Happy Last Friday of the school year!
This year has flown by! I love seeing how far the children have grown in height, academically and growth within the classroom in the short time I’ve been here. These children are a very close set of friends and act like a family! What a fabulous community!
This week as you may have seen, we worked on many art activities. We studied 3 artists over the past few weeks and the children are loving the different media we have been doing. Today we talked about Claude Monet and how he used small strokes to paint his pictures. We are adding our own 3-d part to it and the kids will be able to take them home on Monday. They are so cute!
The last week is upon us and we will be finishing up the year. We will be practicing for our last day graduation ceremony all week as well as doing our last project of the year.
It has been our pleasure to work with all your children and getting to know each one of you.
Thank you for everything you do for us and your children.
Morah Amanda and Morah Devora
Friday, May 17, 2019
Friday, May 10, 2019
Happy Friday!
Thank you Moms for all that you do! Your children worked so hard this week on many many projects! We measured and stirred a lot this week as we prepared your sugar scrub! It was cute to see the children smell the three different essential oils and to see which one your child picked out. Most went with the Lemon scrub and a couple picked the Lavender. We hope you enjoy it. We loved today and watching you all decorate your aprons and make your challah! It was wonderful to see the teamwork! Thank you for joining us.
This week we not only did our Mother’s Day project but we also learned about 2 artists! Henri Matisse and Piet Mondrian! Please look at our Henri Matisse Art that is posted in the hallway. Next week we will display our Mondrian pieces! They are so amazing!
Please remember to bring a water bottle for your child as next week is going to be in the 90’s! We have been so lucky so far with just a few hot days but I think our luck has run out! 😊
Reminder- Please write your child’s name on all their belongings (towels, bags, clothes- swimsuit included) and apply sun screen before the come on Monday for water play. Thank you in advance!
Morah Devora and I would like to say Thank you to all the families who gave us the many wonderful gifts, treats and items for the classroom! We truly do love your children and are grateful for each and every one!
I hope all of you Moms have an amazing Moms day and dads we appreciate you as well!
Have a great weekend
Morah Amanda and Morah Devora
Thank you Moms for all that you do! Your children worked so hard this week on many many projects! We measured and stirred a lot this week as we prepared your sugar scrub! It was cute to see the children smell the three different essential oils and to see which one your child picked out. Most went with the Lemon scrub and a couple picked the Lavender. We hope you enjoy it. We loved today and watching you all decorate your aprons and make your challah! It was wonderful to see the teamwork! Thank you for joining us.
This week we not only did our Mother’s Day project but we also learned about 2 artists! Henri Matisse and Piet Mondrian! Please look at our Henri Matisse Art that is posted in the hallway. Next week we will display our Mondrian pieces! They are so amazing!
Please remember to bring a water bottle for your child as next week is going to be in the 90’s! We have been so lucky so far with just a few hot days but I think our luck has run out! 😊
Reminder- Please write your child’s name on all their belongings (towels, bags, clothes- swimsuit included) and apply sun screen before the come on Monday for water play. Thank you in advance!
Morah Devora and I would like to say Thank you to all the families who gave us the many wonderful gifts, treats and items for the classroom! We truly do love your children and are grateful for each and every one!
I hope all of you Moms have an amazing Moms day and dads we appreciate you as well!
Have a great weekend
Morah Amanda and Morah Devora
Friday, May 3, 2019
Happy Shabbot and Friday!
I hope everyone had an amazing Passover with your families. Devora and myself spent some time with our own families and we are glad to be back!
This week seemed to fly by. The children have noticed that the weather is getting warmer and the need for outside time was great! We have discovered digging, the bugs outside which we did some research on and found instead of them being Box Elder bugs they may in fact be Milkweed bugs and of course we found the water! I’m sure you have noticed how much fun they have had at bath time! 🤣.
This month is going to be a very busy one as we start the end of the school year! We have so many planned events and lots of projects to complete before the school ends.
We are going to be learning more about bugs and explore different art media!
Wishing everyone a Happy Shabbat
Mora Amanda and Mora Devora
Friday, April 12, 2019
Shabbot Shalom
The children have been so busy this week with Pesach projects! We have been busy sewing, painting, fusing beads together, making our Afikoman bags, as well as taking pictures for the Haggadah!!
The children’s sewing has improved so much! We only had a few pokes with the needles and it was mainly to Mora Devora and myself when they needed help to hold their sewing projects!
The Seder plate was made for future use- we used velcro on each piece so it is removable and can be used for many years. We hope everyone enjoys the keepsakes!
