ECE Newsletter March 19

Toras Emes E.C.E. Vayikra March 19, 2010 7:14 P.M. MATZAH FACTORY IMPORTANT DATES Once again, Rabbi Ganzberg and his...

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Toras Emes E.C.E. Vayikra

March 19, 2010 7:14 P.M.

MATZAH FACTORY

IMPORTANT DATES

Once again, Rabbi Ganzberg and his traveling Matza Bakery arrived at Toras Emes. The children mixed flour and water together to make matza dough and had the opportunity to bake a matza themselves. Each child took home a matza and a baker’s hat. What a treat!

Pesach VacationThursday, March 25- Wednesday, April 7 School ResumesThursday, April 8 Teacher Work DayFriday, April 23- NO SCHOOL

THANK YOU Dr. Yaakov and Chanie Siegel for donating educational equipment to the Kindergarten I class in honor of Hadassah’s sixth birthday. Rabbi Yekusiel and Chana Rochel Stern for donating educational equipment to the Kindergarten I class in honor of Tzvi’s sixth birthday. **NOTICE** As you recall, we opened school on February 12, when the speaker for the Teacher Work Day was cancelled due to a storm in New York. The Teacher Work Day is now scheduled for Friday, April 23. THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, APRIL 23. LEAVING EARLY? Please notify the school office if your child will be leaving for Pesach earlier than March 24 so that the teachers can prepare their bags and send them home. MODEL SEDARIM Children should be dressed in Shabbos clothing. We need parents to help prepare and serve the food for the model sedarim. Please call the school office if you are able to volunteer. Pre-KI and Kindergarten parents should send in the food items requested for the model sedarim on Monday, March 22. Pre-KI…………………….Monday, March 22 Kindergarten Classes….Tuesday, March 23

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NURSERY I & II- MOROT ETTIE & TAMI

NURSERY I & II- MOROT NECHAMA & SUSAN

One morning when Paroh awoke in his bed There were frogs on his head And frogs in his bed Frogs on his nose And frogs on his toes Frogs here, frogs there Frogs were jumping everywhere

This week, we learned about the sense of smell and the sense of sight. For the sense of smell, onions, cinnamon, pickles, vanilla extract, pepper, chocolate and perfume were placed in the smelling jars. The children then tried to guess what was in each container. They also went on an “odor walk.” The children smelled objects in the room such as blocks, paint, the carpet and the sink. We talked about what smells good, what smells bad, what smells a little or what smells a lot. As our art project, we created a nose and an eye. We also played games to help us develop our visual skills. The books What Your Nose Knows by Jane Belk Moncure, The Five Senses- Smell by Maria Ruis, Look At Your Eyes by Paul Showers, Seeing Things by Allan Fowler and Look In The Mirror by Sam and Beryl Epstein were read to the children. We also learned a song about the Five Senses (tune “If You’re Happy And You Know It”)

Singing about the second makkah was our favorite activity of this week. We pretended that we were frogs as we acted out this delightful song. We also added a “frog page” to our Haggadah. Wait until you see the frogs jumping out from the Hagaddah! We enjoyed learning the story of Yetzias Mitzrayim. It was amazing to see how much the children remembered from the parshios of Shemos and Vaera. We have been very busy learning about the many different aspects of the seder. The yeladim know that on Shabbos we use two challahs, but at the seder we have three matzos, one for Cohen, one for Levi and one for Yisroel. We have discussed the many types of food that we eat during the seder and learned the significance of each food on the seder plate. Our Haggadah is becoming thicker and thicker. The second question of the Mah Nishtana was introduced this week as well as the songs “Avadim Hayinu” and “Eliyahu.” We listened to many different Pesach stories. Our favorites were Pesach Is Coming by Hyman and Alice Chanover and The Mouse In The Matzo Factory by Francine Medoff. Our science unit on the properties of water continued to fascinate us. We experimented with a variety of substances to determine which dissolve in water and which do not. Four bowls filled with water were placed on the table. When sugar and salt were added, they dissolved immediately in the water. When sand was added, it sank to the bottom of the bowl. When oil was added, it rose to the top of the bowl. Why not try these experiments at home with your child!

