Baby Moshe in the River Nile ~ Kitah Alef

 This morning we had babies in baskets. Morah Myriam: "Let's put baby Moshe in the basket." Zoey: "No he's sick!" Morah Myriam: "Oh no! What should we do?" Zoey covers the baby with a blanket and carries him around. Zoey: "You happy now? Wanna go bye?"

 We created a River Nile with a blue drop cloth and tissue paper. The children had an assortment of baskets to play with and several baby dolls.

 Avraham Chaim covers the baby doll in the basket with a soft blanket. Pointing to the baby in the basket he says:"Baby Moses!"

 Sylvia and Zoey carry the babies around in smaller baskets covering them and caring for them.

 Avraham Chaim picks up one of the baskets and carries it over to our "River Nile."

 The children are busy arranging the baskets and moving the babies around.

 Finally Avraham Chaim decides to get in the basket himself. Morah: "Look its baby Moshe!"
Rafi takes a blanket and covers him.

 Then Eli has a turn getting into the round basket. Avraham Chaim takes a blanket and covers him up.

 Morah: "Are you taking care of baby Moshe?" Avraham Chaim:"Yes!" Avraham Chaim continues covering and uncovering Eli as he tries to get comfortable in the little basket.

 We find a bigger basket for Eli and put pillows inside. Morah Myriam: "Look its Baby Moshe! Let's take care of Baby Moshe...Let's cover him so he won't be cold!"

Matzah Painting, Spring Nature Walk, and Pesach Jam Session - Kitah Alef

 Kitah Alef ventured out into the lovely spring air this week. We painted with brown paint and rollers to make "Matzot". Everyone enjoyed painting outside.

 Caleb and Annabelle made an extra painting outside. Annabelle: "I want pink!" Caleb: "I want red!"

 With the weather so nice we decided to go on a nature walk to see what we could find in the garden.

 The children found smooth pebbles. Sammy: "I put them in my pocket."

 We also found a rosemary bush. Morah Myriam: "Can you smell the rosemary?" Caleb: "I smell it!"

 Morah Myriam: "Should we take some back to the classroom?" Sammy: "Yes!"

There were yellow flowers. Caleb: "Yellow!"

 We brought some rosemary back to the classroom and everyone had a turn smelling it.

 Tehila, Evan, and Ezra watched us from inside the classroom. The children made faces at eachother through the window.

 On Wednesday we had a special treat. Evan's Daddy, Paul, came in to play his electric guitar for us! He even brought in his amplifier. The children danced and we sang "Where is Baby Moses", "Old McDonald", and "Let My People Go!"

The children each had a turn strumming the guitar. Morah Myriam (pointing to guitar) "What is this?" Ezra: "One, two, three..." Sammy: "It's red." Caleb (pointing to arm of guitar) "It's black!" Evan's Dad also sang us a song about everyone's shirts. "Tehila's shirt is green" (Tehila drums on her drum) "Sammy's t-shirt is wonder girl"  Morah Myriam: "What is your favorite song?" Caleb: "Ee Ay Oh!"