We had quite a busy week in Room 8 as we begin to wrap up the year. The beginning of the week was spent learning about and celebrating Lag B’Omer. This is a joyous and celebratory holiday as we are remembering the end of the plague in Israel and an important Rabbi, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. To celebrate in Israel, we enjoy picnics, bonfires, singing and dancing. In honor of this holiday, we enjoyed a celebration with the entire Pre-K on the Room 7, 8, 9 Patio. Rabbi Josh helped explain the story behind Lag B’Omer, and Cantor Emma lead us in celebration songs. We shared beach towels with our friends from the other classes and enjoyed watermelon, oranges and baked potatoes! Ask your child if they sat with a new friend during snack or if they liked the baked potato! The friends in Room 8 also learned a new board game this week called Monza. This is a car race game that contains 6 wooden race cars and a board that resembles a colorful track. While most might assume that a race car game is all about speed, this board game requires using your head just as much as using the gas pedal. To play, you start by placing the car on the starting position by color and then, roll the 6 six-sided dice. The 6 sides of each dice is marked by color, rather than number. These colors match the colored spaces on the board. It is the player’s goal to use as many of the colors as possible to advance their car forward. This is done by matching the colors on the dice with the colors on the board on a 1:1 basis. However, the “rules of the road” don’t make this task as easy as it sounds. Ask your child how you advance out of the gates to begin with. Everyone had a chance to play this tricky game that kept each child on their toes. We continued to prepare for Pre-K Celebration by singing the song set every day. The kids are doing a fabulous job and working very hard to memorize the lyrics. We can see their excitement in learning these new tunes as they will breakout in song while playing Legos on the rug or drawing at the Art Center during free play. While we do not want this year to end, we cannot WAIT for all of you to see their performance. We hope you all have a great long weekend, and we will see you all next week for the final countdown of Pre-K! Shabbat Shalom! Mari & Aaliyah Reminders:
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