Count down till Pesach!

Pesach is around the corner and we had a packed fill week learning !

Once we clean our homes for Pesach we learned what to do the night before Pesach, Bedikas Chometz- searching for Chometz.

We hid ten pieces of little bread all around our classroom and went on a hunt to find them and burn it in the pretend fire. 

No peeking while we were hiding them ;)

Yossi, using a feather to get the little Chometz (bread) piece into the bag, it took a lot of concentration.

We cant wait for Pesach!!

Our finishing touches on our Seder plate!

Practicing our cutting skills following the crack lines on the Matzah.

Our friends Axel and Mordy proud of themselves for jumping off the ledge on their own!

 

Count down till Pesach!

With just days till Pesach our friends have been touching up on their Pesach lessons.

Our friends learned what is Chometz and what we can eat on Pesach by graphing a lot of different food pictures.

What happens after we clean our Chometz from our house?

We learned about Bedikas Chometz when we search for 10 pieces of bread to burn before Pesach starts.

Mimi, helped wrap little pieces of bread for our Bedikas chometz hunt.

During circle time each friend had to find a piece of Chometz hiding in our classroom and we threw it in the fire!

This week we took a deeper look into the food items we will see at the Seder.

Mimi and Yakov, helped us cut apples and pear for the Charoses. This mixture reminds us of the cement the Jewish people had to make while being slaves.

We learend a lot about Matzah! Menachem practicing his cutting skills by following the crack lines on his Matzah picture.

A fun 'find the Chometz game' !

We will be getting a lot of grape juice on Pesach! We had some fun filing up the grape juice bottle at our sensory table. 

We learned the reasons behind each item on the Seder plate. 

Starting on Pesach we start counting the Omar till the next holiday of Shavous when we received the Torah. After decorating them we each got to take home our own count down chart.

 

Marveled through the Makos

 In our second week of our Pesach unit we are in full swing of Haggadah preparation . Everyday we invited the children at our morning centers with their personalized pages. While hard at work, we overheard fascinating conversations on some of the steps in the Haggadah. "Did your Tatty really cry from the Marror?!" 

Working hard on our covers and using hole punchers to make the splitting sea scene. 

We focused on the concept of Bitachon (faith) by making mini tambourines. We learned from the all the Jewish Mommy's in Mitzrayim that they  knew the entire time they were going to be freed by Hashem and even prepared Tambourines to dance with! Outside we played a game where the children covered their eyes or closed them while jumping into Morahs arm. This built in trust and safety. This is exactly how the Jewish Woman felt. 

Learning about the 10 Makos (plagues)! The Pesach comic book was a big HIT in our class and we read it everyday with a twist. As we got through each Makah, Morah made it come to life through different props. We had paper plates blowing on them creating the effect how the Makah of Locusts came about through wind,. We played a game of guessing what animal sound we heard for the Makah of Wild animals. 

During the Makah of darkness, we placed a thick blanket over our friends. The Mitzriyim could not see and could not move! We felt it by being under a tablecloth and the close proximity of each other made us feel claustrophobic! 

The kids were so excited to add any detail they knew about them throughout the shows. The Jewish people had light with them wherever they walked.

Our deep breathing this week was Pesach themed as we puffed our belly's out like challah and breathed out by flattening down like a Matzah! 

Makos match-it game with the Hebrew Letters

Building Tzadik and Final Tzadik

Our Jungle gym is really being used as a great climbing space for our brave friends.

 

Leaving Mitzrayim in Preschool

This week we continued the story of Pesach. King Paroh was stubborn and did not let Jewish people leave Mitzrayim (Egypt).

We learned what consequences are and Moshe who Hashem choose to lead us told King Paroh he will have to learn his lesson. 

We taught two of the Plagues. King Parohs water turned into blood! When he finally was ready to just let them go he changed his mind as soon as Moshe davend for the blood to stop.

A frog puppet helped us learn the second plague where there were thousands of frog all over Mitzrayim. However, the frogs did not bother the Jewish people. 

After the 10 plagues,  King Paroh finally let the Jewish people leave and be free. They had no time to cook for the trip so they placed dough on their backs and it turned into Matzah! Some friends had their Matzah taped on their back while walking through the sea.

Our beautiful mural in the library, became the sea that miraculously split for the Jewish people to cross. It was fun looking at all the sea creatures as we passed by!

The Jewish women, had such belief they were leaving Mitzrayim all along that they had tambourines with them the whole time! After the splitting of the sea they took out their tambourines and they all danced and thanked Hashem. 

Matzah factory in our classroom!

Rolling and making sure its flat by using forks to make holes in it. 

Welcome our new friend Elijah who is hard at work on his Pesach Hagaddah!

Fun music and movements!

Rainy days are fun we get to bring in our bikes! 

We love taking care of our bearded dragon. Remembering to be be gentle while petting and feeding him worms!

We want to wish a Happy Birthday to Mordy!

Our friends making a book with pictures for him. 

Our gross motor skills on full swing!