Filled with Mitzvahs

Rosh Hashana preparations have been in full swing in our class this week!

We have been showing different foods we customarily eat on Rosh Hashana. 

Pomegranate is one of the fruits we eat. After looking at the difference between an apple and a pomegranate our friends noticed the many seeds a pomegranate has!

Those seeds represent the 613 Mitzvahs we want to fill our new year with!

Documenting with Morah Hadar, the Mitzvahs we like to do! Our friends, had to guess what we were drawing.

Shai and Mendy, experimenting with apple pieces and creating a structure with toothpicks.

Leah wanted to put a lot of seeds in her playdough!

Kfir, finding all of them hidden in the playdough.

Most importantly we have been noticing so many SWEET moments amongst our friends every day and highlighting this beautiful Mitzvah.

Making delicious  honey cupcakes to take home!

Using our patience and turn taking skills.

Conflict resolution is an important skill we will be focusing on this year. 

We want to learn these skills while our brains are in their frontal lobes, when we are in a happy neutral moment that is when our friends can learn a new skill.

During circle time, our Mr. potato head has been helping us revisit scenarios we see some of our friends need some practice in and in a fun hands on way he helps us teach a skill to practice that week.

Yedidya and Shai acting out how it must feel when someone pulls our yarlmuka/kippa off our head.

Prk Kria

We have been having fun practicing the difference between a Beis and a Veis. Pin the pom pom dot on the Veis and our workbooks.

Kindergarten Kria

Our friends have been busy practicing the similar letters and the final letters.

After finishing our folder work, we made letters in the shaving cream.

Academics

Working on our letter recognition.

Practicing our writing skills.

Using our bodies to make letters.

Have a Happy Rosh Hashana and Good Shabbos!

                                       

Crying like a baby!

This week's big idea was about the Shofar!

What does the Shofar sound like?

A baby crying! 

Our friends, helped show us how to care for a baby. What happens when a baby cries? They are telling us something and we need to care for their needs.

Ayal, helping us take care of a baby during our show.

When we blow the Shofar we are crying out to Hashem. Just like a parent responds to crying out so too Hashem will listen and care for us in every detail.

Having fun jumping on the 3 different sounds a Shofar makes.

Making delicious honey cupcakes! Avraham helping to see if the egg is kosher and that there is no blood spots.

Making our own creative pretend honey cakes.

Team work by clean up!

Taking care of our bearded dragon being gentle and taking turns.

Shabbos party! One of the highlights is tasting real vegetables during our chicken soup song!

Dancing for Shabbos!

 Fun in the sun where memories are made.

Using our Rosh for Rosh Hashana!

We started this week off with a special day in the Chassidic calendar, Chai (18th) of the Hebrew month of  Elul. The Alter Rebbe and Bal Shem Tov who both brought secrets of the Torah into this world. 

Chana, using fire blow are to show how their teachings are lighting up this world! 

We have been hard at work learning about Rosh Hashana. Jack and Yossi making Shana Tova card that will be sent in the mail to loved ones.

Mimi, creating a special dish for apples.

This week we learned about the four names of Rosh Hashana.

1) Rosh Hashana- Rosh- Head. Just like our brain controls our entire body. This holiday gives us the power for the entire year!

Shai, documenting something new he wants to start this year.

2) Yom Hadin- the day of judgement. When Hashem looks extra closely on all the Mitzvahs on our personal scale.

Mimi learning how a scale works using a lot of different objects.

Chana, picking a Mitzvah to go on her scale.

3)Yom Teruah- A day we blow the Shofar!

Thank you, Rabbi Lang for coming to blow the Shofar for us! Kfir, practicing ;)

Learning the three different sounds a shofar makes as well as seeing a visual on the table . Chana, created hers while making a crying face which it symbolizes. 

4) Yom Hazikaron- A day Hashem remembers the good that I did.

Leah "I helped with my baby Chaya Mushka!"

We all can't wait to have a HAPPY sweet new year, so special to see the beginning of our school year filled with sweet moments amongst our friends.

Friends, catching up;)

Team building.

Sweet honey and apples was a different way to practice our letters!

Writing our Hebrew names with apples!

Prk Kria 

Working hard on the letter Alef and writing it!

Kindergarten Kria

Our similar letters this week were nun and gimmel. Making them out of wiki sticks was a fun and challenging way to remember the difference.

A fun heated game of Rosh Hashana match it game!