December 21, 2018

Our Early Childhood family celebrated the completion of the first book of the Torah, Sefer Bereishit, this week with a wonderful fair on Sunday! We gathered in the gym where there were 12 stations, one station for each Parsha. Each station had a wonderful hands-on activity for the children to do related to that specific Parsha. Thank you to the Morahs who helped with the Parsha stations and for making this fair a success. Thank you to all the parents who were able to join us. We hope you enjoyed as much as we did!

Parshat Bereishit Parshat Hashem created the world! Noach Put the days of creation puzzle pieces together. Color them and make a beautiful Maase Bereishit picture. Hashem prom- ised Noach that He would never bring a Mabul to destroy the world again. What was the sign He gave Noach? Make a rainbow!

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For more information please call Jacqueline Borgen at 845-357-1515 ext:503 or visit us at www.ashar.org Parshat Lech Lecha

Be one of Avraham’s stars. Hashem promised Avraham that his descendants will be as many as the stars in the sky.

Parshat Vayeira Come be a guest in Avraham’s tent.

Parshat Chayei Sarah

Make a Hadlakat Neirot frame.

One of the miracles in Sarah’s tent was that her Shabbos candles stayed lit from Shabbos to Shabbos!

Parshat Toldot

Decorate a cookie to look like Yaakov or Eisav. Parshat Vayeitzei

Make a ladder, just like the ladder in Yaakov’s dream. Don’t forget to put 12 rocks around Yaakov sleeping on the bottom.

Parshat Vayishlach

Daven like Yaakov. What do you ask Hashem for?

Parshat Vayeishev

Make Yosef’s colorful coat, Ketonet Passim.

Parshat Miketz

Prepare Yosef for meeting King Paroah and change him into King Paroah’s prince. Parshat Vayigash

Make Serach’s harp.

Serach played on her kinor, “Yosef is alive!”

Parshat Vayechi To download this app for free: Get a bracha from Yaakov Aveinu.

For Parshat Vayechi, the kindergartners wrote brachas (using in- ventive spelling) for all the children, just like Yaakov gave a bracha to all of his children. When the children approached the booth, they took a bracha from Yaakov Avinu and Morah read it to them. On Friday, Mitzvah Man met with the children and reviewed all the Parshiot and Pra- sha songs with the children. We then said, “Chazak, Chazak, V’Nitchazek!”

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Morah taught us that when we learn Torah it makes us stronger and stronger! We got a double thumbs up from Morah for completing the first book of the Torah. We are so excited to begin learning next week from the 2nd book of the Torah, Sefer Shemot!

Dates to Remember:

 Monday, December 24th-Tuesday, January 1st: No Bus service.  Monday, December 24th: PTA Ice Skating Event. 5: 30-7:30pm. Sport-O-Rama  Monday, January 7th: Rosh Chodesh Shevat assembly. Please dress your child in a white top and dark bottom.  Wednesday, January 16th: PreK Brachot Fair. 9:30am.  Thursday, January 17th-Sunday, January 27th: Winter vacation. No ses- sions.

Shabbat Shalom! Principal/Early Childhood & First Grade: Jacqueline Borgen We asked the children, “What did you love learning about in the Parsha?” Here are some of their answers: I liked learn- I liked Sara and ing Bereishit Avraham and because Ha- that they wel- shem made comed guests the world in into their tent. just 6 days and I always watch Parsha.

I liked Bereishit be- I love learning cause we had a all of the sto- siyum and it ries in the was fun! Parsha!

I liked Parshat I liked Parshat Toldot when Yaa- I like when Bereishit because it’s kov and Eisav were we act out when Hashem made born because they what happens the entire world. are twins like me in the Parsha. and Rikki.