Happy 3rd Birthday Shaina Perel

Wow! Today is Shaina Perel's first time joining Mommy and her sister Chaya in lighting the Shabbat candles. Some people start this very special Mitzvah at the age of three.

Flower experiment

We are learning all about flowers. We know that flowers need water and sun. With this experiment, we are able to actually "see" that the plant drinks water. The flower takes on some of the color of the water its in (we put a few drops of food coloring into some water.) What we didn't expect however, is that the blue had the most change. The one in the green water turned just a bit green. But for some reason, the one in the pink, had no change at all. And as expected, the flower in the clear water had no change at all.

A grand game of hug a bear

playing a listening comprehension game

Not only was this cool and fun, but it also sharpened our listening skills! Plus, we even got in some alphabet practice.

A puzzle of our class

This week, we learned all about the Mitzvah of loving your friend and treating them as yourself. We can learn about friendship, and the importance each and every person holds, from a puzzle. A puzzle is not complete, until every piece is in place. On the other hand, just one puzzle piece alone won't complete a picture. So to, although all of our friends are very different from each other, they each play a specail role in making up our class.
We all made a puzzle piece with a picter of us and some friends. And, we made a person. All of our people look very different, yet, they are all friends.

Quotable Quotes

Ethan: Everyday, another child gets the honor of being "wake up fairy". When Ethan got his turn, he was very eager to sprinkle each and everyone of his friends with the wake up dust. One of his peers though, decided to rest a little longer. Annoyed that he couldn't get her to wake up he said, " Why is she sleeping so widely?!?!" (translation: deeply)

Jordan: Jordan wants us to bake the yummy chocolate chip cookies her dad makes. She can even help us with the recipe. She is sure that you need to "INGRIED" flour.

Michael: While playing a game, Michael diligently followed the directoins on the.... "MAP."(i.e. instructions)

Hadassa: All excite about the lesson on lady bugs, Hadassa was eager to get outside, find lady bugs, and count their spots. "Hey, people are like ladybugs. They have spots that we can count to get thier age!" (i.e. freckles)

Daniel: To go along with the lesson on bugs, we told the children that we would be having a butterfly lunch. Daniel wanted to take no part in this, " I don't like eating bugs!!!!". He calmed down when he realized they were home made out of bread, cream cheese, and carrots.

Enjoying the beautiful day

Counting the Omer

Saba Simcha visits

A senior member of our shul came to visit. It was really fun to show him all of our toys. We hope he comes again