havdalah, syllables, number recognition 1-20, salt painting

It was so nice to be back at school after a two week vacation.  The children had such a wonderful time this week sharing there winter vacation adventures with each other. This week we had a multi-sensory experience learning about havdalah!

In the art center, we made glue designs and then poured salt on top.  

 

 Then we practiced our fine motor skills, by using an eye dropper to carefully deposit colorful water on the glue design.

 

Our little fingers at work!

 

CENTER TIME

Math Centers- we practiced recognizing numbers 1-30

We practiced our letter-sounds by playing the game "erase the letter"

At the writing center, we practiced writing the letters in the word Shabbat

The Morah held up a picture and we had to count how many syllables were in the word

 

 

 

 

CIRCLE TIME

Gavriel is clapping the number of syllables in his name. Then he places his picture under the appropriate number on the graph.  Gavriel has three syllables in his name. 

more salt paintings...

 

WRITING CENTER

 

We wrote Havdalah on our Havdalah placemat

Yona made Asher a friendship card

We pulled the weeds that grew in our basil plant

 

HAVDALAH

 

We learned that Shabbos is over when three stars appear in the sky.  We say the blessings of Havdalah to conclude the day of rest.

Using our senses, we explored Havdalah.

We poured the grape juice into the kiddush cup

With our nose, we smelled the spices.  We made the bracha for besomin first

 

We watched the havdalah flames dance

 We learned that a havdalah candle needs more than one flame because fire is used in more than one way

Finally, we tasted the sweet grape juice

Creating our Havdalah placemats

 

Meir and Oriya worked together to sweep our entire classroom

 

Shabbat Shalom!

Morah Sarah and Morah Neshama