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

We hope you are enjoying lighting your menorahs at home! Please remember to always watch your menorahs and never leave them unattended.  Thank you to everyone who joined us at school this week to celebrate Chanukah together! We loved singing songs, enjoying treats, and doing special projects with you. Celebrating Chanukah at school has been so much fun! We have been making doughnuts and latkes, playing dreidel, and shopping at our Chanukah store. We enjoyed putting candles in

We are ready for Chanukah! We learned the story of the mean King Antiochus, who told the Jewish people they couldn’t be Jewish. We learned how the brave Maccabees fought back and never gave up their faith. We also learned about the miracles, including finding a small amount of oil to light the Menorah in the Beit Hamikdash and how the small Maccabee army defeated the huge Greek army. We created Menorahs out of clay in the shape of Israel, where these big miracles took place.

Chanukah oh Chanukah, come light the menorah! We have been busy enjoying all things Chanukah. We have been spinning dreidels, counting candles, and learning all about the amazing miracles Hashem made for us. We used dreidels to create color patterns, and we even froze blue water to make dreidels out of ice cubes. We measured Chanukah-colored chickpeas to compare different heights and created snowstorms in an awesome science experiment. We explored kinetic sand that looked lik

We’ve had a wonderfully busy short Thanksgiving week! We investigated the inside of pumpkins and used mallets to hammer in golf tees. We scooped fall items and created colorful fall “soup.” We practiced fine-motor skills by using nail clippers to cut pasta pieces. We became mini scientists and explored color mixing. We reviewed our letters A–G and our Hebrew letters Alef–Zayin. We also began learning about Chanukah and used popsicle sticks to count the candles on the menorah.

We have been enjoying having all our families join us for our Grateful for Generations Thanksgiving Celebration. Thank you for taking the time to be part of our singing, dancing, and feasting. It was so special to celebrate together. This week, we focused on all things Shabbat. We created a Shabbat market in our dramatic play centers, complete with cash registers, play money, and all the items we needed: candles, grape juice, and challah. The children loved making squishy Sha

This week was extra special as we gathered with our Nook 1 and 2 families for our Grateful for Generations celebrations! Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who attended! We completed the finishing touches to our thanksgiving craft, dressed up, and sang our Thanksgiving songs!  We continued learning about Noah and explored all things rainbow. We mixed colors to create beautiful rainbows and experimented with vibrant Rainbow Lightning art. We also began preparing for

What a wonderful week learning all about Noah and the Teiva (Noah’s Ark)! We learned that Noah built the Ark to bring all the animals safely inside. The children had so much fun playing with toy animals on the Ark, listening to the sounds each animal makes, and matching them to their pictures. We also experimented to see which toys could sink or float, just like Noah might have wondered about his Ark.  The children practiced folding and packing their clothes to get ready for

This week, we enjoyed focusing on all things Creation ! We finished learning about Days 4, 5, and 6. On Day 4, Hashem made the sun, moon, and stars. We sewed bright yellow suns and loved playing with our black galaxy Play-Doh filled with tiny stars. On Day 5, Hashem created all the fish and birds. We made bird nests and added colorful scales to our fish. On Day 6, all the animals were created. We practiced sorting them into their habitats with fish in the ocean using blue wat

We’ve had a creative week learning all about Creation! We learned all about Hashem making the world in 6 days and resting on the 7th, Shabbat. We know on the first day there was light and dark. Hashem made day and night. We beaded black and white beads, used flashlights in a black box to create light from darkness, and we investigated shadows! We made black and white cookies from scratch, too! We were little photographers and we pretended to hang photos we took and “developed

It’s so nice to be back after a wonderful Sukkot holiday! We loved hearing all about your time at home with family and friends. At school, we enjoyed eating in the Sukkah, shaking the lulav and etrog, and dancing with the Torah on Simchat Torah. We learned that we’ve finished reading the Torah and are now beginning again from the start! We returned to school excited to see our friends and play with our toys. This week, we had fun during Playball with Coach Anthony and loved l

This week was spent celebrating Yom Kippur. We prepared by learning all about the holiest days of the year by learning about Hashem! We learned the story of Yona and the Whale, how we cannot hide from Hashem because Hashem is everywhere! We loved going into the whale's belly and learning all about teshuva; saying we’re sorry. We learned that solving problems takes 3 steps that we practice daily at BJP. #1 say your sorry. #2 say you won’t do it again and mean it. #3 ask how y