Special Guests Visit Gan Bet

Gan Bet received a special visit from Shabbat Man and Yom Kippu Man this week. As our visitors greeted the giggling children, Gan Bet immediately started to notice some distinct differences in their choice of clothing and accessories. The children observed that Yom Kippur Man was wearing sneakers, an overcoat named a "kittel", and a lot of the color white. As Yom Kippur Man groaned loudly while glancing at Shabbat Man's bag of snacks, the children realized that he must be hungry from all of his fasting. While we noticed all of the similarities and differences between the two visitors, we charted our observations in the form of a venn diagram. What a great way to learn about Yom Kippur!

Yom Ha'atzmaut at Yavneh!!!

The weather was glorious and the fields of Yavneh were covered in a sea of blue and white. What a special day it was today at Yavneh! We celebrated the 63rd birthday of Israel in a very big way. We danced on the fields outside to the music of BaRock Orchestra. The Early Childhood joined together with the rest of the school for a celebration unlike any other this entire year! We watched the seventh grade girls perform a special daglanut and sang "Hatikvah" together with the entire school. We were all treated to a yummy BBQ picnic lunch. After this school wide celebration we returned to our ECD wing where we boarded our "flight" to Israel. And what a memorable trip it was! It began with Rabbi Penn (our pilot) and singing songs on the flight. We saw so many cities on our trip to Israel. We danced in Tel Aviv, wrote notes to put in the Kotel in Yerushalayim and made our own one-of-a-kind jewelry in Tzfat. We ate in a cafe and squeezed juice in the Shuk. We went on a water hike in Ein Gedi and completed the day with refreshing smoothies on the beach in Eilat. A wonderful and memorable time was had by all! Special thanks to all of our parents who helped out at the BBQ! Chag Sameach to all!