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! 

WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND SMILING ALL OVER?

Howie the Penguin

What's black, white and smiling all over? Gan Daled on Penguin Day! On Tuesday, January 7th, the children dressed in black and white and acted like penguins waddling on ice. They pretended to be Emperor penguins carrying babies on their feet.

Ethan, Akiva, and Seth enjoying the igloo

Gan Daled particularly enjoyed playing in our class igloo and making snow with insta-snow, an amazing powder that erupts into a fluffy white snow when water is added.

Let It Snow,  Let It Snow!!!

Alex and Leora with their penguin cookies

The children also enthusiastically prepared and ate special penguin treats made of Oreos, candy corn and chocolate chips.



Adult penguins come in different sizes ranging from 6 to 50 inches. We compared the heights of the penguins with the heights of our children by mounting the face of an Emperor penguin at 50 inches, chinstrap penguin at 29 inches and a Little Blue penguin at 16 inches. Each child was invited to see eye to eye with a penguin.

It was a very special day for all!!

Fun in the Snow

Ganon Aleph bundled up and headed for the hills this week.  Please enjoy some pictures of us having fun in the snow!

S-N-O-W!!!!

Gan Gimmel loves the snow!

Ganon Bet Enjoys the First Snowfall!!!

 Pictures speak a thousand words!!
Ganon Bet had a great time playing in the first snowfall of the year!!

Sledding on Yavneh's Hills

The abundance of snow gave us an opportunity to have some sledding fun on the hills of Yavneh.  Now that it's melting, we're looking forward to the next snowfall!

So What, If The Snow's Melting!

We'll make our own!

Gan Bet mixed cornstarch and shaving cream....

...and were thrilled to have instant "Fluffy Stuff"!

"Hey, look! I made a snowball!"

"I'm a snow-monster!"

"We can even make it snow with snowflakes!"

We used this experience to reinforce Hebrew language related to winter, too!

What a fun and messy way to engage our senses at winter-time!