Following Kitah Bet’s interest in nature we made fairy houses.

Morah Jessica offered the Pre-Kitah Alef children squares of sandpaper as their canvas this week.

This week, Pre-Kitah Alef was offered colored ice as paint.

During Enrichment, the children were presented with a trunk of assorted recycled materials. 

Kitah Daled was introduced to Polymer Clay during the lead-up to Purim. The children sculpted Hamantaschen with various color fillings.

Kitah Alef made matzah covers. Each child was given a white, cloth napkin. They traced a stencil of the Hebrew word Matzah using acrylic paint markers.

The Kitah Daled children made Afikomen bags for Pesach. Each child chose a sheet of felt in a color that they liked. 

For Pesach, Pre-Kitah Alef created matzah trays. The children were each given a large, square, wooden tray.

For Pesach, the children made mini jeweled wine glasses. These fancy glasses are meant to represent Elijah’s cup.

Kitah Bet created their own matzah trays for Pesach. Each child was given their own large, square, wooden tray.

Kitah Gimmel made Seder plates for Pesach. Each child was given a clear glass dinner plate to decorate with acrylic markers.

For Pesach, Kitah Daled students made pillow. They will use these during the Seder to lean back on.

The children of Kitah Alef made shakers for Purim. Morah Jessica offered the children assorted empty plastic containers with lids.

Kitah Alef made tambourine-style groggers for Purim!

The Kitah Bet children made puppets of the characters from the Purim story.

Kitah Gimmel repurposed CDs into groggers.

The Kitah Daled children repurposed empty tape rings and ribbons spools into groggers.

Some common threads for the Pre-Kitah Alef children this year have been: painting, transparency, and light. The Fun Run Auction project combines these three themes.

The children of Kitah Alef have been very sensory focused. We decided clay was the perfect medium for them to use to create an auction piece.

Much of Kitah Bet’s work in the Atelier this year has been centered around collage and gluing. Following their mosaic menorahs, we decided to create a mosaic table for our Auction piece.