Rosh Hashana

Many have a custom to eat pomegranates on Rosh Hashana because it has many seeds and this represents the many mitzvos      ( good deeds) that we do.

We brought in a pomegranate for circle time and we got to feel the seeds. Morah had a bowl with pomegranate seeds and some of us were even brave enough to taste them:)

At circle time we brought in a small table and set it up with some of the different things we use on Rosh Hashana. Morah put on a white tablecloth, honey into one of our honey dishes, we put candles for the holiday, round challahs, apples, honey and pomegranates.

Morah Tammy's husband ( nursery class) came to our classroom and did a shofar demonstration. He brought in all different kinds of shofars, long, short, bumpy , smooth, and we got to touch and feel all of them! He showed us that shofars come from the horns of an animal usually a ram. He blew them for us and we were able to compare the different sounds.

 We decorated shofars with dot paints which we took home for Rosh Hashana.

Rosh Hashana

We have had so much fun in school the past week discussing Rosh Hashana, The Jewish New Year. Morah brought a red apple and honey to circle time and we sang the song: ( to the tune: oh my darling...)
Dip the apple in the honey
Make a Bracha (blessing) loud and clear
Rosh Hashana time is here
Have a happy sweet new year!
Morah gave each of us one turn to dip our apple into the SWEET honey. YUM!! we loved it:)

Experiment : At circle time we spoke about the difference between sweet and sour foods. Morah Squeezed some lemon juice into a bunch of different bowls and those of us that were brave enough tasted some SOUR lemon juice. 

Shulie was our first brave friend to take a bowl of lemon juice and taste it

Shulie loved the lemon juice but said it was sour

Gaby was brave enough to get her own bowl of lemon juice too...:)

Livia tried the lemon juice and made a funny face

Benny just looked at the lemons and then smelled them

OUR CONCLUSION : Honey is sweet. Lemons are sour. Therefore we eat apples dipped in HONEY on Rosh Hashana. We want a SWEET new year full of health and happiness:)

 Morah brought a shofar in a bag and we had to try to guess what it was:) It was smooth, curvy, not straight and pretty small.  Then we took it out and all had a turn to hold the Shofar. We sang the song   ( to the tune of: The wheels on the bus...)
The Shofar in the shule ( Synagoge) goes Tu Tu Tu, Tu Tu Tu , Tu Tu Tu
The Shofar in the Shule goes Tu tu tu, on Rosh Hashana

We also decorated Happy Rosh Hashana /New Year cards with crayons and stickers.

We painted apples RED

We had so much fun at our first music class last Friday! We sang songs with scarves, musical instruments and even had turns to play on the keyboard:)