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.

The March of Gan Aleph's Penguins!

Gan Aleph began exploring the fascinating world of penguins! We learned all about where penguins live, what they eat and how they surf and dive for fun! We focused on the emperor penguin, african penguin and macaroni penguin and learned what makes each penguin different from the next. We read the book If You Were a Penguin, by Wendell and Florence Minor, which we used as a springboard for writing. The children imagined themselves as penguins and wrote what they would eat, which kind of penguin they would be and even gave themselves a name. Vicky named herself "Oreo" while Matan named himself "Snow!" We then used water bottles, paint and many different materials to create our penguins... and wow, did they come to life! The children had to think about what features made their penguin different and then add that feature to their "penguin doll"(ex. the macaroni penguins have yellow hair!). Do you have any fun or interesting facts/stories that you would like to share with Gan Aleph about penguins!?

Busy Bees in Ganon Aleph

We had a fun and busy morning in our classroom today, as you can see! Mrs. Cohen also came to play with us!