Virtual Mishkan By Gan Gimmel

In this week’s parsha, תרומה. Hashem asks Moshe to have Bnei Yisrael build a משכן, a holy dwelling place for him. Moshe asks Bnei Yisrael to contribute gold or silver to help build the משכן. Bnei Yisrael build a special מזבח in the משכן so they can bring קרבנות, animals, as presents to Hashem. They created a מנורה and a שלחן to hold the לחם הפנים, the holy bread. Hashem also told Moshe to build the ארון to have a safe place to keep the לוחות. They carried the משכן with them wherever they went in the desert. We discussed how our homes are permanent, along with our classroom and Yavneh Academy. We come to the same place everyday. When Bnei Yisrael were in the מדבר ,they would move around all of the time so everything had to be portable. That’s why many parts of the משכן  were put together with poles.

We worked as teams to create replicas of the כלים from the משכן. Each group picked from the various materials in our classroom to create their כלי and then worked together using a picture of the כלי to help replicate it to the best of their abilities. 


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We're off from school. We're off to do mitzvot!

At Yavneh Academy, we model and teach about the importance 
of doing mitzvot. During our mid-winter break, we have 
many opportunities to do many mitzvot out of school. 

Check out some of our yeladim davening, sharing with siblings, 
washing before eating bread, picking fruit for Leket Israel, 
taking care of a baby brother, cleaning for Shabbat,
helping parents, taking turns, preparing packages for Yad Eliezer, 
volunteering for Meals on Wheels, smiling,
giving tzedakah, baking challah with Bubbie for Shabbat 
& learning Torah with Savta too !
Such nachat!!!!

 

 

Tu B'Shvat Higiyah in Ganon Bet

When the children of Ganon Bet look outside they see bare trees.
How could it be spring when we just had snow here in New Jersey as Choref has just begun!

 It is hard to believe that it is already Tu B'Shvat in Eretz Yisrael. The trees have already started blooming. Since Tu B'Shvat falls during our vacation, we celebrated Tu B'Shvat with a seder in our class today.  We sang songs and heard two stories. One was about  Rina and Her Birthday Surprise. The story was about a girl whose birthday is on Tu B'Shvat and found a special surprise outside her home.  We also listened to a story  about a boy named Jonathan who wanted to plant a tree on Tu B'Shvat but was unable to because the ground was frozen.  As we heard the stories and sang songs, we had the oppurtunity to taste many of the Shivat Haminim. We had many brave tasters who were willing to try some new fruit! We made brachot and said a shehechiyanu too!


Dovi and Charlie eating yummy wheat crackers.



The Shivat Haminim are sampled by the children.

 

Regina is trying a new fruit-the T'Aina- fig



Jack  is getting ready to eat the juicy  Zayit- olive.

Ganon Aleph Parents Come to Visit

As our unit on the human body continues, several parents who happen to be in the medical field came to visit our class and talk about their specialties.

Avital's mom, an ophthamologist, talked to the class about our eyes, and also made "body" cookies with the children.

Zach F.'s dad, an allergist, talked to the children about allergies, and even demonstrated on Zach's mom's arm how to do an allergy test!

Gabi Z.'s mom, a science teacher at Yavneh, did some experiments to teach the children about breathing.

Ezra's dad, a gastroenterologist, talked to the children about digestion and about the job of our intestines.  He also talked about not putting objects in your mouth because you might swallow them, and showed the children some tools he uses to remove these objects when they are swallowed.

Donny's dad, a nephrologist, used a filter and some fake blood to help explain what our kidneys do for us.  He showed the children a model of the kidneys, and gave them their own squeezable kidneys to bring home.  He also gave us an "Asher Yatzar" wall hanging for our classroom, the important bracha we say after we go to the bathroom to thank Hashem that our bodies our working right.

Jakie's mom, who works at the Rockleigh Home, came to talk to the children about working with elderly people.  She explained that music is great therapy for elderly people and showed us a video of elderly people playing instruments.

We love when parents come to our classroom, and we look forward to more visits after vacation!

Toboggan Like a Penguin

Gan Gimmel learned that penguins waddle because they have short legs, but they can slide on their bellies, or toboggan, to get around quickly.

We gave tobogganing a try for ourselves!

It's so much quicker to toboggan than to waddle!

We also discovered that tobogganing on the smooth floor is so much easier than tobogganing on the rough rug!

Paper and Paint-less Mondrian

New Age-Mondrian

Last week we learned about a new artist, Piet Mondrian. 

After using the traditional art supplies to make their Mondrian inspired art work, 

we used iPads to create a digital Mondrian inspired picture!

                                                     Here are some of the final products!

First Grade Visits Ganon Bet

 A first grade class came to visit our class today,
each child  read to a Ganon Bet partner.
The first graders enjoyed reading to us and we enjoyed having them.
They plan to visit us again!!!

Ganon Bets Makes Scrumptious Treats for Parshat Beshalach-Shabbat Shira

What would you eat if your food could taste like anything? Ganon Bet made delicious Mon cookies that tasted like candy, challah,  and apples.  After learning about how the birds ate the mon that were placed outside on Shabbat, we  made edible birds nests from chow mein noodles and melted chocolate. We placed jelly beans inside the nest too. The children enjoyed the yummy snacks throughout the week.

To show HaKarat HaTov to the birds for eating the Mon, we made bird feeders to be placed outside our homes this Shabbat.

We made tupim.

Playing our Tupim to thank HaShem for Kriyat Yam Suf

We made bird feeders!