Dear Parents,

Today we introduced the patach vowel. We took a turn reading by catching the Alef Bet ball. When we were done, we threw the ball to the next friend in line. Throughout the morning I heard the children reading to themselves while taking part in the various Hebrew workstations in the classroom. I am so proud of our class!

 

 Each child read a line to Morah Shaina and to the group. 

 

 Kamatz/Patach zip line letters.

 Dear Parents,

We are working on following simple directions and being first-time listeners in Kindergarten. This will help our Kochavim accomplish more throughout the day. At home you can reinforce this by giving 2 and 3 step directions...make it a game! "Can you touch your nose and then do five jumping jacks?" or "walk to the kitchen, turn around, and sit at the table".

Decorating challah bags!

 Alef Bet wheels!

Math fun!

Dear Parents,

As the students develop their reading skills in the classroom, they enjoy the library center more and more. One of the additions in our library is the use of phonics phones. The phone helps the student "hear" their own voice. The intentional focus on hearing sounds helps the students acquire phonemic awareness, a critical element to develop proficient reading. These are easy to make at home, and very affordable! You can find the directions here.

 Students took turns saying sounds while the group highlighted the correct letter/s.

 Spoon sounds!

 

 Hebrew rhyming puzzle

Tracing words we found in the Kamatz sensory bottle

Today was another great day in Kindergarten filled with fun Hebrew reading activities!

We received a secret message. We painted over the paper with water color and like magic, words appeared on the page!

 As part of an all about me theme, we learned a Hebrew body parts song and now we have the lyrics to sing it at home. This project will come home on Friday. Please keep all the Hebrew projects that are sent home on Friday- I will let you know if I need something returned.

Dear Parents,

Today our friendly Israeli puppet named Bentzi joined us and taught us new words: Ata and At (you for male and female) and yeled/ yalda (boy/girl). We categorized all the girls and boys in our class under columns highlighting these new words. We introduced ourselves and pointed to a friend and said Ata/At____. 

At home you can try "Ani ____ (Imma/Abba) Ata/At______". Ask your children to say that sentence back to you from their point of view.

While Morah Shaina worked with small reading groups, the children used playdough to spell sounds or words they can read.

Dear Parents,

Today we practiced Kamatz sounds using a zip line activity. The children said the sounds the letters made as they went down the zip line. Everyone got a turn and enjoyed reading as the letter and vowel zoomed down the line.

 Kamatz Clock

Morah Shaina read the sounds while the children highlighted the correct letter. Afterwards we decorated and practiced reading all the sounds.

These Alef Bet spoons are now part of our housekeeping work station. There are clear spoons with vowels, and white spoons with letters. We can make endless combinations and spell words we know!

Dear Parents,

It's Friday and the Kindergarten Kochavim enjoyed baking Challah again. Stretching and shaping the dough helps the children strengthen the small muscles in their fingers—the same muscles they use to hold a pencil and write. 

 New Alef Bet magnet books.

 

 More kamatz packet pages... and one-on-one reading practice with Morah Shaina

Puzzle Fun!