B”H

 

Dear Parents,

 

Pesach Review

What did you enjoy about Pesach and the Seder?

Shyli: I was too scared to say the Mah Nishtana so I skipped some. I came to Chabad for the Seder. I loved the egg most. And eating Matza. I don’t know if my mom is a Kohen or a Levi or a Yisroel. My dad is a Levi. My Saba is maybe a Kohen, a Levi or a Yisroel.

Ronan: I said the Mah Nishtana but it was different. First, I did the Matzah part and then I did the dipping part and then I did the Moror part and then the leaning part. I ate chocolate Matza at the Seder. The only thing I ate was the lettuce morror; not the other kind. I used my Eliyahu HaNavi’s cup. We filled it to the top. I saw a big bubble at the top. I was awake for the whole thing. On the other nights of Pesach we just did different things.  My sister took me to a game place. Whoever heard of a game called Fat Cats? It’s right next to Sprouts.

Mae: Mommy and Abba and me said Mah Nishtana. Natan knows it but probably doesn’t want to sing. I did not eat my Morror. It was too bitter. Me and Natan both found the afikomen. I found it under the step stool and Natan found it in the pot with the helmets. We went in our pool.

Leah: I get to see my cousins and have a Seder with them. They live next to our house. It was only four miles there. I was too scared to say Mah Nishtana. The people said I could have an apple. I ate the lettuce Morror because my favorite part is the lettuce. I ate chocolate matza.

Leanna: At our Seder we had to wait till 12:30. I fell asleep at the best part. That’s eating the food and all the stuff. I said the Mah Nishana and used my puppets. I liked drinking wine. I ate chocolate matza, too. I ate the morror. I did not like it. My face turned red. We went on a trip to Lego Land. Lego Land is in Florida. We filled up Eliyahu’s cup and in the morning it was all gone. And I thought – did somebody come in the night and drink it up?

Jacob: I went to Texas and got a special toy from Buckie’s. Then we went to Drew and Haddie’s, my cousins. They live in Tyler, Texas. They have a trampoline. But we don’t. Because their yard is bigger than ours. The trampoline took up all our space so we gave it away to Drew and Haddie. We played Duck, Duck, Goose in the trampoline.

 

What did you eat for Karpas at the Pesach Seder?

Mae: Celery, like a boat.

Ronan: Parsley.

Leanna: Potato.

Jacob: Onion, parsley and potato.

Leah: Lettuce.

Shyli: Onion.

 

Math + Sefira

The Yellow Room explored counting in groups of 7, a departure from counting in tens. From the second night of Pesach we start counting the days until we reach 49, when we receive the Torah on Shavuos. This counting is called Sefiras HaOmer. The Kindergarten Counters created their own counters first working with beads, stones and other manipulatives to create rows of seven, then writing all the numbers 1 – 49 on a paper counter. They explored the idea of a week containing seven days and realized that 49 days contains seven weeks. They know that the meaning of the word Shavuos means ‘weeks’. The Kindergarten Whizzes use their Sefiras Haomer counter every day to count up to Shavuos.

 

On the reverse side of the counter is a picture of Har Sinai. Har Sinai is the mountain upon which Hashem gave the Torah. The Friends collected pretty flowers from the Outdoor space and used the petals to create flowers with which to beautify their Har Sinai mountains.

Happy 6th Birthday to Mae! We are so grateful that we could celebrate with you!

 

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Shabbat Shalom!

Morah Perline

 

 

The Yellow Room is thinking about the different ways they can work together, listen to their peers, and help out.   After hearing a story, the children were discussing ways they can ask to play and came up with these ideas:  

    Can I play with you?

    Can I play the game you are playing?

    How do you play this game?

    Can I be a cat in your game?

 

They also decided they can invite their friends to play even before being asked.  The children’s thoughts didn’t stop there, they decided to create a game together.  They built this tower together, and then Ronan decided to feed the elephant. Shyli fed the moose.

 

Art: an exploration of dimension, spatial relationship, problem solving, representation of thought, and more.

 

The children began this vase and flower activity by rolling a die (identify the number of dots) and drawing the picture vase or flower associated with that numerical digit.  They worked to evaluate the size of their paper to determine how big to draw the vase so that they could still fit a minimum of 3 flowers.  They also evaluated the height of the flowers and the size of the flower face.  

 The children were involved in many processes that they use every day in school and at home. The problem solving was especially challenging if one part of their picture was too large.  How do we make the rest of the drawing work out?  Some children decided their vase was too small for three flowers so each flower needed their own vase. Or, they drew a really small flower so the next flower was larger.  They also identified numbers. They worked to follow directions.  And of course they needed to determine how their picture would fit into the space they had available. They explored mixing different media/substances when they used pastels and painted over them with water colors.

Jacob and Leanna determining what to draw and how to use the space.

Naveed and Jacob doing bug math.

Yellow Room’s  Eliaju Hanavee Cups for Passover!

B”H

 

Dear Parents,

The Yellow Room Friends are preparing for the Pesach Seder. With a choice of three vegetables, potato, parsley and onion, they dipped them into salt water to see which they would like best and cast their vote.

Which vegetable would you use to dip karpas into salt water?

Ronan: Potato

Leah: Potato

Jacob: Parsley

Naveed: None

Shyli: Potato

Leanna: Potato

…seems like onion didn’t get even one vote!

Kriyah

Creating the Haggadah has created kriyah opportunities. The Kindergarten Friends reviewed all 15 steps of the Seder and figured out which nekudos would make the words sound right. Then they searched for the correct label to insert under the Makah (plague) pictures, watching out for the sounds of the first letter of each word.

This week the Yellow Room experimented using different paint mediums for creating the art in their Haggadahs. They observed how the particular medium affected the texture or color. The Kindergarten Painters used acrylic paint to paint tiny towels for the Urchatz (washing) page of their Haggada, negative imaging with school paint to paint the Karpas page, nail polish for Eliyahu’s cup and watercolor paint for dropper art for the Shulchan Aruch page.

What did you notice about the different paints?

Leah: I noticed when you opened the acrylic paint there was crust in it.

Jacob: I liked using the nail polish. Nail polish is different than acrylic paint.

Naveed: I liked using the nail polish because when I opened it it had a brush inside it. The acrylic paint is not bumpy and the nail polish is bumpy.

Shyli: I like all of them because I love painting and love doing stuff I don’t know.

Leanna: What I like about the nail polish is because you get to paint your nails and paint your toenails.

Mae: I like painting with nail polish because it’s fun to use. Watercolor paint is more wetter.

 

Which do you like better? Matza of challa?

Leah: They taste the same.

Mae: Challah. Because it’s soft.

Leanna: I like both. Because the challah is good and soft. The matza is nice and crunchy.

Naveed: Challah. The only crunchies I like is sweet crunchy.

Shyli: I love both. I love crunchy stuff and soft stuff.

Jacob: Both because I sometimes like crunchy stuff and sometimes I like soft stuff.

 

Shabbat Shalom!

Morah Perline