This week in the purple room we continued learning about Passover.
 In our math and science center we have been trying to make bricks out of sand, oil and water, then we used the bricks to build cities and pyramids. Our friends thought brick making and building was very hard work, and a discussion followed about how hard the Jewish people had to work in Egypt.
The hammers are back. All week in the purple room you can hear banging because we have been making our Seder plates, thanks to Lev Lvov for the wood pieces!  Our friends have been engraving the wood with all the food that belongs on the Seder plate, each word opened a conversation about why we eat that and how it makes us feel.
Our friends have been working on making their own Hagada that they can use during the Passover Seder, they have written and drawn pictures of every step of the Seder.  I am sure they will love to tell all of your guests about each page.

Have a great weekend, Shabbat Shalom!
Morah D

This week in the purple room we continued learning and preparing for Passover.
On Monday and Tuesday our friends started cleaning our classroom and looking for all the Chametz. To clean our classroom we used buckets with soapy water and scrubbers. We all worked together to scrub all the chairs and tables, then we mopped all the floors. There are 2 buckets in the dramatic play area for our friends to separate all the Chametz from what we are allowed to eat on Passover.
On Wednesday and Thursday we made moon sand from sand and oil, we used the moon sand to build pyramids and bricks. Our friends realized how hard it was to make the bricks and build buildings.
This week we also started learning about the haggada and began creating our own by writing all the steps that we follow during the Passover Seder.

Share time this week is about the letters N.
Ben brought in a nut and a bolt that’s his papa uses to build a fire pit.
Nosson brought in his moms necklace that she doesn’t wear.
Nechama brought in a red nose and a noisemaker, unfortunately she wasn’t able to borrow her brothers nose.
Shimmy brought in noodles that wasn’t cooked and purple.
Vella brought in a notebook

Wishing you a wonderful Shabbat

Morah D

This week in the purple room we started learning about the next holiday: Passover.
On Monday Morah D set up mystery boxes with different Passover pictures and objects. Mystery box question was "What is the theme of the week". Each child pulled out the pictures or object and realized everything they pulled out had to do with Passover. We read Pesach Ba so that our friend can see how our house is changing for Passover.
On Tuesday we washed coins in soapy water and scrubbed each coin till it was shiny, because our house has to be very clean and Chametz free for Passover. We read the story Izzy the Whiz and the Passover McClean, so our friends can see how we need to make sure and check each spot in our house to make sure we have no Chametz in our houses for Passover. On Wednesday and Thursday we played a Passover memory game, this activity helped us talk about the different things we do and see on Passover, while also working on our memory.
       In our art center this week we have been working on transferring art from shaving cream, hair gel and paint on to paper. Our friends squeezed out some gel or shaving cream then squirted different paint colors over it.  They then used a pencil to make a design they liked and then put a paper on top. After removing the paper the design transferred to the paper but the shaving cream and gel didn't. Our friends also wanted to change up the seating in our library, we had so much fun sitting on our tires during Purim, so we painted the tires and put them in our new library.

Share time this week was about the letter M
Nosson brought in his motorcycle that he got from far away.
Vella brought in her mommy with black hair.
Shimmy brought in his book "Where the wild things are" and told us about Max.
Nechama brought in her little sister Mina. Who starts with the letter Mem.
Ben brought in a motorcycle and a motorcycle book, that Papa bought. 

Happy Birthday Vella (Batya)
Shabbat Shalom
Morah D

This week in the purple room we continued learning about Purim, we made our own megillahs and our project for the Purim auction.

To make our Megillah each friend drew a picture of what happened in the story of Purim and described what they drew, then we glued all the pictures in order and rolled them up.
Each day this week was a fun dress up day! On Monday we dressed up in pajamas and slippers. Tuesday was backwards day, everyone came in with different socks and their clothing inside out, Morah D even wore socks on her head instead of her feet. Wednesday was crazy hair day with cool and wacky hairstyles that all the friends came to school with. Friday was costume day and fun day. We had a visit from Lovely buttons, played in the bounce house outside, had our faces painted, and received Mishloach Manos.