtful.

One of our friends hurt his leg one day and it was very hard for him to walk. All the boys took this opportunity to help hold him up to say the Brachah on his tzitzits, line up with the class, and support him by expressing times when they hurt their leg too and how long it took to heal! He had such a positive attitude towards it all even when all he was able to do was hop and crawl!  

One of the tots was crying by outside play. Menachem F not only went over to ask him what happened but called to other friends to see if they noticed anything as to why he was crying! 

Our friends gathered around him with love, and this brought lots of comfort to out tot friend :)