Jan 10
Yesterday was the first day of the Hebrew month of Shevat. Rosh Chodesh (head of the month) is celebrated on the first day of each new month. In Anafim v’Alonim (“Branches” for 4th and “Oak Trees” for 5th grade), we bring in the new month by celebrating our accomplishments and recognizing the tefillot (prayers), that …
Apr 10
Shorashim has been putting a focus on their צבעים (tsvaim – colors) vocabulary this past week through a new מִשְׂחָק (mischak – game) we’ve been playing. It is called ארבעה צבעים (arbah tsvaim – four colors), and is essentially one giant sorting game! Who knew that we could work our gross motor and cognitive skills all at the same time?! …
Sep 14
This week in Beit Shorashim/Shteelim (Nursery/Kindergarten), we have started preparing for ראש השנה (Rosh Hashanah-The beginning of the New Jewish Year). We prepared a celebratory meal and tried תפוחים (Tapuchim–apples) and דבש (Devash-honey). We learned a new skill, pointillism (pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in …
Jun 10
This week in Shorashim, we ended our year by reflecting on all of our hard work through revisiting hebrew challenges, getting to play silly משחקים (Mischakim-games) outside, and doing one final baking project. We also got to look through our end of the year book together now that it is complete and share with our friends …
Mar 04
This week began the shift in Beit Shorashim from Purim to פסח (Pesach-Passover). Our environment has up new pictures, and we have lots of different new games and explorations out to get inside of this holiday. Our big focus for nursery children is learning what a Seder is and knowing some of the different items on …
Oct 13
When Nitzanimers are not discussing apology of action or creating three-part art installations in יצירה (yetzirah—art), they’ve been busy mastering Ivrit challenges. We started out the year introducing (or reintroducing) children to their שמות (shemot—names) in Ivrit. Children have demonstrated that they can write their שמות (shemot—names), and many are even choosing to write their …
Aug 26
In our first week of camp, we are paying special attention to our Ivrit שמות (shemot — names) and how special they are. In order to be able to write our שמות (shemot — names), we have to practice writing our otiot (letters). This morning, we played aleph bet matching games with muffin tins …
May 29
The school year is ending, the weather is warmer and the kiddos are getting restless! Out with the Yoga Chayot. In with the Mischak Stations! Morah Esther has created some really fun stations: balance bean bags on your head, jump the creek, hula hoop, hopscotch, and ball balance- all while counting b’ivrit or challenge yourself …
Jan 09
This week Shorashim began exploring Tu B’Shevat, the New Year (or birthday) for the עצים (etzim – trees)! First we decided to make some עץ (etz – tree) decorations for the classroom in honor of Tu B’Shevat. Morah Naomi made an outline to guide us and we used pastels to color it in. Coloring in those …
Dec 01
Shorashim geared up for the upcoming start of Chanukah this week with many different Chanukah themed activities. We did some dreidel spin art with Morah Naomi in Yetzirah. We got a little more creative with our Chanukkah art and used not only dreidels, but נרות (nerot – candles) as well. You can read more …
