The children all came in excited this week to tell me all about their Rosh Hashanah. Dipping apples in honey, eating round challah, hearing the shofar- it was so cute listening to them all.
We began this week by having the children work on their puzzle solving skills. They each worked on puzzles and will continue to do so throughout the course of the year. This helps them problem solve, think, share/ take turns with their friends as well as work together.
For Rosh Hashana we chose a new Mitzvah to work on for the year and that was to remember to use our words and not our hands. The children spent a great deal of time talking about this in preparation for Yom Kippur. The Morahs helped us make a list of things we are/ are not allowed to do with our hands and another list about what we are/ are not allowed to do with our mouths. Conflict resolution can be a difficult thing and we try very hard to work on it constantly and continue to use our key phrase that you can use at home as well, which is, 'Use your words (not your hands/ mouth)'. The children came up with some great ideas. Morah read us the book called All About Us. It teaches children all about the body parts Hashem gave us and which mitzvah He intended us to do with that particular part. We went a step further and spoke about what we should not do with each part mentioned in the book.
Our class learned about Yom Kippur and how the Mommy and Daddys are not allowed to eat/ drink on this day. They also daven to Hashem for a good new year. We spoke about how we love Hashem and that He loves us all. He takes good care of us and is everywhere. We sang a couple of songs about Hashem which the kids love to sing. Sometimes when they're playing we can hear them singing under their breath.
Taking a trip to the shul was so exciting and fun in the children's eyes. We learned about the talit and that the Daddy's wear it- the kids got to try it on too. They all had a chance to kiss the torah and spoke about how Hashem gave us so many mitzvot inside to follow each day. Our friends even spoke about the book we daven from each day called a siddur. On Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur we use a Machzor instead.
Morah read us another book called Sammy Spiders First Shabbat. This taught the children about all the things we do on shabbat. In the book we read about how Sammy wants to bake challah and how he watched Josh's mother braid the challah, something we have a chance to do each Friday at school. The children loved how they too felt like they help to prepare for shabbat by doing thing mentioned in the book but particularly making challah. They had fun water color painting a picture for shabbat.
Having the music teacher Morah Rivky is a highlight of each week. Our Nursery class loves it! They all sit so nicely and sing along, dance, play instruments, and make a train with her. This leads right into our weekly shabbat party where the children get to sing songs for shabbat, light candles, make kiddush over grape juice, make the blessing over challah, and have a meal (lunch) together. Morah even picks a Shabbat Abba and Ima each week.
Stay tuned to see what's in store next week.
We began this week by having the children work on their puzzle solving skills. They each worked on puzzles and will continue to do so throughout the course of the year. This helps them problem solve, think, share/ take turns with their friends as well as work together.
For Rosh Hashana we chose a new Mitzvah to work on for the year and that was to remember to use our words and not our hands. The children spent a great deal of time talking about this in preparation for Yom Kippur. The Morahs helped us make a list of things we are/ are not allowed to do with our hands and another list about what we are/ are not allowed to do with our mouths. Conflict resolution can be a difficult thing and we try very hard to work on it constantly and continue to use our key phrase that you can use at home as well, which is, 'Use your words (not your hands/ mouth)'. The children came up with some great ideas. Morah read us the book called All About Us. It teaches children all about the body parts Hashem gave us and which mitzvah He intended us to do with that particular part. We went a step further and spoke about what we should not do with each part mentioned in the book.
Our class learned about Yom Kippur and how the Mommy and Daddys are not allowed to eat/ drink on this day. They also daven to Hashem for a good new year. We spoke about how we love Hashem and that He loves us all. He takes good care of us and is everywhere. We sang a couple of songs about Hashem which the kids love to sing. Sometimes when they're playing we can hear them singing under their breath.
Taking a trip to the shul was so exciting and fun in the children's eyes. We learned about the talit and that the Daddy's wear it- the kids got to try it on too. They all had a chance to kiss the torah and spoke about how Hashem gave us so many mitzvot inside to follow each day. Our friends even spoke about the book we daven from each day called a siddur. On Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur we use a Machzor instead.
Morah read us another book called Sammy Spiders First Shabbat. This taught the children about all the things we do on shabbat. In the book we read about how Sammy wants to bake challah and how he watched Josh's mother braid the challah, something we have a chance to do each Friday at school. The children loved how they too felt like they help to prepare for shabbat by doing thing mentioned in the book but particularly making challah. They had fun water color painting a picture for shabbat.
Having the music teacher Morah Rivky is a highlight of each week. Our Nursery class loves it! They all sit so nicely and sing along, dance, play instruments, and make a train with her. This leads right into our weekly shabbat party where the children get to sing songs for shabbat, light candles, make kiddush over grape juice, make the blessing over challah, and have a meal (lunch) together. Morah even picks a Shabbat Abba and Ima each week.
Stay tuned to see what's in store next week.
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