Pesach Story

King Pharoah making the Jews work so hard and didnt let them leave Mitzrayim.

Hashem said if Pharoah wont let the Jews leave Mitzrayim He will bring Makkos/ plagues until he lets them leave.

Plague of Darkness

King Pharoah ran around Mitzrayim looking for Moshe. When he finally found him he begged him to take all the Jewish people out of Mitzrayim. He realized Hashem was causing all these Makkos since he wasnt letting the Jews leave. 

Here the Jews are leaving Mitzrayim with unbaked dough in sacks on our bags which turned into Matza while being baked by the hot hot dessert sun.

Oh No!!! King Pharoah came marching with all his soldiers through the dessert looking for the Jews. He wasnt happy with his decision to let them go. He wanted them to continue working for him. The Jews didnt know where to run. Behind them were the Mitzriyim, on both sides were mountains,, and in front of them was the sea.

Hashem told Moshe not to worry. Since He will take care of them and make sure they wont go back to Mitzrayim. He told Moshe to raise his hands up over the sea. Hashem made a miracle and the sea split in front of them. They walked through on dry land to safety.

The Jews sang and danced and the women used tamberines praising Hashem for all those special miracle He did for them because He loves us.

Our World- Light

This week Pre-K has started new unit “Our World." The world amazes us every day. Hashem created it for us. On the first day of creation, Hashem created light and separated it from the dark. He called the light- day and the dark- night. Light is all around us. Friends discussed why light is good, 

Light is good because people can see what they are doing. (David G)
...because we can go outside to play. (Mordechai Yisroel)
... because we can read Siddur and daven. (David S)
... because we can see where to push a stroller or scooter. (Emma)
... because when I ride a scooter and see where I go. (Liza)
... because we can read books. (Rachel)
... because people can see it. (Leon)
... because we can see ABC and learn Alef Beis. (Naomi)
... because it is good for everyone. It keeps us safe outside. (Mickey)
... because people can watch TV. (Sophie)
... because it keeps us (whole world)safe. (Ari)

... because I can see when I ride a bicycle. (Eliana)

Friends made list of things that make light- sun, stars, lightening, fire, candle, flashlight, fireworks, fireflies, and lamps. We discovered that things that make light are hot. One of the hottest is SUN. It gives us light and warmth. Sun is a closest star to the Earth,  that is why we can see it and feel its warmth.

Some things need Energy to make light. For example, flashlights need batteries, lamps need electricity. Energy is everywhere- it lights up our houses, it warms us up, it plays music and move cars, buses and trains.

Excitments of the week

Last week Jason hosted Pre-K " Show and Tell". He showed friends his new toy that he got as a part of a Happy Birthday goody bag. He said that first it was just an egg, he put it into the water, it cracked. There was a little alien inside. Friends asked Jason if an alien is real? Jason said that it is not.

Pre-K Art Center can be a really creative sometimes! 

Three friends work side by side to create one peace of Art!

 There is how friends explain what is their picture about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJxHKqCaHa0

Pre-K Singing Party was a big hit! After Pessach we will try to down load some highlights of the party! 

Review letters Pre-K friends learned

To review the letter W please visit http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-w/load.htm?f

To review the letter X please visit http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-x/load.htm?f

To preteach the letter Y go to  http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-y/load.htm?f

Safe "NOT"

As you know, dear Pre-K families, Pre-K friends take every morning a walk to the Public School Playground to play climbing, sliding, running and exercising. One of such days was a very windy day. Sometimes wind gust was strong enough to pull off boys' kippas from their heads. On Pre-K friends' way back to school, one friend's kippa was blew off by wind on the road. The friend ran after his kippa !
OH-OH! It was a very dangerous choice!
In school, friends discussed why this situation was dangerous and what should be done to make it safe. Friends learned that roads are made for cars which are big and fast. If anything of ours (a kippa, ball or anything else) lands on the street, we should NOT ran on a street to get it! This "NOT" teach us to be safe!
What should we do? Friends said that we should ask an adult to get it for us!  That will be a safe choice!

Measurement- Length and Heigth

People measure things for different purposes. Some want to know how long some things are, others what to know how tall.  Pre-K Friends learned what is length. To find out length means to find how long thing is. To measure things we use rulers or measuring tape, but in times when they are not available we can use something else- shoes, feet, or even coins. When we use something besides the ruler, we call it nonstandard units. 

Rachel uses nonstandard units-  pennies to measure the length of a block. There are some rules which friends follow when they use nonstandard measurements.  
1. Use only one kind of items in a time to measure things to get accurate measurements.  For example, in the class we have a box filled with pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Friends used only one kind of coins to measure length of blocks.   
2. Start at very beginning and don't leave any space between nonstandard units.

What is height? It is a distance between bottom and the top of a thing.

Leon uses Lego to measure heigth of a chair.

  Friends play "How tall am I?" game that was kindly presented to Pre-K Friends by Ari's Family.

Parshas Vayikra

For more information on the Parsha click link below:
http://www.torahtots.com/parsha/vayikra/vayikra2.htm

For a nice song on the Parsha click link below:
http://www.chabad.org/kids/article_cdo/aid/608097/jewish/Vayikra-I.htm

     

Parsahs Vayakhel Pekudei

For more information on the Parsha click link below:
http://www.chabad.org/kids/article_cdo/aid/634438/jewish/Vayakhel-Roundup.htm

http://www.chabad.org/kids/article_cdo/aid/634440/jewish/Pekudei-Roundup.htm

Letter Fay Sofis

Liza was our Mail Carrier. She brought us an extra long letter. Which one was it? It was Letter Fay Sofis. It has a little line on top, an extra big line coming down, jump back up and make an extra little line on the side, and an extra little line in the middle. Fay Sofis is a letter that always goes at the end of a word.
Our Fay got tired from walking around so it got up to stretch and hence, it looks like Fay Sofis.

Liza our Mail Carrier

Letter Fay

Ari the Mailman brought us the letter Fay. It looks just like letter Pay but without the dot.
Pay sounds like P and Fay sounds like F.
Letter Pay looks like a "Peel" - elephant ready to eat a "peanut" (the dot inside Pay). After it ate and finished the peanut, it isn't Pay anymore since the peanut is gone. Now it becomes the Letter Fay.

Ari our Mailman holding Letter Fay

Wonder Time!

The question of the week was " Why do bees sting?"

Some friends thought that bees sting to make honey.

We learned that bees don't sting anyone to be mean- they just use their stingers to protect themselves. Most people and animals know that bees sting and that it really huts, so we stay away.

Mazel Tov! Mazel Tov! It is a girl!

Mazel Tov to our dearest Okonov Family on the birth of a baby girl!
Mazel Tov to our dearest friend Mordechai Yisroel on the birth of his sister, Bassie Rivka!
Pre-K Morahs and Friends wish you all to have a lot of simcha from the baby and all kids!
 We can't wait to meet a new member of  Okonov Family:)

Literacy Month continues...:)

Pre-K Friends were so excited to have Rachel's dad as a guest in our classroom. He read friends a great book in Hebrew. Friends listened carefully recognizing some familiar words. The book was about a little egg that wanted to make friends. No one was intersted in being a friend with him because they thought he is just an egg. The egg tried different ways, he even put different costumes on pretending to be a flower but everytime he would be recognized for who he trully was just an egg.