Preschool Creations

Parshat Vayera in 30 seconds    Check out our teaching aids for parshat Vayera and the entire Sefer Beraishit. Print these adorable characters and turn them into puppets to enhance your lessons.  Click the link here to purchase this adorable set. Parshas Vayera Summary For Parshas Vayera, we focused on the mitzvah of hachnasas orchim, inviting guests and bikur cholim, visiting the sick. Avraham was 99 years old when he had a bris mila. Avraham loved to do the mitzvah of hachnasat orchim - inviting guests and had many guests. Avraham’s tent had 4 doors so that guests would be able to come in from all directions. He would give them food and drink and teach them to thank Hashem for what He gives us.  Avraham had a special tree. The guests would sit under the tree. If they were good people, the tree would give them shade. If they served idols, the branches would not spread out and give them shade.  Avraham wasn’t feeling well after his bris, so Hashem made it extra hot so that there woul

We have created adorable and whimsical puppets, art and props to enhance your lessons. Right now it's available as a complete set for the first book of the Torah, Sefer Beraishit (Genesis). We will have the 6 days of creation available on its own soon. Be sure to check it out! We also have coloring sheets. Click Here  for the puppets and props. Click Here  for the coloring sheets. Here are some activities I have done while teaching the 6 days of creation in my classroom: I used these bags to introduce and teach the 6 days of Creation, you can see in the photo what items I placed in each numbered bag. 1) flashlight 2) water bottle 3) flowers, trees 4) sun, moon, stars 5) fish, birds 6) animals, man and woman, mirror (G-d created people, us) 7) kiddush cup Day 1 exploration: Exploring light and shadows with flashlights. We made shadow portraits by tracing the shadow of our face with chalk on black construction paper. Day 7 Activity: Matching different types of candles to

Credit goes to  Jewish Montessori Activities  for the template for this fabulous game. Check out her fantastic website jewishhomeschool.blogspot.com . Perfect for getting those little fingers coordinated. The kids had to clip on the numbered clothespin to the correct section of animals. Noah's Ark out of Lego!!! Sink or Float? The kids chose different objects from around the classroom and guessed whether it would sink or float. Then we tested it and graphed the results. The boys made this Teiva - Ark. After they were done, I showed them an image of a rainbow, and they drew their own on top of the Ark. Click here  to download the free Teiva template. I've used this plush Ark and animals for years. My kids love it. (Amazon affiliate link)

The children had to match the cones to the correct topping. On the other side I put capital and lower case letters for them to match up.

We made these "feathered" crowns for Thanksgiving. We learned about patterns and alternated colors.

We dotted the letter 'D' with D otters   We practiced writing 'D's with chalk We played with D ice. We spun the d ie and counted the d ots. We then found the correct number stamp and stamped it in the proper column. D almation D ogs! We d otted them and turned them into puppets.

Elephant sequencing We made scrambled eggs We made elephant crowns. We colored in the ears with gray, and put a pipe cleaner for a trunk. It was a big hit! We formed the letter 'E' with our bodies Forming the letter 'E' with shapes Blowing bubbles through our "Elephant Trunks" (pop-tubes)

We had to put the right amount of feathers on each turkey and for the little ones, they had to match the right color feather to the correct turkey. I did this before Yom Kippur with chickens and white feathers for kapparos.

  We passed the pumpkin around and everyone got to feel it. Then we tried to guess what was inside. We measured the 'circumference' of the pumpkin and then cut it open. We used a magnifying glass to look at the seeds. We saved the seeds and played a math game with them. We baked pumpkin pie!