Game Day!

Lunch Bunch was spent playing board games, and working on our pyramid displayed in our classroom library. Check it out when you get a chance. At the end of the day we enjoyed a healthy juice pop and then we went outside to play! Thanks for a great day!

Preparing for Passover

The Levana class has been hard at work creating our very own seder plate match game. We're using different materials, cutting, gluing and tearing to make each of the 6 different seder plate items.


Samantha and Adam take turns using the glue sticks, and Sonia shows pride in her almost-finished project.

Challah Time

The Rainbows enjoyed making Challah with Rohan. Everyone had a turn to help pour, mix, and stir the ingredients into the big bowl. Even getting a little messy was fun too, as Sophie noted when she got some flour on her pants. "That's okay. My mommy can wash it!", she exclaimed. A great time was had by all. Thanks, Rohan!

Ten In The Bed

Ilan brought in a book to share with his classmates, There Were Ten In The Bed by Susan Chapman Calitri. The book is about ten puppies, each with different features, who fall out of the bed one by one, leaving one little pup and his bone at the end. As you can see, Nancy and Ilan attracted quite a crowd to this story which can be sung as well as read. After the story was read/sung, several of the children could be heard singing the catchy phrase, "There were ten in the bed and the little one said roll over, roll over. So they all rolled over and one fell out...." Thank you, Ilan, for sharing your book with us. It was definitely a big hit!

Thanking Our Visitors

The Haifa class has been very lucky with a plethora of visitors over the past few weeks. Whether it be a doctor stopping in on his way to a business trip, or a Rabbi who knows how to rock out, the Haifa class has been a gracious host to our guests.

After each of the visitors have left, the Haifa class talks about what they liked about the visit. Then, a thank you letter gets written! Above is an example of a dictated thank you card that was sent to Rabbi Todd.

Writing a thank you letter as a class can be tricky, because we have to wait our turn to share what we want to say, and having to be careful not to repeat what is already written. With practice, the Haifa class has gotten very good at collaboratively writing letters and stories!

-Alison and Sauci

What Are We Making?

The Haifa kids were busy today working on a mysterious project, using permanent markers, rubbing alcohol, and coins on white fabric...

Stay tuned to find out what it could be!

-Alison and Sauci

Happy School Birthday Jesse !!!

Jesse celebrated his school birthday. Jodi, aka "mommy, mommy, mommy" came into read to us. Jesse selected The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems. As is our tradition in the Kohavim class, we make a card of good wishes for our birthday classmate and/or make a bracelet. Matty delivered his card to Jesse while he was having snack. We loved the illustrations and story. After story time, we made snow cones for the class. The flavors were passion fruit and lemonade. Some boys and girls tried mixing the two flavors. They were delicious. Thank you to Jodi for sharing time with us. Thanks to Jesse for sharing mommy with us. Jesse will be turning six years old!!!