Shorashim (“Roots” for Nursery) has been learning about Hebrew all year, and we are finally starting to get the hang of making the letters ourselves! But just writing the Aleph-bet with a marker is not nearly as exciting as using white-board markers! With these we can write, wipe it off, then write again! We got …
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May 15
Shorashim Gets Ready for Shavuot
The Jewish holiday of שבועות (Shavuot – weeks) is coming up, and Shorashim is getting ready! We have been searching for as many shins (ש) as we can find, to help us learn how to spell Shavuot. We made some flower art outside, to enjoy the warm spring-time weather! We’ll be sure to use our art to decorate our …
May 01
Shorashim Helps Dubi the Bear
This past week Shorashim discovered a visitor in our space: Dubi the Bear! He is a staple at the Jewish Enrichment Center who lives in our סִפְרִיָה (sifriyah – library). He wasn’t feeling very well, and he heard that Shorashim was learning about showing חסד (chesed – kindness) to each other, so he decided to come on …
Apr 17
Shorashim’s Wheat Works of Art!
Shorashim has been learning about Megillat Rut. In the story, Ruth gleans barley from a field. Being city children, we needed some tactile experience with some barley/wheat to understand what exactly she was doing in that field. We not only got to see, feel, and smell the wheat plant, we got to paint with …
Apr 10
Shorashim Knows Their Tsvaim (Colors)!
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?! …
Mar 29
Shorashim Makes a Seder Plate
This week Shorashim (“Roots,” for nursery children) used the knowledge we’ve learned about the Pesach seder plate to make our very own! We used a variety of different materials to create one giant “plate” for us to hang in our space that would mimic not only the look of the items on the seder plate, …
Mar 07
All Smiles for Final Projects
These are the super happy faces of a bunch of children who’ve FINISHED their Shabbat final projects! And boy are they proud of their teamwork. They can hardly wait to share their incredible ideas and gorgeous projects with you. We hope you’ll join us this Sunday at 9:00am for Family Exploration and Celebration!
Feb 27
Shorashim Dress Up for Purim!
In Shorashim we have been celebrating the holiday of Purim. Purim is a joyous holiday which is traditionally celebrated by dressing up in silly costumes. This past week Shorashim had fun dressing up in a variety of ways! We designed silly costumes with foam pieces on sticky paper. We also came dressed up to school …