Ganon Classes Work in the ECD Garden

Now that it finally feels like Spring, it's a perfect time for working in the ECD garden.  Each class has a plot of land for planting flowers or vegetables.  This week the children and morot from Ganon Aleph and Ganon Bet were busy weeding and preparing the soil, after which we planted some radish seeds.  We also have some bulbs which should be growing into beautiful flowers very soon.  Come by in a few weeks to take a look!

Ganon Bet Enjoys a Spring Like Day in March

 A Spring like day in March!
Enjoying the weather with some
chalk and shadows!
Pictures speaks a thousands words!

GEORGIA on my mind



Daniella and Carrie Florists Par Excellance

Gan Daled integrated the study of Georgia O’Keefe with spring. As we witnessed the blooming of the leaves on trees and the flowers popping through the ground, we learned about  one of the most significant artists of the 20^th century.

Sara and Tiferet displaying  their "masterpieces"

We read Georgia O’Keeffe by Mike Venezia and My Name Is Georgia by Jeanette Winter. Georgia O’Keeffe was inspired by nature and loved to paint beautiful pictures of flowers and the outdoors where she lived. Gan Daled made the connection of her flower pictures to Shavuot. The children were very excited to create their own floral masterpieces in O’Keeffe’s style.

Sydney J, Sydney S. and Olivia with their "Garden"

Spring Has Sprung in Ganon Bet

                                                     Up, Up And Away We Go!!!

                                              Cleaning our garden for Spring planting!
                                              We planted Radishes and Mesclun seeds!

Ganon Aleph & Bet Planting in Our Gardens

Ganon Aleph & Bet's gardeners were hard at work today planting red and yellow peppers, tomatoes and flowers in our garden plot! We can't wait to see it grow!!

Pat's Pals Return to ECD

Pat Rose came to visit us on Wednesday with some of her little friends.  She came earlier in the year to talk about how different animals adjust to the winter, and this time she showed us what the animals do in the springtime.  Among the furry friends (and some not so furry) that accompanied her were:  Smoke the chinchilla and her two-week old baby, a lamb named Lilly,  Freddie the frog, some baby chicks, a ball python snake, and Miss Charlotte the parrot who performed some really neat tricks!  Mrs. Rose talked about some differences between mammals and cold-blooded animals, and showed the children some eggs laid by birds, snakes, and frogs.  What a fun, hands-on way to learn about animals in the springtime!

SHABBAT FLOWERS

At our Shabbat party this week our table was enhanced by beautiful flowers which were cut from our own garden.

The bulbs that we planted in the fall have produced beautiful flowers - colorful hyacinths and lovely yellow and white daffodils. The children enjoyed the sights and smells that were the result of their hard work along with the helping hand of Hashem.

Ganon Bet Welcomes Spring!

How lucky our children are to have teachers who enjoy playing with them! Morah Alana and her students took advantage of the beautiful weather, playing with brand new balls. More and more children came to join the fun, and were happily welcomed.