It’s all about Passover in the ECC

This month the children in the nursery classroom at the David C. Isenberg Family Early Childhood Center are celebrating Passover, the eight-day festival that takes place in spring. This holiday celebrates the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

The Room 1 children are celebrating this holiday by reading Passover books, recreating a Seder, making invitations for their families to join them for their Seder, making  Elijah’s cup, Passover play dough (green), and, of course, frogs commemorating the plague of the frogs.

Through classroom curriculum, these concepts are tied into spring and planting. The children sang their favorite frog song (lyrics below).  They planted parsley seeds and explored the parts of the plant – roots, stem, leaves, and blossom.

Want to make some play-doh? Try making this fun and easy recipe at home.

Play-doh recipe

1 cup flour

1 cup salt

3 teaspoons cream of tartar

2 cups water

3 tablespoons oil

Food coloring

Mix everything together. Store in a sealed bag

Frog Song

One morning King Pharaoh woke up in his bed

There was frog in his bed

On his head

Frogs on his nose

Frog on his toes

Frog here, frog there

Frogs just jumping everywhere

– Submitted by the David C. Isenberg Family Early Childhood Center.