Fun Bus Comes to Yavneh

The children in Ganon Aleph had a great time when the Fun Bus came to Yavneh last Friday as a pre-Purim treat.  Daniel and Bernice guided them through some floor exercises, an obstacle course, a swinging tube, and finally out of the bus down a long slide.  What a great way to get some "indoor" exercise when the weather is below freezing!

Winter fun!

After a lot of waiting the children in Gan Bet
 got to enjoy the snow on our playground! 

This afternoon we braved the cold and 
large mountains of icy snow 

to sled and play! 

Let's Dance!!!

Gan Daled celebrated Chanukah along with the other Kindergarten classes at an awesome chagiga in the gym.  The children were super excited to participate in this Chanukah dance party to the sounds of the BaRock Orchestra.  Rabbi Penn even led the children in a fun dancing game! What a way to kick off our Chanukah celebrations! The children are looking forward to all of the fun and exciting activities planned for the rest of the week. Happy Chanukah! 

A Morning in Ganon Bet

Busy discovering what red and yellow make when they're combined!

Look how tall our building is!

Having fun dressing up with Lila and Michal!

 Thursday morning in Ganon Bet!!!!!!!

Packing our suitcases to travel like Avram!

Our bags are packed we ready to go!

Wow, look at the balance beam we created!

Playing house under the table!

After playing we always have to clean-up!

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! 

Shabbos is coming, we're so happy!

We had a wonderful time at the Erev Shabbat assembly with Rabbi Penn today! Gan Gimmel sang songs and clapped along to the music of keyboard player Binyomin. Rabbi Penn even had an extra special helper take the microphone around to the children to sing. Another highlight was watching our friend Jakey receive his medal from the Yavneh 1 mile fun run. Jakey was in the top three for fastest boys in ECD! Congratulations to all the winners! And Shabbat Shalom to everyone!

Shaking in up in Gan Gimmel

Gan Gimmel has been reviewing the Aleph Bet in so many exciting and new ways. This week we played a center game with shakers filled with rice. Similar to the famous find it game "I Spy" the children were given tubes with aleph bet letters hidden inside. The letters were written on white beans. The children had to shake or gently turn the tube to locate the letters of the Aleph Bet. Every time that they found a letter, they marked it off a game board with dry erase markers. The children loved playing this game so much! Yehuda announced "This is so much fun I want to do it again!"

Ganon Bet Celebrates Lag B' Omer

Counting to 33 !

Proud of his 33 cups!

Up & up the parachute goes!

Going quickly around the cone!

Rolling to the finish line!

Pulling Ganon Aleph over the line!

Camp Fire with Ganon Aleph

Lag B' Omer was fun in Yavneh

More and less, bigger and smaller!

ABC's & 1 2 3's by Morah Shani 

Partnering with Parents 

Ready to build a snowman and do a little engineering??? 

It takes practice and learning to understand how big the base of the snowman should be, and the relative sizes of the other two snowballs. Be prepared to let children try to put a large head on top, then figure out why it didn't stay on. While building, use the words "more" and "less," as well as "bigger" and "smaller" to help build these important scientific and mathematical concepts.

 

Show Time!

Every year, Morah Lauren and Morah Aviva's kindergarten classes learn about Purim with an amazing, interactive puppet show. They typically invite other classes just before Purim to join the fun and reinforce all they've learned. This morning, Ganon Bet attended the puppet show, and came away raving about it. They sang and laughed and demonstrated just how well they know the story. Good times, great memories, and a stellar education!