Pack your bags for GEULAH!

This week, we continued learning about Pesach. We looked at the calendar and saw that this year, Pesach starts right after Shabbat! We talked about Chag Rishon (the first days of Pesach) and Chag Sheni (the last days of Pesach). On the first days of Pesach, we will have the seder night and celebrate leaving Mitzrayim (Egypt), and the last days remind us of the future Geulah, when Hashem will bring us the redemption. The Lubavitcher Rebbe taught that just like Hashem saved us from Egypt, He will bring Moshiach soon to save the whole world!
On Chag Sheni, we will have a special meal called "Seudat Moshiach." The Rebbe taught that this meal is extra special because it connects us to the Geulah! The kids pretended to eat alot of matzah to show Hashem that we are ready for the Geulah to come right now!

 

Morah handed out paper bags, and we wrote the word "Geulah" on them.

Then, the children got to choose what they would bring with them to Eretz Yisrael when Moshiach will come.

We used blocks to build Yerushalayim and the Beis Hamikdash!
Yossi C. was excited to build a really tall building with the blocks!

After the Jews were freed from Egypt and crossed Yam Suf (Red Sea), the women led the way in praising Hashem. They took their tambourines and danced, celebrating their freedom. The Rebbe teaches that the tambourines show how happy and thankful we are for the miracles Hashem did for us. So we decorated our own tambourines!

Dancing for Moshiach now!

All the Pesach projects are coming together beautifully!

We've also started cleaning for Pesach.

Taking all our silly's out! 😋

Soccer Time wearing colored vests for each team.

Pre-K Kria

Fingerpainting for Final Fay.

K Kria

This week, the children had fun taking turns wearing a crown with a word on it. Their friends helped sound out the word, and the child wearing the crown wrote it down. It was a fun way to practice reading, writing, and teamwork while helping each other learn!

Academics

For Social Studies we have been learning about the Arctic and Antarctic. The students wrote sentences about polar bears.

Chana working hard on her polar bear language arts worksheet.

Happy Birthday Mordy! 💜

Shabbat Shalom!

A miraculous walk!

This week at Gan we finished the Pesach story! While Tal was busy building his tower, Moshe came to reassure him we were about to leave Mitzrayim!

King Paroh, who was dressed in his pajamas wanted them to leave right away in the middle of the night. Moshe, said he wanted everyone to see this miracle and when morning hit they quickly got out of Mitzrayim. 

Rushing out of Mitzrayim with nothing but Matzah on their back.

It was going all great and we were dancing to Hashem that we can finally leave but then UH OH we had to stop, there was a sea in front of us!

Who can help us? Our friends burst out in song "Hashem is here , Hashem is there!"

It was a miracle the sea split in half for us to walk through!

It felt so real walking by the blue water and even finding seashells on the floor!

The miracles continued since we were a bit hungry and we saw apple tree growing! There was also water for us to drink, thank you Hashem! 

The women in Mitzrayim, had such belief in Hashem that even when life was so hard they had their tambourines getting ready to thank Hashem for the miracles! When we came out of our miraculous walk we each got a tambourine to dance with!

Role playing through a puppet show what happened during the splitting of the sea. 

Using a sensory table with these items to help our friends touch and feel the story. 

Continuing our work on the Hagaddah.

Working together in the sand box.

                                                                               I can do it!

What does it feel like when our hands get covered in sand?