Preschool Creations

Watch a 15 second summary of Parshat Ki Sisa. You can download these pictures of the mishkan by clicking  here ! The set includes the entire Sefer Shemot. We also have coloring pages available  here . Ki Sisa Parsha Summary and counting activity We learned about the machatzis hashekel - half shekel coin that the Jewish people had to bring so they could be counted. We discussed how  Hashem loves the Jewish people so much, He wanted to count them. Just like some of our friends count  their rocks, shells, erasers or whatever they collect because they are special to us. So the Jewish people had to bring machatzis hashekel -half a shekel coin. We each  got a coin and did our own counting of how many students and teachers there are in our class. We played a counting game. We had to count the little people figures, so we gave each one a coin and then  counted the coins. We then wrote the number on our number strip. We saw pictures of the kiyor - the wash basin that the Kohanim used to wash th

Watch a 15 second summary of Parshat Tetzaveh. You can download these pictures of the mishkan by clicking  here ! The set includes the entire Sefer Shemot. We also have coloring pages available  here . Tetzaveh Parsha Summary We learned about the bigdei kehunah - the garments that the kohen wore and the kohen gadol - the high priest.  We learned about the 4 garments of the Kohen and what they were. We also learned about the  8 bigdei Kohen gadol and what was special about them.  We learned about the mizbeach hazahav - the gold altar that the ketores was brought on. We learned about the miracles of each of the keilim in the mishkan.     Parshas Tetzaveh Activities  We made kohen gadol paper dolls. Here are 3 download options:  1)  https://www.waldereducation.org/kohein-gadol-paper-doll/prtan15-ez051/ 2)  http://www.chinuch.org/item_detail/0/Kohein-Gadol-Cut-Out-Figure 3)  http://www.chinuch.org/item_detail/0/Bigdei-Kehuna-Cut-lsquon-Paste-Flipbook-or-Magnetic-Dollrr I placed the pictu

  Watch a 20 second summary of Parshat Mishpatim. You can download these adorable puppets by clicking  here ! The set includes the entire Sefer Shemot. We also have coloring pages available  here . Mishpatim Parsha Summary and activities This week's parsha has many laws. We focused on kosher, not telling a lie and returning a lost object. We learned about Kosher. In parshas mishpatim , we learn that we’re not allowed to mix meat and milk. We spoke about kosher symbols that make food kosher and then we talked about what foods are meat, dairy or parve.  We sorted a basket of food into the proper categories. We made meat and dairy placemats. We learned how to properly set a table, so we drew the place settings on our placemat and then drew our favorite meat and dairy foods on the plates of each placemat.   W e turned over our dramatic play area into a Kosher Supermarket! We learned about nutrition. We read the book, “The Little Seed” and spoke about different parts of a plant

  Watch a 20 second summary of Parshat Yisro. You can download these adorable puppets by clicking  here ! The set includes the entire Sefer Shemot. We also have coloring pages available  here . Yisro Parsha Summary This week , we learned about the aseres hadibros - the 10 commandments in depth. We went through each commandment  with puppet shows and stories.  We discussed different ways to honor our  parents , we talked about lying and who lied in the Torah . The students really remembered. From examples of Terach lying about the idols , to Pharaoh lying about letting the Jewish people go  and Dasan and Aviram . We spoke about what jealousy is and how to be happy for our friends. We worked a lot on reviewing the numbers 1-10. We did a lot of counting activities. We learned about how Hashem chose a mountain to give the Torah  on. We spoke about being humble and not bragging. We also learned how Hashem offered the Torah to the other nations, but they didn’t want it. Only the Je

    Watch a 20 second summary of Parshat Beshalach. You can download these adorable puppets by clicking  here ! The set includes the entire Sefer Shemot. We also have coloring pages available  here . Beshalach Parsha Summary We heard about how Pharaoh  changed his mind and chased after the yidden. The pillar of cloud guided the yidden by day and the pillar of fire  at night. There were clouds surrounding the yidden protecting them from the Egyptians  and dangerous things in the desert. When they got to the Red sea , some yidden started crying to go back to Egypt . Some davened to Hashem and others wanted to fight the Egyptians . Hashem told the yidden to go into the water, Nachshon ben Aminadav  jumped into the water and when it reached his neck, the sea split. We heard about all the miracles  that happened. There was water to drink and fruits to eat! Miriam danced with the women with tambourines, thanking Hashem for saving them and taking them out of exile . In the desert Hashem

Watch a 20 second summary of Parshat Bo. You can download these adorable puppets by clicking  here ! The set includes the entire Sefer Shemot. We also have coloring pages available  here . Bo Parsha Summary I taught the children that every letter in the alef bet  corresponds to a number. ב =2 and א =1 which equals 3. In this week’s parsha  there are 3 Makkos - the numerical of equivalent of Bo is 3. We heard about Arbeh - locusts  which came in a giant wind and ate up all the crops and food. Then there was Choshech - darkness . First the Egyptians  couldn’t see anything and after 3 days, they were frozen in place. That’s when the Jewish people  looked to see where they kept their gold and silver for when it would be time to take it when they left Egypt .  It’s also when Hashem  punished the Jews  that didn’t believe they would be taken out of Egypt  or complained about it so that the Egyptians  wouldn’t see that they were getting punished too.  Hashem gave the Jewish people  the mitz

Watch a 20 second summary of Parshat Va'era. You can download these adorable puppets by clicking  here ! The set includes the entire Sefer Shemot. We also have coloring pages available  here . Va'era Parsha Summary We learned about how when Moshe  went to Pharaoh  and told him to let the Jewish people go. Pharaoh  said, who is this G-d? Moshe th rew his stick on the ground and it turned into a snake.  Pharaoh wasn’t impressed because his magicians were able to do the same thing. But when Moshe's  stick ate up the other sticks, the magicians couldn’t do that.  Hashem sent the first makka  of blood . Aharon  hit the    Nile river with the stick and it turned to blood. We learned that Moshe  didn’t hit the Nile  or the ground by  because the Nile  protected him when he was a baby and the ground also when he buried the Mitzri .  We learned about hakarat hatov - acknowledging when someone does something for us . If Moshe  had to be careful about the feelings of water and the g