Learning About Skin Care in Ganon Aleph

Dr. Fogelman, Tamar's dad, who is a dermatologist, came to teach the children in Ganon Aleph about taking good care of their skin.  He talked about the following important rules:
          Use SPF 30 sunscreen when you are outside, even on cloudy days.
          Wear a hat and sunglasses.
          Sit in the shade.
          Cover up your body, like wearing a swim shirt.
          Avoid the sun between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
He also told the children a funny joke:  "Knock, knock.  Who's there?  Anita.  Anita who?  Anita another bottle of sunscreen!"  Dr. Fogelman sent the children home with special skin care goodie bags.  Now that summer is upon us, this was a very timely and important topic to discuss with the children.

Fun in the Sun

After postponing our pool party due to inclement weather, the children were excited to finally have some wet fun in the sun last Wednesday.  They enjoyed jumping from pool to pool, and running and sliding on our Slip 'n Slide.  Enjoy these photos of our bathing beauties!

Hatching Chicks in Ganon Aleph

After picking up some fertilized eggs at Goffle Road Poultry Farm in Wyckoff, we brought an incubator into our classroom and gently placed the eggs inside.  The children patiently waited for the eggs to hatch, and sure enough, by Tuesday they began hatching!  A couple of days later, we were the proud parents of nine baby chicks!!  They stayed in the warm incubator for a while until their feathers dried, and now they are living in a box with a special light to keep them warm.  We take them out for "playdates", and the children are having a lot of fun with them!  They know that it is important to be gentle with them, and to make sure that they always have food and water.

Pool party!!

Gan Gimmel celebrated the ending of school in a big way today. We had a pool party! 

The children played in three pools and on a slip and slide. Ask your children what their favorite part was. After we finished we went inside to dry off and enjoy a sweet summer treat-- ice cream! Enjoy this beautiful day! 

Publishing Party!

    Congratulations Gan Bet! 

Over the last month we have been learning how to write a "How To" book, teaching someone how to do something.

Each child chose something that they wanted to teach their peers, and they made it into a book. 

After writing their words, and illustrating their work, we took pictures of each illustration on the iPad, and they read/recorded their words making their own audio book! 

This afternoon, we celebrated the fact that everyone had written a book, and we congratulated our friends on their amazing work! 

To celebrate, we paired up and enjoyed listening to and learning from our friends books on the iPads! 

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A Day at the Museum!

Gan Gimmel had the best time today on their field trip! We went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The children were so excited to see the  real paintings and actual works of art by the Master artists that we learned about in class. This was the culmination of our year long study of famous artists.  We saw works by Van Gogh, Monet, Seurat, Rembrant, Picasso and many many others. The children were given special handouts that directed them to locate certain paintings. They were so excited and engaged the entire time! 

Our fabulous day ended with a yummy lunch time picnic in Central Park. The children created such a kiddush Hashem wherever they went. They followed the rules of the museum by speaking softly and walking nicely as a class. A security guard even gave us a nice compliment! Bystanders were amazed that children who looked so small could know so much about art.  Special thanks to J.Z.'s grandma, Tamar's mommy, Ruthie's mommy and Liana's mommy who joined us as chaperones. What a great day! 

What Are You Thinking?!

Get inside the heads of some of the children in Gan Bet!

Ivrit With Morah Debbie

The children look forward to Ivrit with Morah Debbie every Thursday!  This week they completed the Hebrew unit on colors, and they were excited to finally bring home their color rings.  Ask them to name the colors for you in Hebrew!

COMING ATTRACTIONS!

Coming soon to your local Beit Medrash. Gan Daled's graduation.

An event that took a year in the making. The stars  are sooooo excited about performing for you, their parents, grandparents, relatives and friends.

The festivities are scheduled to begin promptly at 9:45

It promises to be a memorable time as these young people sing and dance their way into FIRST GRADE.

 



A preview of what is to come!

 

 

Remember to bring your cameras to record this wonderful milestone.