B”H

Dear Kindergarten Parents of the Purple Room,

Welcome!

Kindergarten warmly welcomed Sylvia Fletcher to the Kindergarten this week. The children were kind to her and invited her to play with them. They hope you come again soon to learn with them, Sylvia!

Kriyah

Kindergarten is gearing up for Pesach and have begun reading many Pesach words including           פסחPesach, מצה Matzah, קערה K’arah (Seder Plate), and the items on the Seder Plate: זרוע Z’ro’ah (shankbone),   ביצה Beitza (egg), מרור Moror (bitter herbs), חרוסת Charoses (mixture resembling cement), כרפס Karpas (vegetable),   חזרת Chazeres (lettuce ‘moror’).

Art

Pesach - To remember how it all began Kindergarten explored the idea of heavy and difficult work that the Jewish People had to do in Mitzrayim (Egypt). They sponge painted bricks, created bricks and walls with play-do they made themselves, contrasted heavy items with light items, and worked together to build a pyramid.

Parsha

This week Kindergarten learned about the mitzvah of Kosher food. They know the signs for a kosher animal: chews its cud and has split hooves. They also know the signs for kosher fish: fins and scales.

Parsha Song (link: https://www.chabad.org/555269):

When we say that food is kosher
Do you know what we mean?
We may eat only certain animals
That are tahor, which means (pure) clean

The Jewish people all gathered to learn
In the Parsha of Shemini
That we must eat only Kosher food
So to Hashem, holy we can be

All of the animals which we may eat
Must have split hooves on their feet
And they must chew their food over again
We know the animal is Kosher then

Moshe taught us in great detail
That Kosher fish must have fins and scales
Most of the bugs or creatures that crawl
We may never eat at all!

Conversations Overheard

Jonah: My dad speaks some words in Hebrew.

Vella: That’s because he’s a man.

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Nosson: My Mommy got married when she was 14. And my Tatty was 23.

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Shabbat Shalom!

Morah Perline