Shabbat Shalom

This week we had to say goodbye to our dear friend David Atlas. If you do not already know he is leaving to go to Israel for the remainder of the school year. To celebrate our friendship and send him off with well wishes and safe travel, we threw a school party that included all of the classrooms and his siblings as well. We started our morning off with baking red cupcakes with sprinkles for the whole school. During our outside time we shared the cakes with everyone. Each child gave tzedakah to wish them safe travels.

David mixing up the cake batter

David looking at a book that we made for him. Each child made a picture for him and said something to David which I wrote for them.

The Atlas fam enjoying their treats

Children giving Tzedakah

“Maya I made two maps this one is for my construction and this one is for finding stuff”

Our outdoor classroom where the children took the initiative to start drawing  their own individual maps.

Friends working together as a train to walk with a purpose to the yard.

“ I’m in a hot tub bath”

Some of our friends enjoying the lettuce that has grown abundantly in our garden.

Some of the children discovered a bird  resting in a nest in one of the trees on our yard.

After the children were told the story of Passover they were given the opportunity to explore a small world that was built for them to tell their own stories.



Baby Moses floating down the Nile river.

Next week I will tell the story of Passover again to the children using this small world model, dive deeper into why we have a seder, and what that looks like for them.

Have a wonderful Shabbat!

Morah Maya