Yadayim Raglayim!

As we near the end of Havurah we are taking time to revisit the journey we have taken this year. Today was a day of movement, play and also deep thinking!

We began by revisiting the question "What does it mean to me to be Jewish?"a question we asked when we first started our Havurah journey this year. We reviewed the list we generated--see blog post from Sunday, October 13, 2013:

“Celebrating different holidays.” – Rachel

“My mom, my dad and my magic blanket.” –Qunicy

“People talking together.”  -Simone

“Having friends and having the whole school come together and say Jewish things.”-Bryce

“Go to temple, sing songs and talk.” – Jesse

“Being with my family at my house and having Challah.” – Sarah

“Playing drums at Temple.” –Ethan

“Playing guitar at Temple.” – Nate

Today we added a few over our snack and blessing time in a group meeting, and will continue to think about it next week. Some new ideas were, Learning Hebrew and the Aleph-bet and Working with friends.

We then had a very energetic Yoga, where we focused on our Yadayim (Hands) and Raglayim (Feet). We began by exploring our hands and feet through art and coloring and continued with a fun yoga game where we cleaned up the common space with our feet!

We then returned to the classroom where we created a thank you note for the second graders who worked so hard with us over the last 3 weeks! We collaboratively wrote a thoughtful letter and then each added our own flare!

We finished off the day with some dramatic play, reviewing the stories we have learned this year, including the story of Passover and Purim. Enjoy the film clips below of the the play! We will be premiering all of the videos we have taken this year next week. Take some time to review the blog with your child and have them tell you the story of Havurah!

Classroom 4's rendition of Passover, including Baby Moses sailing down the nile!

A REMINDER THAT NEXT WEEK WILL BE THE LAST HAVURAH IN THE JCC. THE FOLLOWING WEEK WILL BE THE PICNIC! 

The story of Purim playtime! More videos to come later this week!