Botanical Gardens

We had a great time at botanical gardens. We had a lot of fun in the Touch and Smell garden. We enjoyed smelling the different herbs and feeling the different textured plants. We also enjoyed seeing a tree house made from broken trees. We saw lily pads, fish and turtles in the little ponds.

The tree house

At the touch and smell garden

Enjoying the beautiful weather

On Friday, Tali's mother made two healthy snacks with us. She showed us how we could make a moon and clouds using honeydew melon and cottage cheese. Wow! We had fun and it was so tasty. Then we made an octopus using a piece of apple as the body and sliced grapes as the legs.

Today, we enjoyed the beautiful weather and walked to the park.

Juice Bar

The children had a great time at the juice bar on Thursday They chose which fruits or vegetables they wanted and watched as it was juiced. Most of the children really enjoyed their juice.

Birthday Parties!

This week we got to celebrate two birthdays in our class, Bibi and Sasha! We were so excited to see their new haircuts. Thank you Bibi for the Fold and Go barn and The Gruffalo book for each child to take home. We can't wait to receive our present from Sasha on Monday.


Thank you Doron's grandfather and grandmother for coming in and making a delicious salad with us!

Health Month Fun

Thank you to Doron's mother for coming into class and making a salad with us on Friday!
We enjoyed watching the carrots get grated in the food processor. Then we added raisins and dressing.

Today, we had so much fun with our vegetables. The children enjoyed cutting and mixing and tasting all the vegetables! We ate our salads when we were finished and then enjoyed the leftovers by lunch.

Shavuos

The children have been learning a lot about the upcoming Holiday, Shavuos.
We learned that after the Jewish people left Mitzrayim (Egypt), Hashem told them He was going to give them a special present.  It was the Torah! We discussed what is written inside the Torah. We learned that all our wonderful Mitzvos are written inside the Torah.  Morah Perel drew pictures of all the Mitzvos we do in our classroom with the children's help. Then each child picked their favorite Mitzvah.

Tali loves kissing the mezuzuah.

Bibi loves making Kiddish at the shabbos party.

Bluma loves lighting shabbos candles with her mommy.

Ella loves making and eating challah.

Daniela loves sharing and playing with friends.

Sasha loves making the brocha on tzitzis.

Doron and Nikolas both love giving tzeddaka every morning.

We then learned the special story of how Hashem picked which mountain to give the Torah on. All the mountains heard that Hashem was going to pick a mountain for the Torah to be given on. They each started to argue who should be chosen. One mountain said "I am much taller than all of you, I should be chosen." The next said "I am much stronger and wider, I should be chosen." Another said "I am a beautiful mountain, I should be chosen." But Har Sinai was a plain, small mountain and didn't fight and insist on being chosen. Hashem chose Har Sinai, because Hashem doesn't like when people or mountain fight and push ahead of each other. The lesson the children learned from this is not to push ahead, but to be patient. We want to be a good friend like Har Sinai and let our friend go first and not push ahead. When one of the Morah see this behavior, we would point out how that child is being like Har Sinai. And when we would see pushy behavior, we would remind the children to be like Har Sinai.

Enjoying Spring

We did a review of shape using colored Popsicle sticks and glue. 

Later on, we walked to a new park. On the way, we looked at the blooming trees and flowers. 

At the park, we got to see the police horse that is kept on the lot next to the park. The braver children were given bread and Morahs helped them feed the horse. 

Then we had a lot of fun playing on the playground.

On Thursday, we got to plant sweet peas in the school yard's planting beds. Every child got a turn to churn up the dirt with a hand rake. They each tossed in a few peas. We then covered the peas and watched Morah Bella sprinkle water over the dirt. We also planted some flower seeds.

Planting seeds.

We continued our unit on "Our World." We learned the three things plants need to grow. Then we planted our own seeds. Every day, we are watering them and watching them make their appearance.

                                       

                       
This morning, the children enjoyed making free art using collage materials and glue.