100 Days Celebration

Thursday was a day of celebration. We finally reached the 100th day of school. We started the day by filling bags with 100 snacks. We had five different snacks and the children counted twenty of each snack.

The children eagerly put on their 100 days hats and badges and joined the other kindergartens for the 100 days celebration. We began by walking through a large number 100. We played number bingo, did 100 exercises and also worked with friends from other classes to create something from 100 items.

As we left the cafeteria we placed pennies ona 100 board. The pennies will be used for tzedekah. Back in our room the children helped create a 100 display using the 100 cupcakes that we made. We ended the day eating our cupcakes! What a grand celebration we had.

Math Fun in Ganon Bet

Math in Pre-K is all about fun and games! To learn about sets and subsets, we drew three different colored circles and placed different colored bears in each circle. We sorted the bears into groups based on size and color. We then grouped ourselves according to the color of our clothes, eyes and hair color. We were able to establish multiple sets based on these categories. It was so much fun!

The children in Ganon Bet rolled the die and matched up the numbers on the die with the numbers on the snowmen. They were very excited to see who would fill in all the snowmen first and win the game.

An Interactive Map In Ganon Bet

We “mapped out” a terrific learning environment for Ganon Bet! After discussing maps, and looking at various samples, the children worked together with their morot to compose huge, interactive map of their hometowns, Fair Lawn, Teaneck, New Milford and Bergenfield.

Each child designed his/her own house, selecting shapes of various sizes. The houses are placed on the appropriate street on the map, and the children use toy cars to navigate and visit each other! They have used many skills to engage in this project, including math (spatial relationships, shapes, numbers): literacy (street names); and social studies (communities). In addition, knowing their address is an important safety skill for young children. To reinforce this knowledge, the morot call them to line up by addresses instead of their names. So much learning embedded in fun and games!