When the children came to school on Monday morning, there were a variety of Passover symbols, set-ups and art invitations, which related to the the story of Passover. On the rug, they hammered nails into a board to give them an idea of how hard the Jewish people had to work in the Land of Egypt. At the art table, we began to recreate the desert and the pyramids by using brown paint, sand and glue. Using the flannel board, books and songs, we began retelling the story of the Jews that lived in Egypt a very, very, very long time ago, focusing upon the value of kindness or chesed. In a nutshell…here is Room 25’s Version of the Passover Story: A very, very long time ago in a place called Egypt there was a king and his name was Pharaoh. King Pharaoh was not a very nice king and he was mean to the Jewish people. He made them work very hard every day and night. They had to build big building and pyramids. The Jewish people were very, very tired from all the hard work and they wanted to leave Egypt, but King Pharaoh said, “ NO!" A nice man, named Moses wanted to help the Jewish people, so he went to King Pharaoh and said, "Let the Jewish people go, they are so sad and so tired. Pharaoh said, "NO, NO, NO!" Moses said, "If you do not let them go, there will be frogs everywhere, on your head and in your bed." And that’s just what happened. When Pharaoh saw all the frogs, he became frightened and told Moses, "Take all your Jews and go." The Jews wanted to leave as fast as they could so they did not have time to wait for the bread to come out of the oven. So instead, they took matzah to eat. The Jewish people were so happy and that is why we celebrate Passover every year with a Seder. During the Seder, we tell the story of how the Jews left Egypt a very, very long time ago. In honor of Passover, we made matzah pizza and matzah covers this week. From now, until Spring Break, will be singing the Frog Song, Dayenu, hiding frogs all around the classroom, reading books and eating matzah for snack Our classroom seder is on Wednesday, April 13th at 11:15. You are all invited to join us- we hope you can come! It’s a great way to begin celebrating Passover as a community with our children, family, and friends. Just a few friendly reminders: -Daditude this Sunday, April 10 at 9:15 am. -Our classroom Seder is on Wednesday, April 13th, at 11:15 am in our room. -Mothers and Grandmothers week is May 2-6, which is the week we return from Spring Break. More information to follow. Thank you to Liel, Jacob and family for joining us for Shabbat. It was so special being together. Wishing you a peaceful Shabbat! Love, Marcela and Judy
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