Aleph Academy

Today was  a really calm and mannered day. We remembered to use our polite voices, and ask kindly if we wanted to use a friend’s toy or pencil.  Aleph Bet time, we rolled clay and embossed our Hebrew initial. Then, we decorated our plaque with beads. They really turned out beautiful! I am so impressed at the extent of our fine motor skills.

After snack, the children went up to the loft and started “coloring cars,” as Ruby put it. At each passing car, they called out its color. When a big burst of cars came, Ruby exclaimed, “This is hard!” Still, it was so enjoyable, that Yonatan and Marley ran to join Natasha, Ruby, and Dovid. One car turned into the driveway, and all heads followed it, quickly naming its color.

We have so many beautiful projects that we are just about to complete. Keep your eyes open for incredible accomplishments that we will God willing share at the end-of-the-year party!

Have a good Shabbat,

Rochel

Dovid points to letter Gimmel

We are seizing the last moments of school and surging forward in our learning. Aleph Bet discovery continues in full swing. We made body shields out of the letters. Then we sang the Aleph Bet song, Indian chief style, with the students choreographing the motions.

Wilson ties string to his letter Shin

Yonatan proudly sports letter Zayin

Today, the Aleph Bet were projected onto the wall and we traced the letters. We then made the shape stretching  our bodies on the floor.

Together Ruby, Marley, and Joshua make an Aleph

The outdoors continues to fascinate us. We never tire of the beautiful weather and our imaginative play-scape!

Wilson enjoys sitting among the mint leaves

"I was going to pick mint for my mom, and suddenly I saw a beatle-bug" - Wilson

Quinten is "pushing the dirt"

Today was another example of our wonderful families collaborating to make our class and school group picture happen, thank you  Tracy (Matilda’s mom) for kindly gathering us together for a very memorable photo.  It was wonderful having the support of Alexa (Quinten’s mom), Sarah (Wilson’s mom) and Barbra (Wyatt’s Oma) who danced and jumped behind Tracy while she captured our smiles.  It was team work in full force, I wish  I had picture of them being so wonderful.  Thank you.

The  morning was spent outside where we painted, had our snack and did the usual water exploration, gardening, and making sand cookies.  The afternoon we were delighted to have performers and an audience for a puppet show created with their puppets the children made in class with Rochel. 

Today our two new chicks received a new home.  Both the elementary and preschool children helped get it ready for the chicks, they took turns putting fresh paper and wood chips inside the cage along with fresh water and food.  The chicks and children were very happy with the new home and are very grateful to Ethan and his dad for building such a gorgeous home for our growing chickens.  Thank you.

The dark clouds didn’t keep the children from enjoying playing outside.  I observed the children sharing and working together while playing outside.  Matilida, Zoe, Marley and Natsha shared the tire swing, while Dovid, Yonatan and Sheva worked together to make a birthday sand cake. Ethan and Joshua collected sticks and rocks behind the pine tree while protecting their space from pretend enemies. 

Roberta

3.0 children create a variety of connections between and among activities, domains, ideas, experiences and or/people.