PARSHA NOTEBOOK!

We have added a cover to our most beautiful Parsha book! The Parsha book is sent home every Friday . Please remember to look at it with your child. We really love the stories from the Torah and especially enjoy making our own book out of it! Enjoy! Remember to send it back every Monday. Thank you.

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving the Kindergarten class learned a song about the holiday as well as made our own books telling the story. Our class also had the opportunity to bake corn muffins. We learned that during the Fall season, which Thanksgiving takes place in, certain fruits and vegetables are in season. Corn in one of them. They were so Yummy!

Thanksgiving Reminder

Dear Parents,
As part of the Thanksgiving celebration, children should please bring in 3 cans of food with a kosher symbol, to contribute to the Shorefront Food Pantry. It is a big mitzvah and is an opportunity to teach our children an important lesson of how lucky they are to have as much as they do.

All the Best!
Morah Dawn & Morah Mushkie

Parts of a Plant

The Kindergarten class is learning about the parts of plants. We learned that plants have flowers, leaves, stems and roots. Kindergarten spoke about how plants needs water, sunlight and air in order to survive. We know that a person eats food through his mouth however a plant gets it's food through the roots. The Kindergarten class got to look at the tall plant we have in our class and see it's various parts. We also got a chance to water it and put it in a nice and sunny spot in the classroom. After talking about the parts of a plant, we got to label and color our own pictures of plants. They are hanging on our new bulletin board...please come see!

We Love Doing Addition!

Our Kindergarten Class is learning Addition! Morah Dawn showed us how to add using many different objects like crayons, clothes pins, markers and more! She even made a ladder of numbers going in order to help us visually see our steps as we added numbers. Kindergarten even got to play various math games in order to review all we have learned! We love doing addition!

Our Trip to the Post Office!

In our Social Studies curriculum we learned about The James Farley Post Office in Manhattan. We learned there are post offices all around the world. The Kindergarten class first made pictures for our parents. Then we learned how to address the envelope and put stamps on it. We took our mail to the post office and got a chance to put it in the mailbox. The Kindergarten class also got to go inside the post office and see people mailing packages and talk to the clerks! What an educational outing. We hope you were surprised by the mail you received!

Alisa's Special Fall Project

Our friend Alisa made a special Fall Project and shared it with the class! Alisa took 26 various leaves she collected and glued them down on paper. Then she took the the letters of the alphabet, A-Z and glued them down to each leaf. The class was so excited to have Alisa share her project with them. Thank you Alisa!

Central Park Zoo

Our Kindergarten class has been learning about the 5 Boroughs in our social studies curriculum. Kindergarten is keeping a social studies notebook documenting the various places we learn about. The first borough we learned about was Manhattan. We spoke about Manhattan being the smallest of the boroughs, that it has skyscrapers and it is surrounded by water. We also learned about various places in Manhattan such as the Empire State Building, Grand Central Station, The United Nations, Central Park and more! To celebrate all we learned, we took a trip to the Central Park Zoo! We saw all types of animals like a polar bear, parrots, sea lions and more. On the way into the city, Morah Dawn pointed out various places we learned about, for example, the Empire State Building. It was so exciting to see. We had a great day!

Alef - Beis update!

We are slowly working through a very thorough review of our precious Alef - Beis. We are doing VERY well Baruch Hashem. For some of our friends it is the first time they have ever learned the Alef - Beis. For others, it is just one last review before we move onto nekudos (vowels) and actually being able to read Hebrew words.

Look at what we have been up to!

making the letter "HEY" with our bodies

shaping the letters with play-dough

"YUD" for Yarmulka

"LAMED" for Lulav

"NUN" for Ner - candle

REMEMBER to always review the Alef-Beis properly with your child during homework. We don't want anyone to fall behind.

 

Mitzva notes!!

When we read the Mitzva notes during circle time, it is a time when our friends in kindergarten can be recognized and proud of the good deeds they do throughout the day. Please try to remember and send one in daily! Thanks for your help and cooperation.

Look below and see our beautiful Bais Hamikdash being built and beautified with our sincere Mitzvos.

The Mitzva of Tzeddaka!

We love doing Mitzvos in kindergarten. One of our favorite is the Mitzva of Tzeddaka (charity)! We have read many books about the concept of giving Tzeddaka and sharing what we have with people who aren't as lucky as us. Every day, before we daven to Hashem and ask him for blessings for the coming day, we make sure to think about other people and their needs by giving Tzeddaka. 

Today, we made our very own custom Tzeddaka boxes to take home! We had so much fun coloring with the special mini crayons. We also learned how to mix certain colors to make new ones. For example, red and blue makes purple.

Please use these Tzeddaka boxes in your home. In the next week, we will be deciding which charity we would like to give the money to. Keep yourself informed by checking the blog again at the end of the week.