Yom Kippur

 Dear Parents, 

This week in the Green Room, we explored the next high holiday, Yom Kippur. During Rosh Hashanah, we learned that we want to ask Hashem for help to be the best we can be.Yom Kippur is when we ask all our friend's forgiveness for any wrong we may have done towards them. During Yom Kippur we also hear the story of Yonah and the Big Fish. Morah Felicia told the story of Yonah and his journey to Ninveh.

Social Emotional

This week in circle we discussed mitzvahs vs. mistakes, and on Yom Kippur we take time to realize our mistakes and ask for forgiveness; asking for forgiveness means saying sorry.  Our friends used a scale to demonstrate how we want our mitzvahs to weigh more than our mistakes.That means we need many more mitzvahs than mistakes.Then we talked about how we could be better in the new year, like taking turns and using gentle hands, and helping our mommies and daddies at home.

Fine Motor

This week our friends cleaned pennies for tzedakah. Not only is it a mitzvah to give extra tzedakah on Yom Kippur, our friends have noticed how dirty the coins are and wanted them to be extra shiny. We used baking soda and vinegar to clean our coins and as our friends were cleaning, they discovered when they mixed the baking soda with the vinegar, a chemical reaction was made! They saw bubbles forming and heard sizzling sounds! They were all so proud of their discovery and work when the pennies shined in the light.

Also this week, our friends poked holes in the side of a lemon and carefully inserted cloves into the lemon. The room was so fragrant and smelled like Fall with the cloves. The children enjoyed smelling the cloves and lemon together. They also discovered that the cloves were poky and they had to be extra careful while putting them into the lemon.

For our moms and dads to smell them on Yom Kippur fast.

Smelling Besamim on Yom Kippur has been a long standing custom. As we fast, it is a challenge to complete the "100 Brachot" we strive to make each day; smelling Besamim helps us along to reach that goal.

Thanks for another great week. Wishing you a peaceful Shabbos.

Morah Felicia