FROM MISS DEANA
What a fun week we’ve had! During our morning circle we have been practicing our song that we will be singing at our end of the year performance. We will be singing and dancing (hopefully) or crying on stage but no matter what happens it will be adorable. We will be spending the next few weeks preparing.
This week we played a “Color” game. I would hold a colored card and the children would find an item matching the color. Finding matching colors is a foundational skill for children that builds crucial cognitive abilities, including categorization, logic, and problem-solving. It strengthens visual discrimination, necessary for reading. It improves fine motor skills through picking up items, and boosts language development by reinforcing vocabulary and color names.
On Wednesday, we celebrated Israel's birthday. The children made a Mogen David headband for our parade, we had a falafel lunch (which most friends tried) and we decorated cupcakes with blue frosting. We have a couple more class projects that the children will start working on so stay tuned!
I hope you have a restful Shabbos,
FROM MORAH RAIZEL
It has been a lovely week at the Hebrew Academy Preschool. The children had the chance to learn more about our special homeland and celebrate Israel Day. The children enjoyed delicious cupcakes and, of course, a yummy falafel lunch. We read the books, Sammy Spider's First Trip to Israel by Sylvia Rouss, and Shalom Everybodeee!: Grover's Adventures in Israel by Tilda Balsley. Shaina: The mishkan. Gila: Baby Rina. Tatiana: Volcano Shneur: There’s army people there that learn. Scarlett: Jewish people live in Israel. Dovi: The army people. Shaya: My Saba and my Savta Yisrael: I went to Israel. Adina: Beis Hamikdash. Shlomo: Hebrew. Next week, we will be learning more about Rabbi Akiva and his great student, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. Shabbat Shalom!
After Israel Day, the children heard the story of Rabbi Akiva, a great sage and Torah scholar who lived during the Second Temple. His story is one of strength and resilience, and it is never too late to learn Torah if you try.
Last week, the children were asked what they knew about Israel:
