Mother's Day!

It’s been a busy week as we celebrated our amazing teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week and excitedly prepared for our Mom's Muffins event in honor of Mother’s Day!

We have felt so loved this week with all the amazing treats from the Burbank PTA in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week. We loved every minute! Thank you so much!

We worked hard on our Mother’s Day cards and made muffins just for our moms. We absolutely loved spending a morning with you, eating muffins, decorating beautiful bags, and enjoying time together in the classroom.

This week, we had so much fun playing with and feeding our baby dolls, pretending to be junior mommies in class.

We explored flowers frozen in ice using different colors and techniques.

We painted beautiful Almond Blossom trees in the style of Van Gogh and used straws dipped in paint to create flower art.

In math, we counted flowers and beads, and in our sensory bins, we dove into all things spring, including some squishy oobleck (just cornstarch and water, but oh so fun!).

We finished our alphabet this week with the letter Zz! We played with animals and created little zoos with small parts play. We also reviewed all our Hebrew letters by digging through dirt to find them.

We’re getting ready for Shavuot and Lag B’Omer by learning all about Rabbi Akiva and the special present Hashem gave us on a mountain—the Torah! We’ve been counting Sefirat HaOmer daily and are also counting down the days until the end of the school year. There are only 21 school days left until our last day on June 13!

We enjoyed music with Benny and got to meet a mother hen in honor of Mother's Day with Animaly!

We wrapped up our week with challah making and celebrated our school-wide Shabbat party together with our moms.

Wishing you all a Shabbat Shalom and a Happy Mother’s Day!

We had so much fun baking delicious muffins for our special ‘Mom’s Muffins’ celebration on Friday! Now you can recreate the magic at home with these easy and tasty recipes:

Cinnamon Crumb Muffins 

Base:

• 4 cups flour

• 3 cup sugar

• 2 tbsp baking powder

• 1 tsp cinnamon

• 1 tsp salt

• 2 cup milk

• 1 cup vegetable oil

• 4 eggs

• 2 tsp vanilla

Crumb Topping:

• 1 cup flour

• 2/3 cup brown sugar

• 1/2 cup oil

• 2 tsp cinnamon

  
  

Blueberry Muffins with Streusel

Base:

• 2 cups flour

• 2/3 cup sugar

• 2 tsp baking powder

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1 cup milk

• 1/2 cup oil

• 2 eggs

• 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

Crumb Topping:

• 1/3 cup flour

• 1/3 cup sugar

• 1/4 cup oil

Chocolate Chip Muffins with Crunchy Top

Base:

• 4 cups flour

• 1 1/3 cup sugar

• 4 tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp salt

• 2 cups milk

• 1 cup oil

• 4eggs

• 2 tsp vanilla

• 1 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips

Crumb Topping:

• 1 cup flour

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 1/2 cup brown sugar

• 1/2 cup oil

Banana Muffins with Cinnamon Crumble

Base:

• 1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas

• 2 eggs

• 1/2 cup oil

• 1/2 cup brown sugar

• 2 cups flour

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Crumb Topping:

• 1/3 cup flour

• 1/3 cup brown sugar

• 1/4 cup oil

• Pinch of cinnamon

Strawberry Muffins with Sweet Topping

Base:

• 2 cups flour

• 2/3 cup sugar

• 2 tsp baking powder

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 1 cup chopped strawberries

• 1/2 cup oil

• 1 cup milk

• 2 eggs

• 1 tsp vanilla

Crumb Topping:

• 1/3 cup flour

• 1/4 cup sugar

• 1/4 cup oil