What a fun week of Purim camp so far! We’ve designed and made our own Purim costumes, played Megillat Esther and performed a Purim spiel, and today we’re making two different kinds of Purim treats for our se’udah (special Purim feast)! Yesterday’s spiel was a blast! From fabulous costumes to a detailed backdrop to expressive …
Category: Purim
Feb 24
אֲדָר (Adar) Is Here!
The children in שׁוֹרָשִׁים (Shorashim– ‘roots’ for nursery) and שְׁתִּילִים (Shteelim– ‘saplings’ for kindergarten) welcomed the new month אֲדָר (Adar– the 6th month on the Jewish Calendar)! חָג פּוּרִים (The Purim Holiday) is just around the corner, on the 14th of אֲדָר (Adar)! This year Purim begins at sundown on Sunday, March 6th! There are special songs …
Feb 15
Sounds like פּוּרִים (Purim)
It is a little hard to believe, but פּוּרִים (Purim) is right around the corner! The families of Shalom Chaverim (“Welcome, Friends!” for infants and toddlers with a grown-up) are starting to get ready! This week we got to play with and make objects associated with פּוּרִים (Purim). In both photos, children are playing with …
Mar 10
Celebrating Purim Together
This week, children in שׁוֹרָשִׁים (Shorashim– ‘roots’ for nursery) and שְׁתִּילִים (Shteelim– ‘saplings’ for kindergarten) have been exploring Purim together. We started the week with a costume parade around the building. We helped each other pick out costumes and make paper crowns. We picked Purim songs to sing while we paraded and went around to the spots …
Mar 07
Shalom, Purim! Part 2
The families of שָׁלוֹם חֲבֵרִים (Shalom, Chaverim! – Welcome, Friends! for ages 0 – 3 and their grown-ups) spent three fun weeks exploring the upcoming Jewish holiday of פּוּרִים (Purim), culminating in our own little celebration. As in prior weeks, children could explore the sensory table full of water beads, פּוּרִים pictures, and plastic רַעֲשָׁנִים (ra’ashanim – …
Feb 24
Purim Is On Its Way!
Children in שׁוֹרָשִׁים (Shorashim– ‘roots’ for nursery) and שְׁתִּילִים (Shteelim– ‘saplings’ for kindergarten) are starting to get ready for Purim. We have explored different ways that Jewish people might celebrate Purim through storybooks and photos. One of the ways of celebrating that we explored through play was a סְעוּדָה (Seudah– Meal/Feast, Association with the Purim story). We …
Feb 14
Shalom, Purim!
Purim is coming! This week the families of Shalom, Chaverim! (“Welcome, Friends!” for ages 0 – 3 and their grown-ups) began exploring the upcoming Jewish holiday. Children played with Purim shapes alongside water beads in the sensory bin, and examined Purim pictures on sticky paper on the window. They sculpted play-dough into hamentashen, traditional triangular Purim …
Feb 25
Happy Purim
Chag Purim Sameach! Happy Purim! As we closed up our eight week Shehecheyanu theme, children in Anafim (“Branches” for 2nd-3rd) got to play Purim! We went on a Purim treasure hunt in the snow. Built (or rather, tried to build) Purim character snow people. Drew pictures of scenes from Megillat Esther (The Book of Esther) …
Feb 12
Purim with the Family Program
פּוּרִים (Purim) is coming! פּוּרִים (Purim) is a joyful and merry sort of holiday. In the Family Program for 3 – 5 year old children that meets on Tuesday mornings, we began to learn some פּוּרִים (Purim) vocabulary through story, game and songs. We sang the song Chag Purim and put on our מַסֵּכָוֹת (masechot– …
Mar 21