Dear Parents,

 This week in the Green Room we wrapped up our 7 days of creation unit and jumped right into Parsha Noah. Along with our Judaic learning, the Green Room friends worked on math skills and created another beautiful self portrait. Here are some highlights of the week:

Day 4

 Hashem created the sun, moon, and stars. Our friends were invited to create a starry night and a sunny day painting. First we used white crayons to design our moon and stars and sun. Then we we took black and orange watercolor paints and painted over the our drawing. Our friends were surprised when the paint touched the paper and the their drawings with the crayon were revealed!  Finally, while the paint was still wet, our friends added salt to the top of their papers creating a reaction and adding dimension to their work.

 

Day 5

Birds and fish were created. Our friends were invited to build their own bird nest with sticks, leaves and clay that we gathered outside during our time in the outdoor environment.  

Day 6

Hashem created animals and people.

Our friends were invited to create their own habitats for people and animals while we discussed the sixth day of creation. The class enjoyed getting messy and discussing which animals lived where. 

Day 7

After all those days of work, Hashem need rest so he created Shabbat! On Fridays, we always have Shabbat parties. 

    After finishing the Days of Creation, Morah Felicia also explained the Parsha Noach in our morning Daven circle. With props and puppets, she created an interactive experience that made the story come alive to our friends. We learned long ago when Hashem created the world he wanted everyone to make good choices and do the right thing. Not long after Hashem created the world, most people were making choices that were unsafe and could be hurtful. There was one man that wasn't like everyone else. He chose to do the safe, right choices and he taught his family to make good choices too. This made Hashem happy. He wanted all the people to be like Noach. Hashem told Noach to build a teiva, we learned this means a big boat, to hold 7 mommy and 7 daddy kosher animals, a pair of mommy and daddy non-kosher animals, and Noach's family because Hashem was going to bring a mabul, a flood, to wash away all the not-so-nice things in the world. Noach tried warning all the people of the flood that if anyone wanted to stay safe from the flood, there was room. No one listened to Noach. The day came when rain started to fall and didn't stop for 40 days! What a long time. After the rain, a rainbow appeared. Hashem promised Noach that he would never bring a flood again and the rainbow was a symbol of that promise and how important it is to always try your best to make good choices.

Self Portraits

This week our friends were invited to create a monthly self Portrait of themselves.

 

Math

Our friends work on one to one correspondence 1-10 with these counting works. 

We have had such a great week. We are very excited to welcome Morah Maya to the CJP team! She will be the the new Lead teacher in the Green Room and I will be returning to the Blue Room. I'm going to miss all my friends so much, but I know they will be in great hands with someone who will nurture and help them grow and learn to their best potential. 

As always, have a peaceful and restful Shabbos.  

Love,

 Morah Felicia