In the month of November I also learn of the Pilgrims coming to the shores of Plymouth Rock and of the feast they shared with the Native Americans.

my class

my classroom floor is mess with glitter, confetti and other decorating materials a the classroom and walls fill up with chanukah decorations an projects. there is so much work being done, I have the children spinning just like the draidels they are making.

this week at my class.

this week's parsha is Vayishlach, the children learned about Yaakov returning to Israel with his family, he wasn't sure if Aisav had forgiven him, so Yaakov decided to send messengers to find out how Aisav felt . my chilsrern's class learned about the malach giving Yaakow a bracha and telling him his new name; Yisrael , they lerarned about what happened to Rechel too.

I will work during the winter. I will keep children happy with  lots of friends, art and crafts, games, story time and just plain old fun,

today at my school one of the children, Zacky, was sick. he is so sick and his mother is out of the town. now he is with her begger sister at home, her sister is 18 years old, they are a big family, Zacky has 5 sisters and 2 brothers.

last Sunday I was at big school Emek for a mandatory meeting. In the meeting the fair was set up with 5 booths . the 5 booths include: shehakol ,hagefen, mezonot , Ha'adama and Ha'eitz. Each boy and girl went from booth to booth making brachos on each food and answering Amen to each other's brachos.

mix color

I mixed red and yellow and goat orange. then I mixed blue an yellow and got green and last I mixed red and white and got pink.the children couldn't get over their fascinations and asked to mix the colors again and again

I had a very interesting activity where the children learned how a new color is created.I learned that red, blue and yellow are primary colors and we saw what happens when we mix two primary colors together.

I read the book Kaspion. it's about a silver fish that swims in the blue sea.

I started our 'chanukah unit" and 'thanksgiving day unit".this week.in my ciass we have added the letter"F" to our Alphabet train. In my class I have a pet" f"ish that the children love to f"eed everyday.

parshat vayetze

this weeks parsha is parshat vayetze. my class's children learned about Yaakov and how twelve stones all fought to be kov's pillow. they learned how Hashem made a miracle and all the stones became one. they also learned about Yaakov's dream where he saw a ladder with Malachim going up and down.

brachos

Hahaon Rav chayim Kanievski said that it is imperative to urge parents, teachers, and principals everywhere to encourage children to make their brachos out loud and with proper kavanah. One way to start doing this, he suggested, is to tell them to both pray and recite Birkas Hamazon form a siddur. children should be rewarded for doing this, and should have the meaning of the brachos explained to them, each time focusing on a different brachah

the Gemara (Brachos 53b) tells us, the one who answers Amen has grater mitzvah than the one who made the bracha. When Habaon RAv chayim Kanievski, shlita, was asked several years ago what we should all be doing in light of the tragedies and suffering Klal Yisrael is going through, Hashem yeracheim, he answered that we have to awaken ourselves and others to do teshuvah, to pray with all our hearts, and to do good deeds.

California shakeout day

Thursday the was Southern California Shakeout day. you be might be asking , "what does that mean?" it means that on this day southern California simulates at 7 earthquake and practices rescues, medical and earthquake emergency skills. We, at  the nursery also participated. This week  we learned what an earthquake is (Hashem shaking the earth) and practiced, practiced, practiced, practiced what we should do if  one happens. It was so much fun ! on Thursday.

thursday

Thursday was a very exciting day for me at the ECC. we had a PE class(physical  education )for the first time. the children had so much fun, jumping and running between orange cones and hopping over a snake(jump rope).

I spoke about how we prepare for winter months, by replacing the summer clothes in our closets with warmer ones.

winter

I spoke about how some animals prepare for the winter months to come by gathering food, flying south and preparing to hibernate,

Autumn

Autumn is in the air. this week I am finishing up my Autumn unit. the magical changes that fall brings, I feel it in the cooler weather. in the leaves that are falling and changing color, and in my class room.

the kindergarten classes have started learning the letter"c" and the Hebrew letter"bet". the"c"children enjoyed "c"reating, "b"aking and eating their"c"ake and "c"ookies after circle time. some of "c"ookies afrter"c"ircle time.

here at ECC. creativity is a vital part of our curriculum. we don't just talk about the parsha. we live the parsha!

In the atrium we erected a larger version of Avrahama tent for all of our parents and their children to come visit in together.

last week's Parsha was Parshat Vayera. Avraham loved to do the mitzvah of Hachnasat Orchim, having guests visit. In my class , you had seen Avraham's tent. each class was invited to share snacks in their tent.