Mishpatim and Mitzvahs!

This week's Parsha Mishpatim is filled with many Mitzvahs. We focused on some this week in our classroom.

We learned about Kosher and that we don't mix milk and meat! Shai, holding up a food item and our friends had to say if it belonged in the Milk, meat or Pareve (neither) category. Mimi, adding a page in her Mitzvah book about keeping Kosher.

Through story telling and acting we learned about how important it is to protect a hole in the ground so no people or animals get hurt. The person who dug the hole has to be responsible. Chana, helped build a fence around a hole so Morah Hadar wouldn't fall in.

Lastly, we played a game about a Mitzvah that when we borrow something we need to take care of it and return it. While Mendy was blindfolded he had to guess who was lending him something from the classroom.

Yossi, working hard cutting out his name and finding items that start with his first letter of his name to decorate with.

Learning how to play chess! What a fun great brain activity!

Another brain exercise  is trying to follow the hand pattern that Morah did on the table! This is also a great activity to cross the left and right side of the brain. 

Practicing our letters and vowels by using magnetic letters on muffin tins that had a mix up of different vowels that we already know. Some of the Prkers are catching on just by watching the Kindergarteners practice!

Prk Kria 

We learned the letter final Mem!

 Kindergarten Kria 

We learned a new Hebrew Vowel of Shva!

It sounds like something is itchy-- "iiii" we had fun doing different activities to practice the new sound.

 English academics 

Our friends were busy making, reading & writing three letter words in English Academics

For our Math skills we practiced  counting in 10s  & Language Arts we did reading/comprehension of sight words .

 

Delicious Mezonos!

"This week we learned the Bracha Mezonos. Food that is made from grain (wheat, barley, rye, spelt or oat) but is not bread gets the Bracha Mezonos like cakes, crackers cereals, pasta etc.

Our friend puppet peeking into lunch boxes to find this Bracha. Ayal, found a matching cracker and made a beautiful Bracha.

Using a face puppet we had friends come up and review last week's Bracha of Shehakol and this weeks Bracha and practice to see if they knew the Bracha!

We have been busy creating an interactive Bracha Book that our friends will take home at the end of this unit. 

Yosef and Yossi working on their pretzel page!

Using our taste buds to guess what food item is in our mouth that is the Bracha of Mezonos. 

Eli, practicing his math skills by counting the toppings on his cookie.

Zalman and Noa, painting pasta.

Nechama, lining up her pasta ;)

Once it was dried Ido created a beautiful pasta necklace. 

We also made edible Mezonos necklaces using cheerios. Took a lot of concentration getting the the string in the hole. 

Making yummy oatmeal cookies.

Axel, role playing a Morah and teaching his friends.

Nothing like after the rain when our sand box becomes a fun sensory experience. 

Avraham the ABC's pointer. Having jobs at circle time creates a sense of responsibility and patience when waiting for their turn.

Working hard together to get our classroom cleaned!

 

Becoming a Jew

Parshas Yisro who was Moshe's father in law and heard all the miracles that happened to the Jewish people and wanted to become a Jew!

Yisro, visited our class and acted out how he loves Hashem and all that He did. When Kfir heard that he got up and covered 'his' eyes and said "Say Shema!" was such a sweet moment.

The Jewish people after traveling in the desert got to Har Sinai where Hashem was going to give them the precious Torah. 

The world was quiet and a miracle took place that all who was blind could see all imperfections were healed. Our friends creating their own Har Sinai scene.

Learning how the Torah was written using a feather and ink. We had fun trying to do it themselves.

Prk learned the letter Lamed and Mem!

Nechama, tracing letters and practicing their names.

Alef Beis knetic sand was a fun and sensory way to review and a spot it game helped our friends think quick on their feet.

In English Academics sounding out, spelling and writing “sh” words.

Yoga and breathing time in English Academics!

We want to wish a big happy 5th Birthday to Shai!

 

Delicious Shehakol

Brachas Unit

These next week's we will be learning all about our Brachas- blessings on the foods we eat.

This week we focused on the Bracha of Shehakol- liquids, proteins candy.. There are many different foods in this category. 

With our friends help we graphed different items with the Bracha of Shehakol and voted if it was their taste or not.

Nechama showing  us salmon is the Bracha of Shehakol.

Avraham showing his friends lolly pops and seeing how many friends like them.

Ice cream art using glue and paint.

Practicing our math skills placing 'scoops' of ice cream on cones.

We made a yummy smoothy! Once the fruits become blended it turns into the Bracha of Shehakol.

Eli, chose frozen raspberries to go in our smoothy. 

Mordy, wanted pears and apples to go in!

Making a beautiful bracha together and yumm!

Beading is such a great activity for our finger strength and color recognition. 

Cornstarch and water is the most satisfying feeling!

We brought it outside to continue playing with it!

Beautiful davening and our new friend Chana was our Alef Beis pointer.