Mora Devora has been telling the Pesach story and the children have been very interested in it! They love the part of- “Let my people go!” And the Pharaoh says- “ No, No, No!”. The ten plagues have intrigued the children and we have had many interesting questions from it.
Please remember that our weather is getting hotter and that the children need their water bottles and to have sunscreen applied before they come to school. We will reapply sunscreen before going outside during the late morning hours.
Wishing everyone a Happy Friday and a safe weekend!
Morah Amanda and Morah Devora
The children have been so busy this week with Pesach projects! We have been busy sewing, painting, fusing beads together, making our Afikoman bags, as well as taking pictures for the Haggadah!!
The children’s sewing has improved so much! We only had a few pokes with the needles and it was mainly to Mora Devora and myself when they needed help to hold their sewing projects!
The Seder plate was made for future use- we used velcro on each piece so it is removable and can be used for many years. We hope everyone enjoys the keepsakes!
Mora Devora has been telling the Pesach story and the children have been very interested in it! They love the part of- “Let my people go!” And the Pharaoh says- “ No, No, No!”. The ten plagues have intrigued the children and we have had many interesting questions from it.
Please remember that our weather is getting hotter and that the children need their water bottles and to have sunscreen applied before they come to school. We will reapply sunscreen before going outside during the late morning hours.
Wishing everyone a Happy Friday and a safe weekend!
Morah Amanda and Morah Devora
Friday, April 5, 2019
Shalom parents
This week we had a really busy week learning about Pesach (passover).
The kids were busy cleaning our classroom for passover.
We learned about the story of the Jews in Egypt, how Pharoah was a mean king and made the Jewish people work so much, and built so many pyramids, and the green room made some real bricks too with plaster.
We learned about baby Moshe in the basket, and we had our own baby moshe in the basket, that was visiting us for a day, and the kids were really exited to play and take care of the baby. They took turns giving it a bath in the sensory table and were very gentle when they soaped him down!
We made a cool experiment with the yeast: we made two batches of dough, one with yeast, and another matza dough without it, and the kids got to see how big the dough with the yeast became after one hour. We learned that matza is the dough without the yeast, because once the dough rises its consider chometz, and we can't have chometz on Pesach. The kids were really exited to make their own real matza (even though our matzas were to hard to eat) and to decorate the matza box.
We also learned about the 10 plagues, and we even had some pretend blood in our class today.
We are concentrating on the 15 steps of the seder. We made some real grape juice, the kids were really exited to try it right away. We also made the cup for Eliyahu (Elijah) hanavi. Some kids are even writing the steps in Hebrew.
We missed Morah Amanda this week, and she will be back next week.
Shabat shalom, Mora Devora
This week we had a really busy week learning about Pesach (passover).
The kids were busy cleaning our classroom for passover.
We learned about the story of the Jews in Egypt, how Pharoah was a mean king and made the Jewish people work so much, and built so many pyramids, and the green room made some real bricks too with plaster.
We learned about baby Moshe in the basket, and we had our own baby moshe in the basket, that was visiting us for a day, and the kids were really exited to play and take care of the baby. They took turns giving it a bath in the sensory table and were very gentle when they soaped him down!
We made a cool experiment with the yeast: we made two batches of dough, one with yeast, and another matza dough without it, and the kids got to see how big the dough with the yeast became after one hour. We learned that matza is the dough without the yeast, because once the dough rises its consider chometz, and we can't have chometz on Pesach. The kids were really exited to make their own real matza (even though our matzas were to hard to eat) and to decorate the matza box.
We also learned about the 10 plagues, and we even had some pretend blood in our class today.
We are concentrating on the 15 steps of the seder. We made some real grape juice, the kids were really exited to try it right away. We also made the cup for Eliyahu (Elijah) hanavi. Some kids are even writing the steps in Hebrew.
We missed Morah Amanda this week, and she will be back next week.
Shabat shalom, Mora Devora
Friday, March 29, 2019
Happy Friday!
These last few weeks seem like a blur! Our children have been so busy doing different work around the classroom. They have been working a lot on phonemic awareness in the Language area. We have some children who are getting very good at sounding out the words when I write a secret message to them. Just a reminder that I teach phonetically first and letter names come second. The naming of letters are very easy and they can learn within a couple days, sounds do not. They not only have been working on English but their Hebrew as well!
