ON MY OWN

Here it is...the flyer you have been waiting for!!!

ON MY OWN

so, we decided to do it!!

ON MY OWN -- a program for young children, ages 24 - 30 months...contact us for more information!

Lisa

Open House - The Journey Continues

We are so excited about the upcoming OPEN HOUSE taking place on Martin Luther King Junior Day, January 16th, 2012....Our JOURNEY will begin @ 9:00 in the morning, where parents & their children will have an opportunity to meet with me (yes, I'm the Early Childhood Director, and frequent contributor to this blog). After hearing a general overview of all the exciting programming happening in our center, each parent will travel to each classroom to get a "snapshot" of the amazing learning, growing and developing that goes on behind the classroom doors of our "purple hallway"through hands-on experiences! As our journey comes to a close, we will re-group to enjoy some kid-friendly entertainment! It should be a wonderful trip! Come and join us, bring your children & spread the word!!!

Lisa

OPEN HOUSE - The Early Childhood Journey

We are so excited about the upcoming OPEN HOUSE taking place on Martin Luther King Junior Day, January 16th, 2012....Our JOURNEY will begin @ 9:00 in the morning, where parents & their children will have an opportunity to meet with me (yes, I'm the Early Childhood Director, and frequent contributor to this blog). After hearing a general overview of all the exciting programming happening in our center, each parent will travel to each classroom to get a "snapshot" of the amazing learning, growing and developing that goes on behind the classroom doors of our "purple hallway"through hands-on experiences! As our journey comes to a close, we will re-group to enjoy some kid-friendly entertainment! It should be a wonderful trip! Come and join us, bring your children & spread the word!!!

Lisa

Chanukah Concert & Drummunity!

looking so forward to Chanukah, even though it seems so far away!! We have an exciting program coming up on December 22nd @ 9:30am! We will showcase the talents of all the children in the Early Child Center, we will have a sampling of some of the best recipes from the Early Childhood Cookbook, and.....DRUMMUNITY will be coming to our school! If you haven't yet heard of Drummunity, click on http://www.drummunity.com/ to experience it by video, just to whet your whistle...then, to get you really excited...come and join us!!

Cookbook!!

Our Early Childhood Center needs help on our quest to create a cookbook that reflects your favorite family recipes!

We welcome your contribution of one or more of your family favorites, from soups to sides (no chocolate chip cookies, please!) Recipes can be dropped off at the school, or emailed to ecrecipes.akiva@gmail.com. Please include a recipe title, the directions for the recipe, and tell us something that makes your recipe unique!! Please submit your recipe by November 28^thfor inclusion in the cookbook. The cookbook will be available for sale for $18 -- just in time for Chanukah! Select recipes from the cookbook will be available for sampling at our Family Chanukah Concert on December 22^nd.

You will find an order form attached. We will be happy to mail additional copies to friends and family outside of Michigan (to the US and Canada).

Thank you!

Tots on Land

The New session of Tots on Land begins today!

Parent Toddler Programming

So excited that we have joined programming with Zeesy Silberberg with her Wednesday Program - Jewish Music for Kids and Moms!!! Morah Zeesy is so talented and dynamic, the classes should be great! Check out her beautiful flyer...and PASS IT ON!!

Tots at Sea

Our Next Session of TOTS at Sea is about to begin!!!  (Women only)
Session I
November 2-December 14          Wednesday 10-10:30 a.m.         $56/$70
Session II
January 11-February 22          Wednesday 10-10:30 a.m.         $56/$70
(6 months and older) (7 wks.) Toddlers, bring mom to the pool during women’s swim and learn how to be comfortable in the water! We’ll also talk about safety, play with bubbles, sing songs and have fun.

Fire Truck Comes for a Visit

October - National Fire Prevention Month! We had a wonderful visit from the Southfield Fire Department today! They brought a PUMPER TRUCK and an AMBULANCE - and baruch hashem, no emergencies! Watch the video to see how a firefighter gets in gear - without having an emergency! And...check for pictures of Mrs. Giannetti in fire regalia, and have her blood pressure checked! thank you to the city of Southfield for all that you do for Akiva and the Southfield Residents!

sukkah Decorating

So, yesterday we had a wonderful program - Sukkah Decorating at Akiva Hebrew Day School. when families walked in, they had a multitude of choices from eating bagels with cream cheese, donuts, to creating their own sukkah out of graham crackers, marshmallow fluff & gummy worms, they could also braid challot and bake them in their home ovens - the smell is awesome! On the messier side, we had two family craft projects. First, you could tie dye paper placements using beautiful colored spray paint. The other fun activity was that all families were given a piece of outdoor canvas with acrylic paint. Families could handpaint their hands on the canvas, and join each handprint with a tree, making a "family tree"....

A Special thank you to Mrs. Susie Goldman & Morah Sarah Shaw who were willing to roll up their sleeves, and get dirty. Thank you for coming, please enjoy the pictures!

Welcome Back To School

Welcome Back Akiva Early Childhood Center Families!
OK...truth is, it's OCTOBER, a little late for "welcome back" but certainly not to late for SHANA TOVA!

I wish you all a Shana Tova, a good and happy year, and don't forget to bookmark this page, lots of pictures are about to arrive!

Hee Haw! We're on the way to the farm!

I've got some great pictures to share! Thank you to the drivers who came from so far...what amazing weather!

But here's some cute video too!

Lisa

Mother's Day

Our Mother's our So special, that we can sing about them in Hebrew, English & Russian!

Enjoy our songs!!

Hagaddah Shel Pesach

How many questions? How many cups? How much Matzah? The answer to this, and your other pressing Pesach ponderances will be answered in our Early Childhood Pesach Hagaddah...here are some pics to get you excited about Pesach!

matzah bakery - part 2

Here are some more pics from our trip!! I'll post N4's trip pics tomorrow - in the meantime....let's clean up the house for Pesach