Feb 07
This week, we’ve been celebrating Tu B’Shvat – the Jewish New Year of the Trees! In Anafim V’Alonim (“Branches” for 4th Grade, “Oak Trees” for 5th Grade), we have been sharing fun facts about trees and the environment, making crafts together, and exploring different Tu B’Shvat rituals. At the end of the session, we had …
Feb 06
On Sunday and Monday of this week, children of all ages came together to celebrate Tu Bshvat, the birthday of the trees! Days like these are where we really get to see the magic of mutli-age community in action. When we pair older children with younger children, both cohorts rise to occasion and bring their …
Feb 04
Tu B’Shevat is coming, and we are getting ready! For the birthday of the trees, which this year falls on Sunday, February 9, and Monday, February 10, we are celebrating everything about trees! Children in Nitzanim (“buds” for 1st-2nd grades) played a variation of the game known as Wax Museum or Sculpture Garden. They pretended …
Feb 06
On Tu B’Shevat we celebrate the birthday of the trees! One traditional way to celebrate is by planting. We did some pretend planting… And look! We had some trees… …and an apple grow! Later, we did some real planting! First, we added some dirt. Next, we put in some seeds! Then we covered the seeds …
Feb 09
This week in Beit Shorashim V’Shteelim (nursery and kindergarten) we are explorinֿg ט׳׳ו בשבט (Tu B’Shevat). We have been thinking about all of the things that עצים (etzim- trees) provide us with – “etzim give us shade”, “they give us fruit, apples and bananas”, “they give us wood for building” – and have been playing …
Jan 12
This week in Yetzirah (creativity/art) we have been thinking about how עצים (Etz-eem – trees) give us so many wonderful things. Sometimes עצים (Etz-eem – trees) produce פירות (peyrot – fruit) that are so yummy to eat! With watercolor paints, we painted some of our favorite fruits to put on the עֵץ (eytz – tree) in the Shorashim and Shteelim classroom. We …
Jan 07
Tu B’Shevat is coming up! We are all so excited about the birthday of Etzim (trees)! It was surprising for some of the children to learn that the Sheymot (names) of their Kvutzot (groups) came from parts of a tree! We did some tree yoga with Shorashim (nursery children) and Shteelim (kindergarten children) to embody …
Jun 12
At some point this past week your child(ren) probably brought home a whole mess of totally awesome stuff they created at the Jewish Enrichment Center over the past year. One of them most definitely was their HaSefer Sheli. They completed this book in Yetzirah to review all those great things they learned and remember fun …
Feb 06
This week in yetzirah we’ve been busy adding more and more color to our matzah covers. First the Anafimers generously and creatively illustrated the six items we traditionally see on a seder plate during פסח (Pesach). They were then made into stamps. Our matzah covers were tie-dyed with natural ingredients… so why couldn’t we paint with natural …
Jan 23
Our youngest Jewish Enrichment Center children are ALSO making matzah covers! This week, Shalom Chaverim families visited our yetzirah (art/expression) studio to start the natural dying process. Some of us were ready to dive in and do every step. Others of us were a little more hesitant… And some of us preferred entirely …
