Greetings Peach Room Parents!
As we continued preparation for Pesach, there was much to explore and investigate this week. Our focus was on the Seder meal and the meaning of each element included in this special meal. Morah Ora created individual Seder plates for each child to match like a puzzle.
Our friends also made grape juice using mallets and smashed the grapes as we talked about how we drink four cups of juice/wine with the Seder. The mallets were loud when they accidentally struck the table rather than the grapes. Some friends liked this sensation and continued doing it purposely, while others covered their ears and preferred using their fingers to pinch. Then they literally got to enjoy the fruits of their labor and drank the grape juice!
Our friends also explored the taste of the bitter maror as well as celery dipped in salt water and Morah Ora explained that this was meant to remind us of the tears and hardships experienced by the Jewish people while in Egypt and as they made their way across the desert. Their reactions were so funny: some friends made funny faces as they bit into the maror while others really liked the taste of salt. Celery was a bit more familiar to most of our friends and some enjoyed the taste.
We continued to taste test Matzah this week as well. By the end of the week, when we hid the Afikoman, and they took turns finding it, they were all exclaiming, “Matzah!”
Next week our class will be joining the rest of the preschool for a Seder. Valley Metro Transportation will be coming to give us a tour of a bus and we will tie in a brief exploration of transportation with Pesach for the shortened week. There will be no school on Thursday or Friday or the following week as we are on break for Pesach.
Shabbat Shalom!
Morah Ora and Morah Lindsey
Wish List Items:
Plastic disposable spoons
Gallons of drinking water to refill water cups
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