Parshat Tzav Shomrai Nursery Candlelighting: 7:07 PM Havdalah: 8:07 PM March 25, 2016 15 Adar II 5776 Weekly Glimpse Shushan Purim Parade & Celebration Daily thoughts, expressions, interests, communications, explorations, collaborations, adventures, research and discoveries, as experienced by students at Shomrai Nursery 2016 YISE SHOMRAI NURSERY
How Do You Check an Egg? When we learned about Parshat Tzav this week we discussed the prohibition of eating blood. The children had the opportunity on Tuesday to demonstrate their knowledge of this prohibition. When we baked our Hamentashen, the children cracked the eggs and automatically knew to check the eggs before they poured them into the bowl. When we reflected on the baking activity with the children on Wednesday, we made the connection to our Parsha learning. We checked eggs, Rena recalled. You needed to check the eggs for blood, Moshe F. explained. You are not allowed to eat blood, Nummy reminded us. You don t have to eat blood, Eli eagerly shared. If you see blood in the egg you should throw it out, Rachelli continued. If you take an egg and see a blood spot and cook it you shouldn t eat it, Leah suggested. If there s blood and you cook the egg, you could get sick, Ahuva volunteered. If you forget to check an egg and you eat it with blood, by accident, it s not good for you, Nummy explained. If you check an egg and there s no blood you can eat it, Rachelli concluded. Once I saw a blood spot in an egg and my mommy threw it away, Nummy continued. Once my mommy saw a blood spot, Ahuva shared. Eliav raised his hand, eager to share. If you have a whole tray of eggs and they all have blood in them you must throw them away, Eliav said. You could get them back in the tray and then throw them out together, Nummy suggested to Eliav. That would make a big mess, said a concerned Rachelli, in response to Eliav. Shabbat Shalom, Morot Lisa and Devorah Sarah Calendar Reminders - Next Week! Beginning next Friday, and continuing through the remainder of the year, Friday dismissal is at 3PM and late stay is until 5PM. Parsha Questions from Kitat Tamar Ahuva: Why did they need to check if there is blood? Nummy: Why can t you eat blood? Moshe F: What if you eat blood by accident it s not good for you? Eliav: Why, if you see blood in an egg, you have to throw it out? Rachelli: How does the blood get into the egg? Tehilla: Why is blood not Kosher? Thank you to our Shabbat Party Sponsors! Zacky Kugler and Family Moshe Friedman and Family Shlomo Jacobs and Family Yosef Jacbos and Family A Capital Challah
Purim Puppets and Literacy in Kitat Rimon As Purim approaches, our preparations come to a close in Kitat Rimon. Yesterday, our children had the opportunity to make another batch of Purim character puppets out of paper bags, fabric, and a wide variety of materials. Today, we played a Purim matching game to review the mitzvot of Purim and the details of the story. On Friday we continued the Purim fun on Shushan Purim, when the Pre-K put on the Purim play we performed for the senior luncheon for the rest of Shomrai Nursery! In addition to continuing with our Purim learning, we also introduced the letter N. The children had the opportunity to build the letter out of noodles and out of play-dough. Some of the N words on our list were: Rafi: "Nummy!" Bracha: Nechama Leeba Meir: Nevada, New Hampshire, and Neptune Moshe M.: Nickel Moshe K.: Nut Aidel: Nest Zacky: Nice Rusie: "Nothing!" Also, since N begins the word number," we have been doing some activities to review our numbers. We built the numbers out of wikistix and counted using our number mats. We also read the counting book Click Clack, Splish Splash, which Moshe K. brought in to share with us. We hope you had a wonderful Purim, and we're ready to dive headfirst into Pesach learning next week! Shabbat Shalom!
Hamantashen in Kitat Gefen AM This week, Kitat Gefen was busy preparing for Purim. On Tuesday, the children made hamantashen. They took turns adding the ingredients to the bowl and mixing them together. After the dough was formed, each child received a ball of dough to use to form their hamantashen. They used cups to create circles, filled them with different flavors and pinched the edges to form the shapes. After the hamantashen were baked, the children got to try one. They also brought home a few for Purim along with their masks, graggers and hats. "It is so pretty. I got triangle hamantashen at my house for Purim," said Michal. Zevy said, "They will be circle triangles," referring to the class using cups to cut out circles before pinching the edges to create triangles. "Pinch," said Michael. "I mix," said Yosef. "Cookie!" Josh exclaimed when he saw the baked hamantashen. Talya said that she had used "Gold beads," on her hat. Shabbat shalom Morot Daniella and Chaya Sara The PTA is recruiting volunteers and prizes for our Lag B Omer Raffle and Carnival! We need a few folks to help collect prizes. Or, if you have a prize you'd like to donate (service, item, gift card) that would be great too! Consider donating something in honor of your child's teachers. We also need a volunteer to organize our annual Lag B Omer Carnival. Please be in touch if you are interested in 1. helping to collect prizes, 2. donating a prize 3. organizing our carnival. Send an email to Emily at todd.emily.friedman@gmail.com
Kitat Gefen Makes Hamataschen Kitat Gefen baked hamantaschen. Flour, eggs, margarine, sugar, baking powder, orange juice, a bowl and measuring cups were on the table as the children entered class. Tzionah noticed all the ingredients. "My mommy has those at home. She is a baker. She bakes challah," she announced. Esti noticed one of the bags "That is yellow," she said. Shalom looked inside the bag. "That is flour," he said. Yehuda opened the egg carton. He traced his finger over one of the eggs. Leba picked up a green measuring cup. "This is a digger," she exclaimed. The children scooped and measured, and poured the flour, sugar, and baking powder into a bowl. They broke the eggs and checked for red spots. Eliyahu unwrapped one of the sticks of margarine. "My mommy made cookies with them for Purim, he said. Miriam Bracha used a spoon to put the orange juice into the bowl. Avigail picked up the cup and poured the rest of the juice into the bowl. The children mixed and mixed until the ingredients came together into a large ball of dough. We put it into the refrigerator overnight. On Tuesday, the children formed small balls from the dough. They pressed down on the balls to form a flat circle and put two different types of fillings on them. With the morah's help they closed them. "They are triangles," said Esti. Aznei Haman," added Avigail. We finished the gragers and clown hats. Shabbat Shalom! Morah Anna and Morah Leah
Kitat Simcha: Live from Shushan Reporting from the capital of HoduVe'adKush, our journalists are interviewing the residents of Shushan as this story unfolds. Names have been altered to protect our contributors. In the town of Shushan there was a King (Elisheva). He made a party (Dina). He wanted Queen Vashti to come (Lilly). But she said "NO!" (Gavi). So the next day King Achashverosh invited all the women (Gavi) to a beauty pageant to pick a new... queen (Mimi). Haman was very upset at Mordechai (Elisheva) because he wouldn't bow (Akiva). Haman did not like the Jewish people (Mimi). Haman asked King Achashverosh to destroy... the Jews (Tzvi). Mordechai ran to ask Queen Esther (Elisheva) for help. Queen Esther made a party and invited two people... Haman ( Shayna) and King Achashverosh (Shmuel Reuven). Queen Esther made two parties. King Achashverosh asked her: Why did you invite us to this party? (Shayna). Because, Haman wanted to hurt the Jews (Temima) And they are my family. So King Achashverosh got rid of Haman (Ami) and his sons. The Jewish people were saved ( Temima). Hashem made sure that Queen Esther was living in the castle (Ami) to help save the Jews when they needed help. Good Shabbos! Morah Yocheved, Jessica and Chaya Sara
Kitat Shalom Makes Hamantaschen We were so impressed with the students enthusiasm when we set up a baking invitation for them on Wednesday. We brought in a Hamatashen recipe and ingredients. First we read the recipe to the students. Then we counted how much of each ingredient needed. We washed our hands and got right to work. Everyone had a chance to add ingredients, mix, and form their own Hamatashen. Before we began cracking eggs we learned the halacha of checking eggs for blood. Students were curious to see if anything was in the egg but no one found any specks this time. When the completed Hamatashens were placed into the pan, Morah Lisette kindly baked them in the oven. Thank you Morah Lisette for your much needed help! The students enjoyed the fruits of their labor during lunch and even had some Hamatashen to take home for Purim. With best wishes for Good Shabbos! Morahs Devorah Malka, Hanna and Sigla Mishloach Manot Delivery to the Ring House on Purim Thank you to Morah Devorah Malka and family for delivering the 3s mishlach manot that were made at their Purim Event to the Ring House residents on Purim day. We cannot express enough how happy and grateful the residents were to receive our students gifts. We encourage all of you to go visit the seniors in your area. The reward will be mutual.
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