Author Archives: edith.horovitz

What a wonderful seder! We are so proud of our kindergarten students – they are attentive, enthusiastic and ready for Passover!

We have been so busy learning! We are through כ in the aleph-bet. Today we did a review on the Smart Board that was so much fun! We know the 10 commandments in English and soon will know them all … Continue reading →

We have now added “daled” ’ד’ and this week “hay” “ה” Words we have learned: דב –”dov” – bear דג –”dag” – fish דוד–David דניאל– Daniel הר–”har” – mountain הודו–”hoe-doo” – turkey השם– Hashem הבדלה–Havdalah הגדה– Haggadah

  We have jumped right into learning our Aleph -Bet. Every week we learn a new letter and build a vocabulary of words that begin with that letter. You will see worksheets come home reflecting each new letter. In class, … Continue reading →

Rosh Hashana is a sweet memory and Yom Kippur is on the way but we can’t wait for SUKKOT! The students in Gan will be going on a special Sukkah hop this year. On Monday, October 17th, we will be … Continue reading →

Wishing you all a Shana Tova U’metooka – A Happy and a sweet new year! The students are ready to eat apples and honey using the new honey dishes they decorated. Protect your table AND learn the blessings as you … Continue reading →

This week in Jewish studies we continued our study of the brachot (blessings) over food. We created a placemat with the various brachot. A few students still have to put some finishing touches on and then we will send it … Continue reading →

It was another great week for Gan in Jewish Studies. This week we focused on brachot (blessings) before eating. We learned how to decide which bracha (blessing)to recite based on whether the food grew on a tree, grew in the … Continue reading →

What a great first week in Gan! This week we concentrated on tefillot (prayers) and our Hebrew names. We begin each class by singing Modeh Ani, Ma Tovu, the Shema and Adon Olam. As the year goes on we will … Continue reading →