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

Check out our teaching aids for Parshat Lech Lecha and the entire Sefer Beraishit. Print these adorable characters and turn them into puppets to enhance your lessons.  Click here  to download. Parshas Lech Lecha We started learning about Avraham Avinu. When Avram was a little boy, he was looking for Hashem. He thought that maybe the sun was Hashem, but the moon pushed the sun away. Avram realized that Hashem is the One that created everything, and that Hashem is everywhere.  We heard about how everyone served idols including Avraham’s father, Terach. Avram broke all the idols in his father’s store and how he said that the biggest idol broke them all. Terach was very upset at him and took him to Nimrod. Nimrod put Avram in jail for 10 years. After that he asked Avram if he believes in the idols and Avram said, “NO!” They tied Avraham’s hands and feet with rope, and threw him into the fire. A big miracle happened and only the ropes burned. Avram was walking around the fire in which a bea

Welcome to all who are finding my page! I haven't updated in a very long time, but I would like to start again. What are you interested in? I've taught preschool for 9 years and have many ideas and activities. Please comment below and let me know what you'd like to see. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Seeing as my 6 Days of Creation post is pretty popular, I'd like to focus more on what you want to see. What sort of ideas can I help you with? Which themes, topics, ideas? Leave a comment and let me know, I'll do my best to answer!

Watch the story of Purim in 50 seconds featuring our adorable Purim puppets . This was our bulletin board. The children made their own Purim characters and depictions of the 4 mitzvot of Purim. Each shape is another Mitzvah and the puppets in the middle are the different Purim characters. Underneath, the children wrote the name of the person they created. Purim bulletin board Our highlight!! The children loved creating these. It was a 3 week process. The students created them however they wished. I set out trays of different things they could use for eyes, nose, mouth, hair. I had different crowns they were able to trace and decide which one they wanted to use and different color paper. The tail on Vashti is a pipe cleaner. This was an absolute hit! For our Graggers, we decorated water bottles with cut streamers. We then tested different sounds by filling a variety of containers with beans, rice, magic nuudles, lentils, pompoms, beans and buttons. We tried to pre

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)

You need milk, food coloring, q-tips and dish-washing soap. Pour the milk in a plate and put in a drop of each color of the food coloring. Dip the q-tip into the soap and place it in the center of the plate. Watch the colors swirl together!