Breishis and Creation!

Welcome back!

After celebrating so many great holidays we're back to a full and fun packed schedule.  

During the past 2 weeks our purple room friends have fully experienced what a sukkah is. We ate in a kosher sukkah outside where we can see the stars and we ate in a non kosher sukkah that we built inside our room were we couldn't see the stars. We also learned all about Simchas Torah and that we begin reading all of the Parshiot from the beginning.

This week in the purple room we learned all about parshas Breishis and parshas Noach.  We learned that Breishis is the first word in our Torah and in this first parsha Hashem created the world. We began a collaborative project to demonstrate what was created on each day of creation.  On day one Hashem created light and darkness. Our friends used yellow and black paint to paint the light and dark.  On day two Hashem created the heavens and water.  To recreate the shomayim our friends used white cotton balls and glue, to create the water they used blue and clear stones and then poured blue glitter on top.
Tuesday we learned all about what Hashem created on the third and fourth day.  On the third day Hashem created land, mountains, fruits, vegetables and flowers. Our friends worked together outside to collect leaves, flowers and rocks.  They made sure to only collect materials that fell on the ground because they didn't want to hurt what Hashem created. We used all of the collected materials to make land, trees, fruits, vegetables and a mountain. On the fourth day Hashem created the sun, moon, stars and he hid the holy light for tzaddikim in the future. To make the sun we used yellow markers to make circles, to make the moon and stars we used black and gray markers to make a half moon because Shimmy  told us he has never seen a full moon.

On Wednesday we learned about the last two days of creation. On the fifth day Hashem created birds, lizards, fish, and leviathans. To recreate the fifth day our friends searched through all of the animals in our room to find which animals were created and which were not.  We used some of the birds and sea creatures to add to our canvas.  On the sixth day Hashem created all the other animals and finally he created people. Our friends took all of the animals and paired them up because Hashem created all the animals in pairs and glued them to our picture.  To make people we used twisty sticks and cotton balls. We also learned that's Hashem created people last because he wanted the world to be ready for them.

We finished the week off learning about Shabbat. Hashem rested on the seventh day and enjoyed what he created, that's why we also rest on Shabbat and keep it holy. The next parsha is parshas Noah, and some of the animals that were on the ark came to visit us. The petting zoo brought chickens, sheep, goats,ducks,a rooster, and a llama for all our friends to play with and brush their hair. 

Please ask your children about what Hashem created, they were all so excited to learned and create each day.
Shabbat shalom
Moral D