Today we introduced a board with numbers and a message on the number 11. Some noticed that perhaps it was a calendar. One classmate said that "we did not start school on a Saturday so why was there a number "1" on a Saturday. This prompted another discussion about what other messages we could put on the our boards and what ways we can use a calendar in our daily lives? Stay tuned for important events we hear about to post on our calendar!
We decided we could put important events on the dates to help us remember what was happening on these days. Well today the message was "Maria's birthday". What does "birthday" mean we asked. "It's when we turn to another age, it's like when you turn 4 or 5 and go to a new school, it's like when you turn 5 then 6, it's a day you celebrate the day you were born."
Jesse had prepared a banner for the children to decorate for me. She asked the children what they thought Maria would like on the banner. She might like "cake," "her kids," "hearts because she likes the class," "Kohavim kids." Commenting on that idea, the children said "No, don't draw her kids. Draw the Kohavim kids because she wants to be a teacher."
I am truly so very blessed to be learning alongside these Kohavim children.Thank you to all the boys and girls for their thoughtfulness and hard work. 
Happy Birthday Maria! And neat to see them learning about the calendar.
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