Chazak Chazak!

To celebrate our culmination of Sefer Bereishit, the Early Childhood classes held a Chazak Kiddush. Dressed in our shabbat best, we chatted with friends and tasted the pot luck delicacies: pareve cholent, potato kugel, Israeli salad, Rice Krispy snowballs, and a huge torah cake! Then we sat down and enjoyed riveting performances by each class, depicting something they had learned from a few chosen parshiot. The children sang, danced, and role played each parsha in Sefer Bereishit. To capture the event, a group of boys from class 4D came to take photos for us. They will work on assembling them into a slide show, which we hope to share with you soon.

The program ended with the song Chazak Chazak. There was so much excitement. We can't wait to continue learning torah!

Shushan Comes to Ganon Aleph

Our drama corner has been transformed into a Shushan palace, complete with thrones, crowns, scepters, capes, and jewelry, where the children have been enjoying becoming the characters and acting out the Purim story. Also, castle molds have been added to our sand table so that the children can create replicas of Shushan.

Purim fun has only just begun...

Gan Aleph is actively engaged in their interactive Purim unit this week. The addition of new crowns, costumes and a "real" palace transformed our drama center into Shushan. The children honed their social skills by sharing the new props and costumes. They were able to reinforce the first few parts of the Purim story that we learned in class. As a follow up to all of this dramatic role play, the children have started to write their own megillot. This will enable the children to reinforce what they have learned and connect to the story. Stay tuned for more updates as we explore this wonderful holiday through many different avenues. What is your favorite childhood memory of Purim? We'd love to know!

Welcome to Shushan

Purim is in the air in Ganon Bet. Our dramatic play center has been transformed into Shushan. King Achashverosh, Queen Esther, Mordechai, and Haman can be found at any given time. Each and every day we review the story of Purim using puppets, songs and costumes. We can't wait for Purim to come!