Gan Gimmel Prepares for our Bake Sale

In preparation for our Rosh Chodesh bake sale, the children in Gan Gimmel made delicious chocolate covered pretzels. All of the proceeds from the bake sale will be going to Keren Malki, an organization in Israel that helps people with differing abilities. The children read many books in class about people with differing abilities. Their favorite was Yossi and Laibel On The Ball which was about a boy in a wheelchair who wanted to play baseball with his new neighbors. Making a book about our own acts of chesed is helping us get even more excited about our chesed tzedaka project. We hope to sell all of our baked goods, at .50 each and be able to send a lot of tzedaka to Israel from Yavneh's Early Childhood Department.

Flexing Our Muscles

This week, the morot in Ganon Bet filled the sand table with rice and beans. They added cups and clothespins, challenging the children to pick up the beans with the clothespins. This fun and effective exercise prepared those small muscles for writing!

The children are also learning about differing abilities. Rebecca and Shalom are further challenged to pick out beans without the use of one hand (Rebecca) or vision (Shalom). It was a great way to learn about the wonderful body that Hashem has given each of us, and the many ways that we can use it to help us get along in the world.