Morah Raizel - TK

What a great week it has been.  This week, we learned all about the story of Noach’s Teivah (Noah’s Ark).  We talked about the beautiful world that Hashem created in last week’s Torah portion and how wicked the people had become. The good news is there was a good man. His name was Noach!

Noach was a good man, good man, good man,

Noach was a tzaddik in his days.

The people all around him were wicked, wicked.

The people were so wicked, I’m sorry to say.

So Noach built a teivah, a teivah, a teivah,

Noach built a teivah for everyone to see.

And who do you think lived there, lived there, lived there,

Who do you think lived there? Noach’s family.

The rain came pouring, pouring, pouring, pouring.

The rain came pouring down for forty days and nights.

The teivah had three levels. The top level was for people and food, the middle for animals, and the bottom level was for garbage. The children learned that Noach was very busy all day and all night taking care of the animals.  After a long time, Hashem told Noach to leave the teivah.  Noach thanked Hashem for saving him and his family, and Hashem promised Noach that He would never again bring a flood and showed him a rainbow. Every time it rains and we see a rainbow in the sky, it is a sign that Hashem is keeping his promise.

This week, the children created their first self-portraits.  Each Rosh Chodesh (the beginning of each Jewish month), the children will draw self-portraits, and their progress will be evident as the year progresses. 

Special activities this week included a sink-or-float science activity, animal crackers for snack, and a petting zoo!

Shabbat Shalom!