The kids both had their first day of Religious/Hebrew School yesterday. Madilyn is in Ms. Ruth's Kindergarten class and Aiden is in Ms. Julia's Pre-K class. They seemed to really enjoyed it, but Aiden admitted he was a little sad that he could not be in Madi's class with her. Here is the verbiage that I received from each of their teacher's after class yesterday. I love that we get an email telling us what their day entailed because when we asked the kids what they did all morning, they just replied, "Played. Colored. Sang. Ate challah."
From Ms. Ruth (Madilyn's Class):
Dear Parents,
Welcome to our first day of Sunday School. We had an amazing first day, and the class bonded so well together. We started the day coloring in a couple of pictures related to the forthcoming Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, including the Shofar, and spoke briefly about this tradition.
We were excited to have some circle time, where we got to know each other (discussing our favorite colors, food, animals and movies). We welcomed our new friends, Madrachim, (Alayna, Bryce and Julia), and spoke about our new routines, our rules for the class room, and the wonderful weekly Mitvah of Tzedakah!! This year our class is collecting for the very special organization called UMOM, and one of the representatives will be visiting our classroom sometime in September to tell us more about what UMOM is all about. We went into more detail about the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Birthday of the World. We also spoke about the traditions of sending New Year Cards to wish our friends and families a very Happy New Year, the blowing of the Shofar, the eating of apples dipped in honey, the round challah, etc. etc. We read "Happy Birthday, World" and "Sammy Spider's First Rosh Hashanah" which re-iterated some of the traditions listed above.
Thereafter we got together for our very special snack time, pretending it was Friday Night, choosing an Abba (Elliot) and Eema (Ellie), and saying the Blessings for the Candles, the Wine and of course, the Challah, which we all enjoyed eating!!! Thank you too to Madilyn (Madi) Landers' family for sending in the yummy snacks this week.
We then worked on our Honey Jar New Year Cards, and our mini individual New Year Cards, which we gave to our class friends, to wish them each a very Happy New Year (L'Shana Tova)!!
It was then time for us to work on our Aleph Bet, and we enjoyed singing the Aleph Bet a few times, while pointing to the actual Hebrew Letters, to start familiarizing ourselves with the Hebrew Aleph Bet. We also worked on our first page, namely the letter ALEPH. These weekly pages will be collected, and at the end of the school year, each student will receive an Aleph Bet Book, created by themselves!!
We were able to go outside to play for a short while, and to get together with some of our other friends, and then we went to the Sanctuary, together with the whole school for an Assembly. Our new Cantor, Cantor Wolman, and a few song leaders, lead us with some of our favorite tunes and songs, and introduced us to some new fascinating melodies as well. Our definite favorite was "It's the Tree of Life ......."
Before we knew it, it was time to say Shalom to our friends, and go home with our families.
Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead, and look forward to seeing you next week.
Our morning was filled with discoveries about our old and new friends, and our class.
We read the story, “In Our Image,” a very picturesque book that the children enjoyed.
We celebrated Shabbat. Our eema (mom) and abba (dad) were Gabbie and Aiden. They led us in the Shabbat blessings.
We decorated our folders with stars, stickers, markers, and more. The children will keep our weekly Hebrew letters in them, and I will send them home at the end of the year.
We discussed our one rule...respect. The children were happy to provide many meanings for this important word.
Our day closed with an assembly that had lots of music.
Have a great week.
From Ms. Ruth (Madilyn's Class):
Dear Parents,
Welcome to our first day of Sunday School. We had an amazing first day, and the class bonded so well together. We started the day coloring in a couple of pictures related to the forthcoming Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, including the Shofar, and spoke briefly about this tradition.
We were excited to have some circle time, where we got to know each other (discussing our favorite colors, food, animals and movies). We welcomed our new friends, Madrachim, (Alayna, Bryce and Julia), and spoke about our new routines, our rules for the class room, and the wonderful weekly Mitvah of Tzedakah!! This year our class is collecting for the very special organization called UMOM, and one of the representatives will be visiting our classroom sometime in September to tell us more about what UMOM is all about. We went into more detail about the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Birthday of the World. We also spoke about the traditions of sending New Year Cards to wish our friends and families a very Happy New Year, the blowing of the Shofar, the eating of apples dipped in honey, the round challah, etc. etc. We read "Happy Birthday, World" and "Sammy Spider's First Rosh Hashanah" which re-iterated some of the traditions listed above.
Thereafter we got together for our very special snack time, pretending it was Friday Night, choosing an Abba (Elliot) and Eema (Ellie), and saying the Blessings for the Candles, the Wine and of course, the Challah, which we all enjoyed eating!!! Thank you too to Madilyn (Madi) Landers' family for sending in the yummy snacks this week.
We then worked on our Honey Jar New Year Cards, and our mini individual New Year Cards, which we gave to our class friends, to wish them each a very Happy New Year (L'Shana Tova)!!
It was then time for us to work on our Aleph Bet, and we enjoyed singing the Aleph Bet a few times, while pointing to the actual Hebrew Letters, to start familiarizing ourselves with the Hebrew Aleph Bet. We also worked on our first page, namely the letter ALEPH. These weekly pages will be collected, and at the end of the school year, each student will receive an Aleph Bet Book, created by themselves!!
We were able to go outside to play for a short while, and to get together with some of our other friends, and then we went to the Sanctuary, together with the whole school for an Assembly. Our new Cantor, Cantor Wolman, and a few song leaders, lead us with some of our favorite tunes and songs, and introduced us to some new fascinating melodies as well. Our definite favorite was "It's the Tree of Life ......."
Before we knew it, it was time to say Shalom to our friends, and go home with our families.
Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead, and look forward to seeing you next week.
Madilyn and her Classmates
In the Sanctuary singing with Cantor Wolman
From Ms. Julia (Aiden's Class):
Dear Parents,Our morning was filled with discoveries about our old and new friends, and our class.
We read the story, “In Our Image,” a very picturesque book that the children enjoyed.
We celebrated Shabbat. Our eema (mom) and abba (dad) were Gabbie and Aiden. They led us in the Shabbat blessings.
We decorated our folders with stars, stickers, markers, and more. The children will keep our weekly Hebrew letters in them, and I will send them home at the end of the year.
We discussed our one rule...respect. The children were happy to provide many meanings for this important word.
Our day closed with an assembly that had lots of music.
Have a great week.
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