Picnics!

Last Sunday marked the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer, the 33rd day of the counting of the omer (the counting of the days and weeks between Passover and Shavuot).  Traditionally, Jewish people celebrate this holiday by lighting bonfires (something we didn't attempt at school!) and having picnics outdoors.  We spent the past two mornings preparing our picnics, then enjoying a delicious snack outside.

We decorated tablecloths with markers and stickers to bring outside.

We made a pretend picnic inside!

 And we ate a delicious snack right next to the playground!

Picnic Lunch

It was such a beautiful day on Monday that Team Bet decided to spend the whole morning outside! It was great to play on the playground with our friends of all ages and so many great games were played with using our imaginations it seemed silly to head inside. At one point I asked Lizzie if she wanted to go in for lunch and she said, “nah, I want to stay outside for longer” so we decided to have a picnic! Lizzie picked a great spot on the sidewalk by the front door and we laid our towels out to enjoy a fun outdoor lunch together. Such a sun idea!

Tel Aviv Picnic Party!!

The Tel Aviv class had such a great time playing outside today that they all asked if we could stay outside for longer, and Lauri and I decided that more outside play was a great idea! The class had an opportunity to play a bit more on their own, which was a nice opportunity for the children to bond. I noticed many kids less inhibited to play, laugh and run around, which I suspected was because there were fewer children on the playground. We had an outside picnic sack followed by songs and a story. We even sang our morning circle song, as a morning square song! Fun times were had all around and it was amazing how focused and engaged every child was in our outside circle. I am sure looking forward to our field trip to the field this Friday for even more outside play!!

Shabbat Picnic

Here our a few photos of our Shabbat picnic last week! It was great to welcome Shabbat all together and it was a beautiful day to spend some extra time outside! Hopefully we can fit a few more Shabbat picnics in before it gets chilly!