Observing the Kitah Bet children, the Morahs noticed their enthusiasm for painting and droppers, their interest in vehicles, and activities involving physical movement. We wanted to feature these interests in their Menorahs.

The Kitah Gimmel children are extremely interested in plants, animals, sticks, and all things Nature. We wanted to feature this interest when making their menorahs.

The Kitah Daled children are interested in building and constructing. They also enjoy problem solving and using recycled materials.

This week during art, the Kitah Bet children entered a dark room. On the table was a basket of fall leaves, flowers, and ferns.

The Kitah Gimmel children have been interested in both building and imaginary play this year. In the Atelier the children were offered squares of cardboard, recycled loose parts, googly eyes, Tacky Glue, and images of insects for reference.

During Art class this past week, the Kitah Alef children were presented with a printing experience.

For their Thanksgiving cards, the children of Kitah Bet 2 made mini collages. In the Atelier, the children were offered fall foliage collected from around the neighborhood.

For their Thanksgiving cards, the children of Kitah Bet-1 created mini-collages with Fall foliage collected from the neighborhood.

Kitah Alef created a collage out of Fall foliage for their Thanksgiving invitation. The leaves and flowers were sourced from the surrounding neighborhood.

The children depicted trees using Fall foliage sourced from the playground and surrounding neighborhood.

For Kitah Daled’s Thanksgiving card, we wanted to make something with Fall foliage.

The Kitah Bet-1 class decorated challah covers for their Friday Night Dinner, take home project.

Kitah Daled children are very interested in sculpting and building. For the Friday Night Dinner, the children were presented with Crayola Air Dry Clay to sculpt their own bud vases.

Each class made an item to take home for the Friday Night Dinner. Kitah Bet 2 decorated individual Kiddish Cups.

The Kitah Gimmel children made tealight holders for the Friday Night Dinner. In the Atelier, they were presented with tiles in a variety of sizes and colors.

The children in Kitah Daled have been preoccupied with building and engineering. They often enjoy making trash into treasures.

For Sukkot, the Kitah Gimmel children were offered a variety of natural materials to turn into their own unique Sukkah decorations.

Morah Judy, one of our frequent substitute teachers, donated a bunch of giant pinecones. Morah Adi had the idea to turn these into Sukkah decorations. 

For Sukkot, the Kitah Bet children were offered loose wooden parts, ribbons, buttons, wires, and markers to create a Sukkah decoration.

The Kitah Alef children painted napkin rings for the Friday Night Dinner. Each child was able to choose between two different varieties of napkin rings.