Preparing for Passover

A Passover Pictorial Potpourri (Plus a Poem)

So much learning is happening here,

We barely have words to describe it all,

So instead we're sending all these pics, parents and friends so dear,

Please enjoy them, y'all!

Tray activities to reinforce Sefer Shmot, Exodus . . .

Circle Time with hands-on materials--how do we celebrate Shabbat, how do we celebrate Pesach?

                            Each morning, we choose the station we would like to visit . . .

      Some of us try the Matzah rubbing--we notice all the "hills" and "valleys" of our matzah...

                    We paint on real glass--beautiful Elijah cups!  We concentrate on our design.

     

As a class, we make a pillow and a glass bowl.  We donate the pillow to our class library and "couch" area.  We will make plans to "gift" the bowl, too.  We used both in our Mah Nishtana books.

                  More tray activities . . .we experience cleaning for Pesach and setting the table.

         We make bricks, too.  It's not easy!  We collect soil, cut pine straw, and we follow a "recipe."

In Egypt, B'nai Yisrael worked hard building, building, building for King Pharaoh.  We dig, work hard,and make bricks, too.  

We bake our own Matzah, too.  We roll out our dough very flat, and then prick it so it doesn't puff up.

We paint our boxes with real flowers and pastel colors.  No brushes necessary! What will go inside these boxes?  Our Mah Nishtana books, our Elijah cups, Baby Moshe in a basket and more . . .

Yes, it is spring!.  Passover is also called the springtime holiday, Chag HaAviv.  We create our observational drawings by looking carefully at our spring flowers.  Then, we're ready to sketch.  It's fun to work together and enjoy each other's company!
(We received these flowers as a gift from Trader Joe's!  So exciting.  We will write a thank you note, because Kitah Gimmelniks are a grateful group!)

Happy Passover!
The Kitah Gimmel Morahs