Dec 05
We see patterns everywhere! On our shirts, on our socks, on a bumble bee… But we often take for granted just how complicated a pattern can be! This week, Shteelim learned what a pattern is (a repeated design) and how to make our own pattern with our favorite tzeva’em. Two Shteelim girls were clever enough …
Nov 20
Using Hebrew words from our play, Achbar Mitzayer (Mouse Paint), children have been imagining silly scenes and dialogues. We put the Hebrew words together to make sentences, and then laugh at the silly things our characters say to one another!
Nov 18
This week in Shorashim we used all of our senses to learn about the tzevaim (colors) in the keshet (rainbow). After making rain sounds with our hands, feet, and voices, we searched our room for the tzevaim of a keshet. Together, we shouted and whispered the names of each tzeva. Our exploration culminated in drawing a keshet together!
Nov 16
This week in Shteelim, one of our children took her Ivrit exploration to the next level by choosing to write out letters without the help of stamps or stencils. The children in Shteelim are all exploring Ivrit at different levels, and we use our Pinat Ivrit to learn words that relate to our current theme. …
Nov 12
We chose… …to work together on a puzzle. …to write out the צבעים (tzeva’im – colors) in Hebrew, and to write out the alef-bet with its gematria. …to work on הסיפור שלי (lit., “My Story,” our documentation binders). …to prepare an update, mostly in Hebrew, on מזג אויר (mezeg avir – weather) to …
Nov 06
Today we started acting out our new play. It’s in Hebrew. We already knew the hardest sentences. Still, there were a lot of words, and unfamiliar characters, and we weren’t sure who was supposed to speak at what time. We acted stiffly. And then, we started to get it. I was amazed at how quickly the …
Nov 05
Ask the Nitzanimers. They’ll tell you: אָדוֹם וְצָהוֹב עוֹשִׂים כָּתוֹם. (Red and yellow make orange.) Or maybe they’ll say: צָהוֹב וְכָּחוֹל עוֹשִׂים יָרוֹק. (Yellow and blue make green.) Or כָּחוֹל וְאָדוֹם עוֹשִׂים סָגוֹל. (Blue and red make purple.) It was easy to learn because we worked together. We played lots of צבע (tzeva – color) games together, worked with friends to …
Nov 02
This week in Shorashim we finished our group keshet (rainbow) and our tzeva (color) hunt! With katom (orange) and kahol (blue) flags, the children searched the room, waving their flags and shouting katom! and kahol! when they found a tzeva. Part of the joy in our tzeva hunt, was watching the children pay close attention to the world around them and letting colors and language come alive. Morah Miriam: …
Oct 26
We chant: “We’re going on a tzeva hunt! We’re going on a tzeva hunt!” We’re off!! אדום - adom! צהוב - tzahov! ירוק - yarok! סגול – sagol!
Oct 26
I’ve got אדום (adom – red). I’ve got צהוב (tzahov – yellow).
