This week in the Blue room we wrapped up our Purim unit with making homemade Hamantaschen, we discussed the last 2 mitzvos of Purim, and discovered all four mitzvos start with the Hebrew letter "Mem!" We also celebrated with our Annual school Purim party and our friend Lovely Buttons, the clown. Here are some highlights of our week:
Making Hamantaschen
As a class our friends made homemade Hamantaschen for their Mishloach Manot baskets. Morah Kayla made sure we followed the recipe precisely. Our friends took turns mixing in all the ingredients. This was a multi-step and time consuming process that each child enjoyed and engaged in from start to finish. Once all of the ingredients were mixed we saw the consistency change from liquid to a solid dough ball that each of us could manipulate and knead into their best triangle shape. As we pinched our cookies Morah Kayla taught us a song, "Nosh nosh a hamantash let's a make a Hamantash now."
Dramatic Play
Our friends get ready to celebrate as they paint each other's nails and get their hair done in our Queen Esther's Salon. We used watercolors for fingernail polish and got fancy braids.
Clay
This week our friends were invited to make pretend Hamantachen out of clay. They had something else in mind. Mina constructed a huge "blue dragon and a cave he lived in" and Hana made a handful of miniature"chocolate chip cookies." Other friends sculpted T-Rex dinosaurs and butterflies.
Megillah
Reading the Megillah is another mitvah of Purim. Queen Esther saved the Jewish people from Haman. Our friends had the opportunity to make their own Megillah scroll and write with a"quill"and"ink."
We hope you all have a peaceful Shabbos.
Shabat Shalom from Morah Felicia and Morah Kayla
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