This week we have concentrated on getting ready for next weeks Pesach theme! We have built our Matza Bakery oven with the children’s help, we have a cleaning station that they are excited about! We used it this morning for the first time- let’s just say that the Moras put too much soap in the spray bottles!🤣. We have had soapy tables quite a few times and had to be rewashed and wiped off with some serious drying!
. No more soap in the spray bottles!
We have a new form for putting on sunscreen, please fill it out giving us permission to apply it. You may turn it into either Devora or myself. This is a state regulation so in order for us to put more sunscreen on, we need your permission.
It’s getting warm out so we ask that you put sunscreen on BEFORE they come to school and we will REAPPLY it at recess time. Also, please look in your child’s cubby for changes of clothes- you never know when your child may have an accident or a spill and need to change. We have a lot of wintery type clothes so we may need to switch to cooler clothes. Also PLEASE bring your child with a WATER BOTTLE! We ask that these have a straw instead of open lids as this makes it more successful for your child- they get flustered when it spills and they have a huge cleanup.
These next few weeks are going to be full of exploration and a lot of fun for Pesach!!
Just a heads up- if you didn’t know I will be out next week visiting my daughter in Dallas but we have Mora Victoria coming in to help Mora Devora. Plus I am a text away if they need anything!
Thank you for getting the opportunity to be a part of your child’s learning experience!
Mora Amanda and Mora Devora
This week we have concentrated on getting ready for next weeks Pesach theme! We have built our Matza Bakery oven with the children’s help, we have a cleaning station that they are excited about! We used it this morning for the first time- let’s just say that the Moras put too much soap in the spray bottles!🤣. We have had soapy tables quite a few times and had to be rewashed and wiped off with some serious drying!
We have a new form for putting on sunscreen, please fill it out giving us permission to apply it. You may turn it into either Devora or myself. This is a state regulation so in order for us to put more sunscreen on, we need your permission.
It’s getting warm out so we ask that you put sunscreen on BEFORE they come to school and we will REAPPLY it at recess time. Also, please look in your child’s cubby for changes of clothes- you never know when your child may have an accident or a spill and need to change. We have a lot of wintery type clothes so we may need to switch to cooler clothes. Also PLEASE bring your child with a WATER BOTTLE! We ask that these have a straw instead of open lids as this makes it more successful for your child- they get flustered when it spills and they have a huge cleanup.
These next few weeks are going to be full of exploration and a lot of fun for Pesach!!
Just a heads up- if you didn’t know I will be out next week visiting my daughter in Dallas but we have Mora Victoria coming in to help Mora Devora. Plus I am a text away if they need anything!
Thank you for getting the opportunity to be a part of your child’s learning experience!
Mora Amanda and Mora Devora
Friday, March 15, 2019
Shabbat Shalom!
This week was filled with triangles and triangles and more triangles as part of the Purim Story.
We used our breath to blow ping pong balls through a maze, we threw a bean bag to “fill” our hamantashen, we glued beautiful gems into triangle shapes and we made triangle bracelets!
We made our delicious Hamantashen on Thursday and we found out we have some wonderful chefs in our class! They did amazing with shaping them into their three dimensional shape! All our triangle works helped!😊
The school spirit is high in our class-
Crazy Hair day- we had Mason who had the coolest red hair as well as his dad! What crazy spirit they both made! Ari had a lot of crazy barrettes in her hair and Hammond who was very colorful with his red and blue with a few sparkles in his spiky hair.
PJ day- EVERYONE wore their Pj’s!!
I look forward to next weeks spirit days! Hopefully I WILL remember too!😊
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and lots of outdoor fun!! The weather is supposed to be nice!
Morah Amanda and Morah Devora
This week was filled with triangles and triangles and more triangles as part of the Purim Story.
We used our breath to blow ping pong balls through a maze, we threw a bean bag to “fill” our hamantashen, we glued beautiful gems into triangle shapes and we made triangle bracelets!
We made our delicious Hamantashen on Thursday and we found out we have some wonderful chefs in our class! They did amazing with shaping them into their three dimensional shape! All our triangle works helped!😊
The school spirit is high in our class-
Crazy Hair day- we had Mason who had the coolest red hair as well as his dad! What crazy spirit they both made! Ari had a lot of crazy barrettes in her hair and Hammond who was very colorful with his red and blue with a few sparkles in his spiky hair.
PJ day- EVERYONE wore their Pj’s!!
I look forward to next weeks spirit days! Hopefully I WILL remember too!😊
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and lots of outdoor fun!! The weather is supposed to be nice!
Morah Amanda and Morah Devora
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