A fond farewell...for now!

Dear Families,

Over the past two and half months we have explored, discovered and grown together and we can't wait to continue to do so in the new year! This was Havurah's last class before winter break, and we will resume the weekend of January 11th.

Today we discussed stories, creations and heroes! With another visit from Joyce (storytelling extrodinaire!), we got another version of the creation story that we discussed earlier in the year. We then created our own story beginning with the creation of our own main character... Mr. Eyeball Pants! Mr. Eyeball Pants is a sea, land and air creature, with 10 human legs, 6 wings, a birds beak and 6 silly eyes. Be sure to ask your child about him!

Since we are building towards creating our own story, the children were given some "thinking homework" for over the break, which is to think about their own animal creation! We will be creating these next time we are in Havurah.

We also were introduced to a new Hebrew letter today, he! Thus adding a fifth letter to our aleph bet books. Speaking of things that start with a "heeee" we got to talking about the word hero. Kids thought about and discussed heroes they were familiar with, from batman to "my mom, my dad, my sister." We then illustrated heroes of choice in their aleph bet books.

Due to technical difficulties, photos are not available this week. In the meantime, enjoy this image of The Creation Of Man 6 by Marc Chagall. Another interpretation of a story we have been talking about a lot.

If you wish, talk with your child about this image. What do they see? Ask them for descriptive words. What sorts of feelings does the painting have? Happy, sad, exciting... why? How is this different from what they imagined the story to be in their heads? We've discussed a lot about the creation story, is this similar or different to what they saw in their minds?

Have a happy and healthy new year! If you have any questions over the break, please feel free to reach out to us at any time. See you in 2014!