The kids were in the best mood this week! The excitement of our 100th day and the Torah celebration just made the week so special.
We had great Centers this week with lots of focus on writing and using short vowel sounds. We also learned a new song to the tune of Old MacDonald about the vowels, the kids loved it.
We did some amazing writing for our 100th day, I’ll have them for you during our conferences. They also made beautiful cards for the senior citizens at Veranda and the JCC. They really understood they were making someone’s day better by something as simple as writing a card. We also got the first and second grades involved and had so many cards that need to be delivered. The kids loved delivering the cards and did such a beautiful job! The faces lit up when they saw us walk in with our gifts filled with joy. It was a wonderful experience for the children.
We successfully collected almost 200 cans of food for the JFS food bank. We’ll plan a time to deliver them, we’ll need 4 parents who can drive. If someone can coordinate the drivers, JFS will gladly have us drop off when we can. I’m also getting a “mitzvah central” list to talk to the kids about more opportunities for volunteering in the community.
We had a rare experience speaking to and learning from Rabbi Levin, the sofer that was here for the Torah dedication. He gave us so much information about tefillin, and mezuzot, we got to touch the cow skins and learned so much information about the process and skill involved in his work.
Our 100th day celebration was a huge success, we had crafts and activities in both rooms and the kids got to go into both classrooms to enjoy the activities. Their “counting by 10’s” has really improved, we practice it so much!
In Math, we started learning about time. Each student got a small analog clock, we had some “discovery” time prior to the learning. It’s so important for kids to really see, touch and sometimes even smell things before real learning begins. We have to give them an opportunity to experience something before asking them questions or answering questions about it.