Chanukah Part 1!

This week we jumped right into the Chanukah spirit focusing on Menorah's, candles and flames! 

Our nursery friends had so much fun with Chanukah science learning all about melting wax and how the heat affects the wax! 

Our little makers in the nursery room had so much fun with their Chanukah science, making Chanukah themed sensory bottles! 

Tracing menorahs and dreidels with shaving cream! 

 Making beautiful classroom decorations!

Our Nursery friends helped decorate their classroom with their work on patterns! They made beautiful paper chain patterns.

We have worked all week preparing out classroom menorah! Using so many different mediums of art was so fun! 

 We are SO proud of our classroom menorah! 

By circle we love practicing our songs for our sing-a-long and the Bracha for Chanukah! below are the songs we have been singing! Kids who grow up hearing music, singing songs, and moving to the beat are exposed to a wide variety of tastes, smells, textures, colors, and sounds.

1. 1, 2, 3, 4,

1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 

Take your drum and march along with me

1, 2, 3, 4, 1,2, 3, 

Everyone can be a Maccabee.

Brave and strong we march along

There’s lots to do before the day is done.

Chanukah time is here again

Happy Chanukah to everyone.

2. I Have A Little Dreidle

I have a little dreidle, I made it out of clay 

And when it’s dry and ready, my dreidle I shall play

Chorus: Oh dreidle, dreidle, dreidle,  I made it out or clay

And when it’s dry and ready, my dreidle I shall play

3. One Little Two Little

One Little

Two little 

Three little Candles

Four little 

Five little

Six little candles

Seven little 

Eight little Chanukah candles

And the Shamash too!

4. Sevivon

Sivivon Sov Sov Sov

Chanukah Hu Chag Tov

Chanukah Hu Chag Tov 

Sivivon Sov Sov Sov

Chag Simcha Hu Laam 

Nes Gadol Haya Sham

Chag Simcha Hu Laam 

Nes Gadol Haya Sham!

5. Brachot Hadlakat Neirot:

Baruch Atah Ado-Nai Elo-heinu melech haolam asher kidishanu bemitzvotav vetzivanu lehadlik ner Chanukah

Baruch Ata Ado-nai Elo-heinu Melech Haolam Sheasa Nisim Lavoteinu Bayamim Hahem Bizman hazeh

 We have been practicing our counting skills with a make your own menorah station! 

For out upcoming sing a long our pre nursery friends have been working on their candle hats for their costumes!