The Kindergarteners absorbed the holiness and excitement of the many Jewish Holidays of Tishrei. They enjoyed taking out their instruments to accompany the many Yom Tov songs they learned and insisted they be recorded for their parents to see. (Please see the CJP Facebook page).
Literacy has been integrated in the exploration of all the Jewish Holidays. Each holiday has its collection of vocabulary that the children decoded, increasing their fluency and recognition of letters in both Alef Beis and ABC. They took great pride in being able to independently sound out the many words they wrote in their Machzorim (High Holiday prayer books) for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Sukkos followed hot on the heels of Yom Kippur but the Kindergarten Builders lost no time in building a Sukkah themselves. The Kindergarteners used the Alef Beis letters and blocks to discover the secret of the Hebrew word ‘Sukkah’. Looking at the very letters of the Hebrew word ‘Sukkah’ explains what constitutes a kosher Sukkah– the first letter, samech with its four sides, tells of four walls; the second letter ‘kaf’ with its three sides, tells of three walls; and the last letter ‘hey’ allows for two and a bit walls.
The Kindergarten Builders then had a planning session to discuss how best to build their Sukkah, from deciding who would stand where, who would hold what, where to get the schach from to cutting the schach and putting it on the Sukkah themselves. They learned that a kosher Sukkah must have the walls built first before the schach is put on. The Kindergarten Builders completed their Sukkah with decorations for the walls. The Kindergarteners created their own original Sukkah decorations that that enhanced any Sukkah including CJP’s Sukkah! (Please see the CJP Facebook page).
The Kindergarteners got straight into the swing of things right after Simchat Torah learning about very first Parsha of the Torah – Parsha Beraishis. They learned how Hashem created the world and what He created on each day. They learned that even though Hashem didn’t need any time at all to create the world he chose to create it in six days through speech. Seeing how powerful speech can be taught the children how careful we must be when we use words.
They have been singing the ‘Creation’ Song (see this link for the tune https://youtu.be/w5qBnlKFQFs) and created a ‘Creation Dial’:
On Yom Rishon [Day 1] there was light
Hashem created day and night.
On Yom Sheini [Day 2] from the Torah we know
The shamayim [heaven] showed.
On Yom Sh'lishi [Day 3] the earth and seas
Flowers, grass and all fruit trees
On Yom R'vee'ee [Day 4], moon stars and sun
To bring light for everyone
And on Yom Chamishi [Day 5]
Birds that fly and fish of the sea.
On Yom Shishi [Day 6], Hashem did create
Animals, Adam and his mate.
Yom Sh'vee'ee [Day 7], Hashem's day of rest
Shabbos Kodesh, we love best.
Hashem made the world and to show it's true
The Mitzvos of Shabbos we do.
The Kindergarteners will be stepping up the Kriyah [Hebrew reading] program and, being that they are the oldest class, will begin with Kriyah homework every night. They are very excited to be so ‘grown up’ to be getting homework! Beginning next week each child will be assigned daily reading pages to be done each night for homework, signed by a parent and returned to school the next day. Stay tuned for more details!
Shabbat Shalom!
Morah Perline
This week in Kindergarten we focused on Consonant-Vowel-Consonant words. We made words using different manipulatives and sounded them out to identify if they were real words or nonsense words. We also practiced identifying a consonant and a vowel.
We practiced adding sums up to 12 using dominoes. We took turns adding our dots and matching to the correct number. We practiced matching a specific number of items with a memory game where we matched the cardinal number to the amount of fall leaves. This game also helped us practice counting up from ten.
Talking about Parsha Bereishis we learned about cardinal and ordinal numbers. We talked about the seasons and the season of fall. We practiced color matching and a discussed how a color can have different hues. We learned about different types of land and water. We also learned about the parts of a tree and made our own fall tree to label.
As a class we love to build! We read a book this week called Roxaboxen and next week we will be building our own city. The class loves to be read too. When we read a book we discuss if it is fiction or non-fiction, who are the main characters and what we think will happen next.
They have been singing the ‘Creation’ Song (see this link for the tune https://youtu.be/w5qBnlKFQFs) and created a ‘Creation Dial’:
On Yom Rishon [Day 1] there was light
Hashem created day and night.
On Yom Sheini [Day 2] from the Torah we know
The shamayim [heaven] showed.
On Yom Sh'lishi [Day 3] the earth and seas
Flowers, grass and all fruit trees
On Yom R'vee'ee [Day 4], moon stars and sun
To bring light for everyone
And on Yom Chamishi [Day 5]
Birds that fly and fish of the sea.
On Yom Shishi [Day 6], Hashem did create
Animals, Adam and his mate.
Yom Sh'vee'ee [Day 7], Hashem's day of rest
Shabbos Kodesh, we love best.
Hashem made the world and to show it's true
The Mitzvos of Shabbos we do.
The Kindergarteners will be stepping up the Kriyah [Hebrew reading] program and, being that they are the oldest class, will begin with Kriyah homework every night. They are very excited to be so ‘grown up’ to be getting homework! Beginning next week each child will be assigned daily reading pages to be done each night for homework, signed by a parent and returned to school the next day. Stay tuned for more details!
Shabbat Shalom!
Morah Perline
This week in Kindergarten we focused on Consonant-Vowel-Consonant words. We made words using different manipulatives and sounded them out to identify if they were real words or nonsense words. We also practiced identifying a consonant and a vowel.
We practiced adding sums up to 12 using dominoes. We took turns adding our dots and matching to the correct number. We practiced matching a specific number of items with a memory game where we matched the cardinal number to the amount of fall leaves. This game also helped us practice counting up from ten.
Talking about Parsha Bereishis we learned about cardinal and ordinal numbers. We talked about the seasons and the season of fall. We practiced color matching and a discussed how a color can have different hues. We learned about different types of land and water. We also learned about the parts of a tree and made our own fall tree to label.
As a class we love to build! We read a book this week called Roxaboxen and next week we will be building our own city. The class loves to be read too. When we read a book we discuss if it is fiction or non-fiction, who are the main characters and what we think will happen next.
Morah Kristina
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