We have been enjoying all things summer this week! We created beautiful ocean pictures using watercolors and salt, and had fun with ocean-themed water play as well as "slime oceans." We made lemonade and loved fixing ponytails and braids in our pretend hair salon. We had boat races using spray water bottles to create movement, and used tennis balls as "monsters" to strengthen our muscles by picking up items with their "mouths." We have been counting by 5s and 10s while review

It’s so nice to be back in school after a wonderful Memorial Day and Shavuot holiday. We are finishing up the school year and preparing our end-of-the-year projects. We are gathering our artwork to send home, and we are looking forward to seeing you at our end-of-the-year celebration in just two weeks. We have been focusing on preschool fun! We painted splatter art inspired by Jackson Pollock, enjoyed Play-Doh with loose parts, and had fun with floating water. We have been re

Our beautiful auction on Monday night was a wonderful success, with such a lovely turnout of parents who enjoyed getting a glimpse of our new preschool building while participating in bidding on artwork and furnishings to help bring it to life. Thank you for your support. We’ve had a great week getting ready for the Shavuot holiday. We had the opportunity to “milk a cow” and make real butter! We practiced math and played with wedges of cheesecake to learn fractions. We know S

Ice cream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! We made real vanilla ice cream in a bag and had so much fun. The children loved playing in our ice cream shop and especially enjoyed the amazing ice cream truck that Morah Mara made. In honor of Shavuot, when it is customary to eat dairy foods, we incorporated these themes into our week as we continue counting Sefirat HaOmer in anticipation of the holiday. We sequenced and explored the life cycle of butterflies and caterpill

Thank you to Rabbi Shmuly and Elana, the BJP PTA, and to all the BJP families who helped make Teacher Appreciation Week so outstanding! We loved all the treats and surprises, and we truly felt the love. A special thank you to Talia Malkin for the personal touch with custom cups and the boba bar. What a wonderful week we had celebrating Lag B’Omer, the 33rd day of counting Sefirat HaOmer, and Mother’s Day! Thank you to all the moms who came to celebrate with us. We loved weari

This week we went on a bear hunt! We stepped barefoot on grass, mud, snow, and water and into our cave! We spoke all about Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai learning Torah in a cave. There was religious persecution, so he took his son and learned Torah day and night in hiding. Hashem provided him with water from a stream to drink and a special carob tree to eat. We made trail mix and ate in our cave, too. We know Rabbi Akivah became a great Torah scholar when he started learning Torah

Yom Huledet Sameach Israel! We were so happy to celebrate Israel this week! Thank you to all the parent volunteers who came in and made the day so special! We loved writing letters at the Kotel in Yerushalayim, mixing spices in the shuk in Tel Aviv, making orange juice in Haifa, cutting Israeli salad, and making salt watercolor art in Tzfat. We know Israel was given to Avraham and the Jewish people thousands of years ago and is our Jewish homeland. This week, we enjoyed all t

We’re so happy to be back after a wonderful Pesach vacation. We ate Matzah, drank wine, and celebrated our Freedom! We loved hearing all the fun that was had over vacation. We jumped into learning about spring and the counting of the days until our next holiday, Shavuot, where G-d gave us a present, the Torah! We know we are counting Sefirat HaOmer, and we are so excited to celebrate so many fun things in the next few weeks! We enjoyed our Spring sensory bins, a spring Garde

We’ve had such a wonderful time celebrating our Model Seders with you this week. We love singing the songs, going through each step, and rejoicing in the miracles Hashem performed for us. We painted Kiddush cups, explored a Kiddush sensory bin, and had so much fun transferring grape juice using big turkey basters. The children had a blast walking through our “splitting of the sea” outside in the yard and experimenting with trying to separate the sea using our cornstarch and w

We’ve been having a fun week, enjoying all things Pesach! We used Lego boards to paint and create paper matzah, took out our play ovens to bake matzah in our matzah bakery, and loved singing songs all about matzah. We know Pesach is in the spring, so we created beautiful, spring-inspired art influenced by the artist Shari Pedowitz. We enjoyed squishing kinetic sand in our “Splitting of the Sea” sensory bins. In science, we made hailstorms in a jar to learn more about the plag

