Preschool Creations

View this week's parsha video in 30 seconds featuring our parsha puppets available for purchase . Parsha summary We learned that Yaakov ran away to Charan because Esav wanted to hurt him. He stopped off at the yeshiva of shem and ever for 14 years. Then he traveled to Charan . On the way, Hashem made the sun set as he got to Har Hamoriah so he davened ma'ariv . Before he went to sleep, he placed 12 stones around his head to protect him. All the stones wanted to be under his head, so Hashem merged them all into 1 stone. Yaakov had a dream of a ladder with malachim  going up and down. The angels coming down were coming to protect him in Charan . Hashem promised Yaakov that his children will be as many as the stars in the sky and the sand on the ground.  Yaakov went to Charan . When he got there, he saw the shepherds standing around the well which had a large stone covering it. Yaakov lifted off the stone as if it wasn’t heavy. He met Rochel and asked her if he can stay in Lavn&

Yaakov and Eisav Puppets Download our Yaakov and Esav puppets for your students to decorate and bring home! They'll feel empowered retelling the story of the parsha to their families.    Parshas Toldos in 30 seconds View this week's parsha video in 30 seconds featuring our parsha puppets available for purchase. Parsha Summary We learned that Yitzchak and Rivka didn’t have children for many years and they prayed to Hashem. Rivka had twin boys.  We talked about twins. Some are identical, others fraternal. We asked the students to share if they have twins in their family. I was able to have a parent bring in their twin babies for the class to see.  Esav was born red and hairy and Yaakov was born smooth. Esav loved to hunt and Yaakov loved to learn Torah. They were not identical! We learned about the red lentil soup that Yaakov was cooking. Esav came in hungry and said, “Give me soup”. He didn’t say please. Yaakov said “I’ll give you soup if you sell me the bechora“. Esav said,

   This post contains affiliate links. Check out  our trip to Australia  here .   See  this post  for the passport and stamps that we used. Be sure to check out my  Pinterest  board with these and more ideas. We started out the week with looking at the map and traveling to Brazil. We stamped our passport with a Brazil stamp and took a look at the Capitol on Google Maps. We learned about several animals this week and we also got to cook several authentic Brazilian foods.  The animals we explored this week are: Armadillo Anteater Jaguar Golden Lion Tamarin Next week we will delve into the Amazon Rainforest and create our own diorama.  FOOD: My favorite Brazilian food we made was Coxinha. They were absolutely delicious.  I loosely followed this recipe. For the dough I used: 2 cups flour, 2 cups chicken broth and 1 tbsp of margarine. I also added some paprika to the filling. We couldn't get enough of them! I made this  Brazilian Rice recipe. It came out really good. We made these del

  This post contains affiliate links. Check out  part 1  of our trip to Australia  here  where we delved into the animals that are native to Australia. See  this post  for the passport and stamps that we used. Be sure to check out my  Pinterest  board with these and more ideas. This week we continued learning about Australia. We focused on places, people, food and language.  We learned about the Great Barrier Reef. The coral, anemones and the various fish and plants that live there. We learned about Ayers Rock also knows as Uluru and saw photos of how it looks red at sunset. We saw photos of the Sydney Opera House and recreated it. We spoke about the Aboriginal Australian people. We talked about how they lived, farmed and their art.  Here is a link  to a page with information about the Indigenous Australians. We cooked Australian meat pies and we made pavlova. Check out part 1 of our trip to Australia here  where we delved into the animals that are native to Australia. See this post  

This post contains affiliate links. This week we begin our Journey Around the World. We are starting with Australia.  We got on our airplane, made the very long journey and stamped our passport.   Check out my  previous post  for the passport and stamps that we used. This week we delved into learning about some of the animals native to Australia. We talked about marsupials and learned that there are many different ones in Australia. We loved reading about them, seeing pictures and watching videos of them in the wild. We also loved creating them by drawing or crafts. We've been talking about them all week at the dinner table. We now feel like we want to hop on a plane to see them for ourselves. These are the main animals we focused on: Kookaburra Kangaroo Wombat Koala Dingo Platypus Here are links to the resources we used. Be sure to check out my Pinterest  board with more ideas. ART: Click here for a YouTube video on how to draw a Kookaburra. Click Here  for an adorable kangaroo a