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Gan (Kindergarten) - Messages
- Mrs. Washer's Message:
- The students decided to divide the tzedakah money they brought in this year between the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled and the Ark. It has been such a pleasure spending time with each and every one of your children this year. The learning that has taken place this year is beyond amazing. I wish all of you a summer full of lots of wonderful memories.
- The children have 39 Hebrew sight word cards under their belts (yay!)
Here are the transliteration (Hebrew words using English letters) of the words that are Gan students can recognition in HEBREW letters:- Olam: world
- Af: nose
- Aron HaKodesh: ark
- Eitz: tree
- Gadol: big
- zahav: gold
- ozen: ear
- kipah: kipah (head covering)
- Ema: mom
- ner: candle
- yad: hand
- Abba: dad
- Tov: good
- peh: mouth
- Tallit: prayer shawl with fringes
- Ayeen: Eye
- Yerushalayim: Jerusalem
- Yisrael: Israel
- Siddur: prayerbook
- Shalom: hi, bye or peace
- Echad: One
- Ner Tamid: Eternal light (found on the bimah in the Sanctuary)
- Bayit: house
- Vashti: one of the Purim characters
- Tzedakah: giving to those less fortunate
- gamal: camel
- lev: heart
- Mezuzah: item on doorpost that has the Sh'ma prayer inside of it
- De'gel: flag
- Yad: hand (also the name for the item used to read from the Torah scroll
- Haman: character from the Purim story
- che'sed: kindness
- ner: candle
- Tu Bish'vat: 15th day of Hebrew month of Shevat (Birthday of the Trees)
- Yom: Day
- Purim: Joyous Jewish Holiday
- Haman: The mean character in the Purim story
- Seder
- Haggadah
- Mrs. Washer's Parent Prompt:
- Ask your child what three things s/he wants to do to experience Jewish life this summer. Finally, ask your child to sing his/her favorite song or prayer. If s/he needs help starting, check out the bottom of this link: http://amyisrael.org/content/shabbat-morning-family-programming
- Mrs. Washer's Homework:
- Have a great summer!
- From Mrs. Bodansky:
- As we are concluding our musical journey, we reviewed songs we learned this year. Here are songs we sang this Sunday: Od Yavo Shalom, Am Yisrael, Oseh Shalom (by S. Carlebach), Ivdu Et Hashem, Shiru Shir, Hinei Ma Tov (by R. Recht), Kol Ha'Olam Kulo.
- You may check out Gan and Aleph YouTube playlist, if you want to listen to the songs that we learned so far: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWnb5tfdT8qI2_lNkL9vP9mRhUHptYDp_
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