Alef - Bet Yoga and Painting with Kitah Alef

 Kitah Alef spent lots of time painting a big canvas hanging on the fence this week. We used bright colors like blue, purple, pink and yellow. We painted with brushes big and small.

 Caleb: "I made a circle!" Evan: "I made a circle too!" Lily: "I made a heart!" When we came back to camp on Thursday we noticed the canvas looked different.

 The colors blended into each other because of the rain on Wednesday. The painting was even more beautiful. Morah Myriam decided it was time for Alef-Bet Yoga. Everyone had great fun trying different poses with their bodies to make the shapes of the Alef-Bet.

 Morah Myriam: "Can you touch your toes? Let's reach for the stars, stretch!"

 Morah: "Everyone make a "Chet" - very good Evan!" Evan made a great Chet with Morah Tangela.

 Making a "Kuf" was not easy. Morah: "Who can balance like this?" Kitah Alef: "We can!"

Lily did a great job balancing to make her "Kuf".

 Ezra pointing to his favorite letter - "Shin" or "Sin" Ezra: "This one!"

Kitah Bet Prepares for Shabbat!

We love Fridays! We prepare for Shabbat in so many special ways and we wanted to share them with you. 

One of the fun activities we do on Friday is make our own challah from scratch.  It's gooey and it's messy - and a whole lot of fun!

Our recipe calls for 6 cups of flour...

...one cup of sugar...

...one cup of oil, two cups of water, 4 packets of yeast and one tbsp salt.

 Then we...

...mix...

...and mix...

...and mix some more!

When the dough is ready we each get a piece to play with and shape.

We flatten it,

roll it,

and stretch it looooong. A morah puts it in the oven and when it comes out - mmm, it smells so good! We each get our very own challah to take home for Shabbat.

Another special thing we have on Fridays is our class Shabbat party. Wearing the Shabbat necklaces that we made, we light the candles, make kiddush on grape juice and sing lots of Shabbat songs.

After that we have more Shabbat fun at a Shabbat sing-a-long with the whole camp! Mora Rena leads us in Shabbat songs while playing on her guitar, and we can sing and dance along.

The Shabbat angels are peeking through our window...

We love preparing for Shabbat every Friday. Shabbat shalom!