Bang bang bang your hammers low! We have been singing and learning all about our slavery in Egypt. We built pyramids, used real hammers and nails to bang into wood, and talked about the Jewish people’s hard work in Egypt. We know that Pesach is the holiday of our freedom from slavery. We have two Seder meals and celebrate the miracles from Hashem. We enjoyed “pouring four cups of wine” and counting our grapes to make Kiddush. We learned that Hashem made many miracles, like tu

This week was short but full of fun and excitement as we continued exploring Purim together. On Monday, we enjoyed a very special carnival. The children had such a wonderful time riding the carousel, getting their faces painted, and cooling off with snow cones. A huge thank you to all the moms and dads who volunteered and helped make the morning so fun and festive. We also loved hearing the children share about their Purim celebrations on Wednesday. We reviewed the story and

We’ve been enjoying all things Purim this week! We had so much fun dressing up in costumes, filling hamantashen, and learning about the four mitzvot of Purim: giving Tzedakah, hearing the Megillah twice, eating a festive meal, and giving gift baskets to our friends. We explored Tzedakah by rubbing colored pencils over coins and examining different coins up close. Our creativity continued with hamantashen-inspired art, and we had an exciting science activity, making cupcake ex

Meshe Nichnat Adar Marbim B’simcha! In the month of Adar, we increase our joy, and Purim is in the air! We enjoyed having Monday off for President’s Day and were excited to jump back into learning all about Purim this week. We learned that long ago in Shushan, the Purim story took place. We spoke about King Achashverosh and how Esther became the queen. Mordechai saved the day, and Haman was very mean! Our creative Morah Mara made a beautiful castle for us to paint and play in

Thank you to all the dads who took the time on Friday morning to visit your child’s classroom! We loved having the opportunity to celebrate you and all that you do. Decorating frames, completing puzzles, and celebrating Shabbat together made the morning meaningful and beautiful. This week was all about families! In honor of Dad’s Doughnuts, we enjoyed everything doughnut-related. The children had a blast in our dramatic play doughnut shop, practicing pouring coffee and engagi

We had a fantastic week celebrating Tu B’Shvat and all the beautiful things found in nature. On Monday, we enjoyed our Tu B’Shvat Farmers Market. Thank you so much to all of our wonderful parent volunteers for helping make it such a special experience. The children loved cycling through each station, creating projects, and tasting the different foods. The children painted with tree branches, stamped with leaves, and ripped paper to create colorful orchards. They explored colo

Tu B’Shevat higiya, chag la’ilanot! It is time to celebrate the birthday of the trees. This week, we enjoyed exploring all things trees, flowers, and nature. We used small parts to create trees with trunks and branches, and we decorated real branches with beads and buttons. We also conducted a fun science experiment, turning white flowers into colorful flowers using food coloring. We created beautiful self-portraits inspired by Frida Kahlo and used flowers to decorate them. I

This week we learned all about Avraham and Sara’s son, Yitzchak. It was so special to learn about how he found a wife. Eliezer, Avraham’s friend, went to the local well and met the kindest girl there, Rivka. She even gave water to all of his thirsty camels! We gave water to our camels too, just like she did many years ago. Yitzchak gave Rivka jewelry, so we made our own jewelry as well! We also enjoyed making our own hot cocoa this week. We had a lovely time learning the lett

We have been busy learning all about Avraham and Sara this week! We learned that Avraham was sent on a journey, and he didn’t have cars, airplanes, buses, or boats to travel with. To practice our fine motor skills, we used rubber bands to rescue and trap “cars” on popsicle sticks. We also learned that Avraham walked through the desert. We walked in paint and made footprints just like Avraham did, and we played with a desert sensory bin as well. Avraham had a tent with four do

We are so glad to be back to regular scheduled programming after a beautiful, wet vacation! We know you all had an amazing time because we heard all the amazing stories. We jumped right into learning all about the first Jewish man, Avraham. We know Avraham taught everyone about G-d, even his own father. His name was changed from Avram to Avraham, incorporating Hashem's letter Hay. We know G-d promised Avraham he would have as many children as there are stars in the sky. We fo