And more Pesach!!!

We've been so busy preparing for Pesach!  We've been "cleaning" the classroom, washing dishes and vacuuming.

We've been decorating kiddush cups, making seder plates, and our very own pillowcases to use at the Seder.

We also made Afikomen bags, by painting them gold or silver, then decorating them with pretty gems.

We even practiced hiding the afikomen in the classroom for our friends to look for!

 We continued learning the parts of the seder, like Hallel Nirtzah, when we sing songs like Lshana Habaa B'yerushalayim...

 and practiced sitting nicely at our seder table, set with a seder plate, kiddush cup and matzah!

 We love climbing outside, or just hanging with our friends!

And Morah Danit was back (with her new baby)!

There won't be any new projects going home tomorrow, but look for them to come home Erev Pesach! Shabbat Shalom!

Matzah factory!

We had a visit from the matzah factory today!  We learned how to make matzah. 

 We cut wheat stalks...

and ground the wheat into flour...

We put the ground wheat into a sifter....

Then shook the sifter to seperate the flour..

We mixed the flour and water....

Then rolled out the dough....

And put holes in the dough.

 Even Adella had fun!

We had grape juice to drink...

and took a group picture while waiting for the dough to come out of the oven.

 

It was delicious!

Pesach, continued...

 We've continued learning  the order of the Seder, this week.  We started with Karpas,  Each child had a chance to mix salt water, dip parsley in it, and taste it.

 

 

They each practiced breaking the middle matzah for Yachatz.

We continued to learn the story of Pesach, including the 10 Makot, for Magid.

frogs in the water

10 Makot finger puppets

10  Makot finger puppets

dead animals

hail (ice cubes)

wild animals

lice

darkness

We practiced building pyramids.

using magnatiles

using blocks

using construction paper

bang your hammers low!

bang your hammers low!

baby Moshe in a basket

baby Moshe in a basket

We finished making Kriyat Yam Suf, by coloring people and gluing them on to sand. Then we "split" the sea (using scissors) and attached it to sand. Watch it open and close!

We practiced putting 3 matzahs in the matzah cover for Motzei Matzah.

We made Charoset!  We mixed walnuts, apples and grape juice. Then we dipped lettuce into it for Maror.

We then put  "Charoset" and "Maror" on matzoh to make a sandwich for Korech. 

For Shulchan Orech, we practiced using a ladle to put "matzah balls" (ping pong balls) into bowls.

For Tzafun, the children gt to search the classroom for the Afikomen!

We also practiced the aleph bet by matching the letters on matzahs...

painted the cover of our Haggadahs...

had fun with Morah Lily...

made challah with Morah Bayla and Morah Gabby...

had a birthday party for Meli....

and, of course, had fun outside!

Shabbat Shalom!!