Pesach Story Builders

During Activity Time, the children spontaneously began to retell the Pesach story. All on their own, they created a scenic backdrop and puppet characters. They crafted several scenes, working together to put the story in sequence. We overheard them organizing and assigning different jobs to their friends. Their conversations included: "I made a mitzri with a whip," Did you make pharoah?"; "I made baby Moshe floating in the river". The most frequently heard question was "Can I help you?".

The created pyramids, palm trees , reeds and many other details to retell the story of Pesach. They are continuing their work and hope to produce a major show for their friends.

Chazak Chazak V'Nitchazek! Gan Aleph Baked a Chocolate Cake!!

Did you hear the giggles of glee and shouts of joy coming from Room 207 today? Gan Aleph celebrated the culmination of learning Sefer Beraishit. The children were so excited to proclaim "Chazak Chazak V'Nitchazek!" when we completed learning about Parashat Vayechi. As a class, we made a list in Hebrew of the names of the important people we learned about. The children were divided into small groups to decorate life size characters from each of the parshiot. They traced each other to create a form on which to make these giant puppets. We sequenced the characters into a timeline for a character study of Sefer Beraishit. The children are collaborating on writing short anecdotes that explore what they learned from each. This is a great way to highlight the mitzvot and reinforce the good middot that we learned.

We baked a giant cake in the shape of a torah that we decorated with a Beraishit theme. We celebrated at an afternoon party where we sang the songs that we learned about each parsha story and danced to the song "Chazak Chazak V'Nitchazek" by Avraham Fried. The children felt so accomplished that they have learned so much Torah. They are already asking what will happen in Sefer Shemot!