Honoring Holidays
This week we worked on some activities that help us honor holidays. We got to work making a piece of Matzah bread which has no agents in it that help it to rise and can be completed from start to finish in 18 minutes or less! Recipes are an amazing way to learn basic math, life skills, how to follow directions, watch chemical reactions in action, and work together to make something yummy.
Una and Rachel decorated Easter eggs together during our afternoon song & dance time - and Eudenis made a great drawing of an egg with bunny ears!
We also read books for both Easter and Passover and listened to some music in both Hebrew/Aramaic and English. Even if we don’t celebrate a particular holiday, it’s great to learn about how other people experience their holidays and special gatherings. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend!
Our weekly explorations
This week we did a lot of science: we made boats to see if we could get them to float, we played with baking soda and vinegar, we used vinegar to “eat” the shell of an egg and got to see what the egg looks like on the inside - plus, it bounces!
Did you have a chance to count your snack? Almost every activity that we do can have a math element! All the better if we get to have something tasty after we count it!
We also learned a lot of Spanish this week. We focused on insects and things that we see during Spring time. If you ever want help with words, phrases or questions please email me and Eudenis will assist. We’d love to know what kind of Spanish you and your children want to learn next!
Our alphabet study continued this week with the letters K, L and M. How is it going at home? Are the letters becoming easier for your child to recognize (it’s normal and OK if not!!)?
Materials for next week
Here’s a list of items that you might want to get for project work that will happen next week:
Shaving cream
Food coloring
White rice
Flower petals, leaves, natural materials
Fruit/Veggies with seeds (apples, peppers, oranges with seeds)
Plastic bottles
Popsicle sticks
Next week we will resume all morning meetings and google classroom activities, please keep sharing all of your hard work and sending us videos of your week!