Parshat Noach gave the children of Yavneh Academy many wonderful learning opportunities. After looking at all the beautiful colors in the rainbow, they took time to learn about primary and secondary colors. The children loved experimenting with the primary colors and were delighted to see many secondary colors emerge. In addition, the classrooms were filled with all the colors of the rainbow when the children dressed in all the colors during “rainbow week.”

How was Noach’s teiva able to float when it was so heavy? This was a question that was posed to the children. They discovered that an item can float when its molecules are not densely packed together. When they are closely packed together, an item will sink. Items from the classroom were selected and tested to see if they would float or sink.

As the song goes, “The animals, they came on by twosies.” This led to talking about pairs. The children had a great time looking for and finding pairs around the classroom as well as on themselves.

Finally, all children in ECD had a terrific time when Cloverland Petting Zoo came to Yavneh. The children loved petting, feeding and posing with all the animals that came to visit.