Dear Families,

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 these special nights.

Grape Juice

 

Our friends 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!

Maror

 

Our friends explored the taste of the bitter maror as well as celery, parsley  dipped in salt water. 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. 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.

Eggs

Another food we explored from the Seder plate was eggs. Morah Rivky boiled eggs then peeled and cut them. Our friends explored the white part of the egg and the yolk. Audrey preferred not to touch the egg. Asher first ate the yolk then the whites. Etai, Liran, and Leeann asked for more and said, "That's yummy egg." 

Alma said, "Morah- look my mommy pack me egg for snack too!" Leif choose to eat only half of his egg. Aria quietly enjoyed her piece of egg with a happy face.

Our friends have been learning about shapes. We’ve been talking a lot about pyramids, and we incorporated the shapes of a pyramid into our learning using the light table. We spoke about the triangle shape because pyramids look like triangles. We need bricks to build pyramids and they’re  square. Our friends had some time to use markers to draw shapes on the light table. Then we used magnetiles to make shapes on top of our marker work. Liran and Leeann chose to build in color patterns. Alma and Asher used their fingers to trace the shapes on the light table. Lief, Etai, and Aria chose to get the cardboard boxes and build with them on the floor. Kai looked and decided to add some animals to their building.

 

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Ora & Morah Rivky