Pesach Learning

Sewing Afikoman Bags

Learning what goes on the seder plate

4 cups of wine

The meaning of each item on the seder plate

Pre-K prepares different types of charoset

Pre-K learned how different families have different customs of what they use on their seder plate. For instance, when discussing charoset we learned that there are a variety of recipes used not only in this classroom, but around the world as well. Sephardic and Ashkenaz families use different ingredients and even within those cultures there are many differences. The children had the opportunity to make and taste their very own charoset recipes. 

Ashkenaz charoset 

Sephardic charoset

"Yummy"

Celebrating Dr. Seuss' B-day!

Happy 110th Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Making Lorax planters! 

Creating Cat and the Hat hats

Finding objects that begin with the letter on the hat...

Happy birthday to Dr. Seuss!

Firefighters visit BMA

 

Water Safety at BMA

"Do your part, be water smart"! Today,this was part of  what we learned when we were visited by a lifeguard through swim central. The children learned many valuable water safety tips.

Creating a Story through Teamwork

 During our afternoon circle, the children formed groups of three. Each group was given a random photo. The children had about 5 minutes or so to work together and come up with a story about the picture they received. Together each group presented a story. The creativity and excitement that went on was fantastic!

Clothing Study: Week 1

Clothing Study

This week in Pre-K we started our Clothing Study. After reading the books, Caps for Sale and Uncle Nacho's Hats we created our very own fashionable hats. Each day, we have been adding different materials for the children to explore and create with. 

Today, we found ourselves helping the children tie their shoelaces many, many times during the day. Morah Galit and myself decided to make this into a teachable moment. We sat in a circle, each holding a shoe with a lace and began to learn how to tie. Although it was the first time for many of them, some children were successful and many started to understand the concept. We will make it a point to practice several other times during the year and you can certainly give it a try at home!

Bringing our Tree Unit to an end

Today, we are discussing what we can use tree parts for. During this discussion, we read the story of The Three Little Pigs. Following the story-time, we broke into 5 groups that were building with tree and non-tree materials: wooden sticks; licoln logs; caly; wooden blocks; and floam.

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