And Here We Go!

For our first day of Havurah 2013-2014, we spent the day sharing our thoughts on friendship, what the JCC means to us, dancing, creating and singing (a lot of singing). 

We began our Welcome Meeting by sharing some of our favorite things about the JCC and learned our Shalom Song which we will be singing every week to welcome our friends back. We had an exciting visit to ceramics with Catherine where we explored clay and warmed up for a year of clay creation!

We learned about the Jewish Folktale The Sun and The Jealous Moon, which we will continue to explore next week.

We reflected on what friendship means to us and learned about the jealousy that the moon felt for the sun. Next week we will get to sink our teeth a little deeper into this Jewish Folktale as we explore friendship in our own Havurah community.

After our story time we moved our feet and had a rockin' good time as Paul led us through music time! 

We wrapped up our day by exploring our first Hebrew letter of the year, Alef. Next week we will continue to talk about the letter Alef as we explore the word Aretz, Hebrew for Land. We will be exploring our own lands- classroom 4, the JCC, New York City and beyond!