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When you look and when you see Use your eyes When you look and when you see Use your eyes When you look and when you see All the things there are to see When you look and when you see Use your eyes!

PRE-KI & II- MOROT ETTIE & HEIDI

PRE-KI & II- MOROT BERNEY & JUDY

This week, we will be reading from a new Sefer Torah- Sefer Vayikra. For this week’s parsha, Parashas Vayikra, we spoke about the korbanos and learned that we are not able to bring korbanos now since we do not have the Bais Hamikdash. We spoke about tefillah and discussed the different reasons that we daven. On Tuesday, the Matzah Factory came to the E.C.E. The children had a wonderful time learning about the matzah baking process; from picking the wheat to the baking. They had the opportunity to hold dry wheat, grind it in a grinder, mix the flour with the water, knead the dough and then roll it out. They also added holes to the dough and then baked it in the oven. All this in 18 minutes! We had a great time tasting our delicious matzo. The children are busy practicing the Mah Nishtana and can’t wait to show you how much they know! They are working very hard on their haggados. We reviewed the ten makkos. The children enjoyed jumping around the room pretending to be frogs. So much to do, so much to learn in Pre-K!

We welcomed the letter “Rr” to our classroom, and our numerous activities revolved around that letter. We learned the order of colors in a rainbow, sang a song about it and painted our own version of one. We made rectangle collages and talked about rocks. We played rhyming games, had races and read lots of books. Our exciting travels around the world are in progress and we are certainly becoming “seasoned” travelers. This week, we learned about Africa. One of the languages spoken in Africa is Swahili, so naturally, we learned some important words to help us communicate while we are in Africa. Our itinerary included a safari and an open market. The children put on their headgear, and equipped with binoculars and cameras, they explored the jungles. At the market place, they tried balancing their wares on their heads. The children love learning about different countries and going on exciting adventures. Our unit on the properties of air is quite enlightening. This week, we did experiments to prove that a candle needs air in order to stay lit, and that air takes up space. Ask your child what happened.

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KINDERGARTEN I & II-MOROT BAYLA & RENA

KINDERGARTEN I & II-MOROT BERNEY & MIRIAM

With Rosh Chodesh Nissan this week, the excitement of Pesach is in the air. We have been busy working on our beautiful haggados and learning and understanding every detail of the seder night. We discussed the concepts of mechiras chometz, bedikas chometz and biur chometz. The kearah has been discussed and we know what should be put on the kearah and where everything is placed. Of course, we have been practicing the Mah Nishtana and we know how proud Abba and Imma are going to be when they hear us on the seder night. We enjoyed listening to the story The Passover Parrot by Evelyn Zussman. We reviewed the ottiyos and nekudos we have learned until now. We are so proud of how many words we can now read. For Parashas Vayikra, we learned that in the time of the Bais Hamikdash, Bnei Yisroel brought korbanos. Now that we no longer have the Bais Hamikdash, our tefillos take the place of the korbanos. In Project Derech, we learned that it is a mitzvah to stand up for a zakein (an elderly person).

What a perfect week we had finishing our “Mm” projects and welcoming the letter “Pp” with its projects. Our week was pleasant and packed with all kinds of learning experiences. Our experiments with magnets were amazing. First, we observed which objects would be attracted by a magnet. Then we learned that magnets can attract iron or steel through non-magnetic materials. We determined that the ends are the strongest part of a magnet, and that one magnet can be used to create new magnets that are made of iron or steel. We also concluded that magnets can attract as well as repel other magnets. This hands on unit is both educational and fun. In honor of the letter “Pp,” a prism was introduced into our science center along with color paddles. In our letterbooks, we are so proud of ourselves because we read two syllable words such as picnic, puppet, and parents. We started a unit on poetry. Each child wrote a poem. Stories about Pesach were also written by the children.

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