Kindergarten: Caring for the Trees

This past Saturday the children learned that Tu B’shvat is a time to plant trees and eat fruits from
Israel, the Jewish country. We read the book, “The Rabbit Listened,” which is about how to comfort and heal the people in our life by taking the time to carefully, lovingly just listen. We created trees from construction and tissue paper as an art project.

פְּרִי
(pri) fruit : פֵּרוֹת (peirot) fruits : מִשְׁפָּחָה, (mishpacha) family

Questions to ask at home:

• Are trees alive?
• Do you think trees have families?
• What’s the best way to comfort a sad friend? (Raya’s Class)

(Elie’s Class)
Ruby, our Madricha, led the class this week and worked on her teaching skills as part of Yachad’s Madrichim leadership program. We talked about reduce, reuse, recycle to celebrate Tu B’Shevat! We sang a song and learned a dance to review and learn more Hebrew words for body parts.

Announcements

1. Tu B’Shevat Dinner! 2/7
We are excited for a Yachad-wide (all families K – 12) Tu B’Shevat Shabbat dinner on 2/7, 6 – 8pm. We’ll celebrate the birthday of the trees with dinner, singing, and special activities. We will also be joined by 6 Points Creative Arts Academy Camp Director, Jo-Ellen Unger for info and activities about camp.
Click here for some background info on the holiday of Tu B’Shevat. Registration now closed.

2. Register, K-2 Havdalah Pool Party, Feb 29, 3-5pm

We are excited to invite you to a K-2 Family Havdalah Pool Party! The event will include a brief havdalah ceremony, free time to swim in the CBE pool, a small craft, and pizza dinner. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with other Yachad families and we hope to see you all there!

Parents are encouraged to swim as well, and are required to be in the water with any children who cannot swim on their own. The event is $10 for adults and $8 for children. Please RSVP here by Monday February 24th (updated deadline).

3. Upcoming Closure: Yachad will be closed Feb 15-22nd for Presidents Week.