Haifa's New Stick Person

Meet Sadie, Haifa's latest stick person! Sadie has already led our class to and from Havdalah, been the Havdalah helper, and helped us keep time for clean-up! Sadie will be our stick person for the week and will get to spend some quality time with Wallaby over the long weekend!

-Alison and Sauci

Human Stencils

Today in the Haifa classroom, our students turned into stencils!!! We have already traced our hands and our feet, and so today we traced our whole body! Each student had a chance to lay down on the paper and lay still. Tomorrow we will decorate our bodies and use them to decorate our room! We couldn't decide if our stencils looked just like us or not, so we will have to see the finished product!

-Alison and Sauci

Hidden in Plain Sight

Our classroom has so many nooks and crannies in it that some areas get overlooked. One such area is the listening center! Tucked between the office/writing center and the door, it's almost like it was hidden in plain sight!



Today was the first day that the listening center was discovered and boy was it popular! The students are learning to take turns and listen cooperatively, and it's great to see them moving and grooving with smiles on their faces!



We are pretty sure this area won't be overlooked again!!

-Alison and Sauci

Apple Polling

The results are in; the Levana children love apples! We have been examining apples, cooking with them, reading and singing about them, and dipping them in honey for a Rosh Hashanah snack. Time to add a little statistical analysis to our apple preferences. The children enthusiastically sampled Honey Crisps, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, and the ubiquitous Mac. After tasting, they were invited to vote yes or no on whether they liked each variety. Votes and comments were recorded on an apple chart. The poll results showed no clear favorite; it seems the Levana children have never met an apple they didn't like.

The Tel Aviv Stick Person...

The first Tel Aviv "stick person" was Dylan! Last Friday Dylan's name was picked out of a cup and his responsibilities included/jobs included, line leader and Havdallah helper for the entire week! In addition the stick person gets to bring Chester the raccoon (the Chester in The Kissing Hand) home for the weekend. On Monday the "stick person" has the opportunity to share Chester's journal with us at our morning meeting. We call this time, "Time to give the Chester Report". We can't wait to hear about Chester's adventures with Dylan and his family! Stay tuned!!!!!!!!

Thinking of others = Bucket fillers!

It was so nice to witness the all the "bucket filling" in the Tel Aviv classroom on Wednesday morning! As Rachel was drawing she asked me, "Lauri can you come see the picture I made for my sister Hannah, she will be so happy, I am going to fill her bucket!" Jacob was delighted to share his big news, "I made two train pictures for Eli!" Hannah could not wait to show her Mom the picture she made for her sister Samantha. Hannah also mentioned, I don't even mind if Samantha ruins it, sometimes she does that to pictures."

The mitzvah of hazan et hakol

This week the Tel Aviv children fulfilled the mitzvah of hazan et hakol, feeding everyone, by making a noodle casserole for Rosie's Place, a shelter for poor and homeless women.

Wednesday morning each child participated in preparing the noodle casserole. They unwrapped the butter, stirred the noodles in the hot pot, cut the cheese, opened the tuna fish with a manual can opener and then used their strong muscles to mix all the ingredients up, in a large bowl.

Parent and grandparents you are welcome to come into the classroom to participate in the mitzvah of hazan et haklo. Every month we will be making noodle casserole for Rosie's Place.