All About Me- My Body

PreK friends continue to learn about themselves. We all have bodies with different parts of body.
Friends learned about parts of body with the help of the Mat Man. We are thankful to Hashem for our bodies.

I am thankful to Hashem for my heart because then I have feelings.  (Avigail)
I am thankful to Hashem for my heart because it makes me live. (Alec)
I am thankful to Hashem for my brain so I can think. ( Joshua)
I am thankful to Hashem for my heart because my heart makes me feel happy.( Rebecca)
I am thankful to Hashem for feet because I can walk. ( Reuven)
I am thankful to Hashem for my whole body. (Ben)
I am thankful to Hashem for a head because I have a brain inside.(Bina)
I am thankful to Hashem for my heart because it gives me good feelings.(Eliana)
I am thankful to Hashem for feet so I can walk.( Tammy)
I am thankful to Hashem for my heart because it gives me feelings. ( Michelle)
I am thankful to Hashem fro my bellybutton because it makes me laugh. (David)

Belly buttons? Thanks to our dear friend David. In our discussions, he always mention something that is interesting to talk about. So... what are belly buttons for? Friends learned that belly buttons are not doing any job after a child is born. But when a baby is in the mother’s tummy, it can’t eat or breathe on its own, so it needs some help. The baby has a little tube that goes to its middle called the cord which connects to the mother. After a baby is born, the cord goes away. Guess what’s left? Your belly button ( that makes you laugh:)

 

Rosh Chodesh Kislev

This Hebrew month is called Kislev. In this month we celebrate the yom tov of Chanuka.

Here, we are at the Rosh Chodesh Rally that Morah Chani is heading. We are up there leading the song of "Torah".

Parshas Vayeitzei

(Yaacov put 12 rocks around his head to protect him while sleeping from wild animals outside)

Yaacov stopped on his way to his uncle lavan on the holiest mountain, Har Hamoriah to daven in the same place his father and grandfather did. He went to sleep there and dreamed of the 2 Beis Hamikdoshs that will be built there by the Jewish people in the future.

(Friends dancing at Yaacov and his dear wife's "wedding")

(Yaacov's wives and children )

When he woke up, he continued on his way to Charan. Worked for his uncle and married 4 beautiful ladies. (It was accepted back in those days to marry more than one wife). He built a family of 12 sons and daughters, too and moved back to Eretz Yisroel.

For more info on the Parsha click here:

http://www.torahtots.com/parsha/breishis/vayet2.htm

For a song on the Parsha click here:

http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/573568/jewish/Parshah-Song.htm

Letter Zayin

Our Mail Carrier Tammy brought us the letter of the week. Which letter was it? It was letter Zayin. Zayin has one little slanted line on top and one big line coming down in the middle.

Tammy our Mail Carrier

When one blows a recorder zemer (instrument), one needs to hold it on a slant facing downward.  

See how Bina look like letter Zayin as she blows the zemer?

David trying a zayit

Zaytim (olives) begin with the letter Zayin.

After learning which country zaytim mostly grow in, how they feel when they are picked from the tree, what has to be done to soften them up for eating, and what inedible surprise they will find inside the zayit after chewing away on the outside, each child got a zayit (olive) to taste and enjoy. The percentage of the friends who tasted the zaytim and liked it was high. :) Yay for our open minded children!! :)

Some call it autumn, some call it fall.

It is fall in New York. You right, dear friends, fall started  sometime ago but Pre-K friends patiently waited to see fall in full service. Friends discussed how do they know that fall is here. Here is what they said when morah asked them "Is it fall yet?"
Yes, said Tammy, because pumpkins are growing.
Yes, said Bina, because people started to wear warm jackets.
Yes, said Michelle, because the sun is not so hot anymore.
Yes, said Ben, because we can collect pine cones and acorns.
Yes, said Eliana, because leaves change colors.
Yes, said Reuven, because the weather started getting colder.
Yes, said Joshua, because the leaves are falling down.
Yes, said David, because animals are looking for food.
Yes, said Avigail, because leaves can turn pink.
Yes, said Boris, because the sky is white and grey.
Yes, said Rebecca, because people rake the leaves.

Last Wednesday, Pre-K classes took a trip to the Prospect Park to observe fall sings. We took a ride on a yellow school bus.

The Prospect Park met us with different colors- red, yellow, brown, green and gold, different sounds- sound of dry leaves "sh, sh, sh", sounds of birds, sound of squirrels looking for food under layers of leaves. Pre-K friends were curious to see what squirrels were looking for under the leaves.

Pine cones and acorns. Friends found them full bag.  

 

 Friends had so much fun collecting colorful leaves.

Back in school, friends learned that fall is a time when people collect fruits and vegetables.

Stop by to see a very big pumpkin in our class. What are we going to do with it? Hm...

Health Month in Preschool

Dear Parents,
We are happy to announce the beginning of Health Month in Preschool.

Now is the best time to teach children about personal hygiene, dental hygiene and healthy eating.
Some great activities are planned for our kids.
November 13th - Juice Bar.
Goal - introduce variety of fruits and vegetables and importance.
November  15th- Dental Health Day - a dentist will visit our class to discuss a procedure of brushing teeth and its importance.
November 18th - Doctor Day- Doctor will come to our classroom to teach friends what happens when we get sick and how to stay healthy.
November 19th- Favorite Fruit Day. Children will be asked to bring a favorite fruit and share what do they know about their fruit with friends.
AND..... " NO TV WEEK"!!! Are you in, Pre-K Parents? Can you do it? Tough but possible, tough but beneficial, tough but so much extra time:) LET'S DO IT!

And even more... You are invited, our dear Parents, to cook any healthy snack of your choice with our kids. Please let us know when you are available.

 

This week we learned

These two weeks, friends worked very hard on learning two very tricky letters- "E" and "I".

Why do we call them "tricky"? Their sounds does not sound like their names.

Letter " I" has two sounds. In Tammy grandfather's name- Izza, Ben mom's name- Ilona, infant, inside, insect it sounds like /i/

in words like "ice", "ice cream, icicle"- it sounds like /ai/.  

Letter "E" sounds like an old man saying /e/e/e/.

Friends practiced to identify these two letters sounds.

This week we had harvest math.

Friends match doted apples to numbered apples that grew on a tree.

To review letters " E" and " I" sounds please visit

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-e/load.htm?f

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-i/load.htm?f

To preview letter U sound please visit

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/inde x/load.htm?f