Celebrating Passover !

"Make a matzah, pat pat pat" was the refrain at our own matzah factory.

Everyone was involved with rolling, patting and pricking the matzah with a fork.

Susan gave the children bowls of paint, markers and different kinds of paper so they could make their interpretation of the parting of the Red Sea.

Charlotte  is using both fine and gross motor skills as she paints.

Noor explains that she is adding paper to her painting because this is where the sea closes.

When the children finished their  own paintings, they walked around and to see their friends' work.  "What do you like about each painting?"  Being able to verbalize observations beyond simple "I like the color" was our goal.  It was also very interesting to see how the same materials produced such different pictures.

Wasn't the charoset at our Seder  delicious?  Thank you Cheryl for helping us chop all those apples!  

Playing a memory type game with many different pairs is a good "brain" workout.  It encourages children to pay close attention.  We also worked on some game playing strategies.  Amelia made our first match  of the Passover pictures.

Emma didn't make a match.  Good sportsmanship is part of the learning experience, too.  We were  happy to hear friends offer encouraging words to those who didn't match 2 pictures.

Good going Saul!

Suri is looking closely at the picture to see if she remembers where the matching one might be.  You can see the girls behind her, looking as well.

The slaves we made in art class are now getting ready for their journey out of Egypt!

It was so nice to have such a large turnout of parents and grandparents at our cluster Seder.   Thanks for everyone's help in setting up, cleaning up, and singing!
We want to wish all our families a Happy Passover!