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October 29, 2017 at JKG Sunday

10/27/2017

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7th Grade – Finding an Educational Event

To learn about finding an event related to our Personal Interest Projects, we are...
  • Playing a madlibs game to review all the details you would need to know about an event.
  • Looking through local Jewish publications to see what events they have available, and what might be related to our Personal Interest Projects.
  • Creating an example event and “reporting it live” for the rest of the class.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What types of events are you interested in going to that relate to your Personal Interest Project?  If you could create an event to go to, what would it look like?

6th Grade – Tzedakah and Helping the Hungry

To learn about the Jewish values of tzedakah, or charity, and helping the hungry, we are...
  • Watching a video about tzedakah, and discussing the “8-step tzedakah ladder”, which details different types of tzedakah.
  • Brainstorming ways we can give tzedakah and filling out “My Tzedakah Plan” sheets to help us make our goals into realities.
  • Discussing ways – apart from giving money – that we can give tzedakah, and playing a game called “Free Rice” which donates rice for correct vocabulary questions.
  • Reading about ways that kids our ages have made a difference.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What does tzedakah mean? What does justice have to do with helping people?

5th Grade – Jewish Icons

To learn about Jewish people who have made great contributions to the world, we are...
  • Playing an interactive game to answer questions about our role models and the people we look up to.
  • Playing matching games with information and pictures of famous Jewish icons, and learning about their contributions to the world.
  • Envisioning and drawing a life-size leader based on the Jewish icons that we learned about.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: Who did you learn about today that inspired you? How can you be a Jewish leader or role model?

4th Grade – Tikkun Olam

To learn about Jewish value of Tikkun Olam, or repairing the world, we are...
  • Playing an interactive puzzle game to show how we can work to “repair” things.
  • Discussing what kinds of problems exist in the world, what we could do to works toward fixing them, and some rabbinical thoughts on what our responsibility is to fix them.
  • Painting our own vision of how we can help restore justice in our world through Tikkun Olam.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What is an example of how you can help those in needs? Why is it important to give tzedakah? 

3rd Grade – Isaac and Rebecca and Kindness to Animals

To learn about some of the Jewish patriarchs and matriarchs, Isaac and Rebecca, and about the Jewish value of being kind to animals, we are...
  • Reading the story of Isaac and Rebekah and shared our favorite animals and how to take care of them.
  • Creating a desert themed art project inspired by Eliezer's journey through the desert.
  • Playing a desert animal scavenger hunt using clues. 
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What is an example of how you can help those in needs? Why is it important to give tzedakah? 

2nd Grade – Celebrating Shabbat

To learn about some of the Jewish holiday of Shabbat, we are...
  • Experiencing a mock Shabbat dinner and saying the blessing over challah, grape juice, and candles.
  • Reading a book about Shabbat and discussing the meaning of different Shabbat items, as well as our personal experiences with Shabbat.
  • Making our own candlestick holders to use for Shabbat evening and learning how to braid challah using playdough.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What is one way we can celebrate Shabbat at home? What is your favorite part of the Shabbat ritual?

1st Grade – Adam and Eve

To learn about the story of Adam and Eve, we are...
  • Discussing times that we have done something we were not supposed to, and how it made us feel.
  • Reading a beautifully illustrated book about the story of Adam and Eve.
  • Making our own Adam and Eve puppets, and retelling the story using our homemade puppets.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What happened in the story of Adam and Eve? What do you think you should do if you do something that you know is wrong? 

Kindergarten – Adam and Eve

To learn about the story of Adam and Eve, we are...
  • Talking about the rules that we have in our homes, and hearing what the rules were in the Garden of Eden.
  • Putting on a puppet show to tell the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
  • Playing an “avoid the snake game” by jumping over a wiggling rope.
  • Decorating and starting our very own gardens.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What rule did Eve break? What were the consequences? 

Pre-K – Adam and Eve

To learn about the story of Adam and Eve, we are...
  • Reading the story of Adam and Eve, and talking about rules in our own houses, and what happens when we break them.
  • Playing a group game to find hidden snakes (that we decorated!) around the room.
  • Doing a “tree of knowledge” craft to represent the tree that Eve took the apple from.
  • Putting on our own Adam and Eve puppet show.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What rule did Eve break? What were the consequences? ​

Preschool – Adam and Eve

To learn about the story of Adam and Eve, we are...
  • Reading the story of Adam and Eve, and talking about rules in our own houses, and what happens when we break them.
  • Playing a group game to find hidden snakes (that we decorated!) around the room.
  • Doing a “tree of knowledge” craft to represent the tree that Eve took the apple from.
  • Putting on our own Adam and Eve puppet show.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What rule did Eve break? What were the consequences? ​​
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October 22, 2017 at JKG Sunday

10/20/2017

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7th Grade – Exploring Ancient Israel and Finding an Organization to Volunteer with

To learn about the Kings of Israel, the Temple in Jerusalem, the diaspora, and how to find an organization to volunteer with, we are...
  • Imagining and illustrating what our ideal ritual space would look like, similar to the Temple in ancient Jerusalem.
  • Playing Pictionary to review the different Kings of Israel and their major character traits.
  • Learning about different Jewish groups around the world and comparing their lives to Jewish life in Atlanta.
  • Playing a game to demonstrate how people in the world have different needs.
  • Discussing human rights, acts of service, and how we can use our resources to lift up others.  
  • Creating a community service outreach plan so we can take action and volunteer!
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What does diaspora mean? What was different about Jewish life during the time of the Temple? Why is it important for us to volunteer our time and resources? How would you explain what privilege is?

6th Grade – Being a Mensch and Betzelem Elohim

To learn about being a Mensch, or a good person, Betzelem Elohim, or being created in the image of G-d, and Sh'mirat HaBriyut, or we are...
  • Participating in an ongoing “Kindness Rainbow” project and creating “ripple” art of good deeds.
  • Making skits to represent how our actions affect others.
  • Choosing three specific good deeds (mitzvahs) to do this upcoming week.
  • Doing fun group games to illustrate the idea of being created in someone’s imagine, since “Betzelem Elohim” means being created in the image of G-d.
  • Playing charades to go over scenarios in which we show honor and respect to other people, since “Betzelem Elohim” teaches us that everyone has a piece of G-d in them, and everyone deserves respect.
  • Discussing the idea that Sh’mirat Habriyut means that we have to take care of ourselves and our health, and working together to create a self-care wheel.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What is a mensch? What are you going to do this week to work toward being a mensch? What healthy habits are you going to try this week? What responsibilities do we have if we are created Betzelem Elohim, or in G-d’s image?

5th Grade – Responsibility to Solve Conflict

To learn about the Jewish value of resolving conflict, we are...
  • Acting as judges for different scenarios and discussing how we would solve certain hypothetical problems.
  • Listening to a story of conflict resolution from Jewish history, and discussing what we think of this resolution.
  • Discussing steps to resolve conflicts that have been proposed by different rabbis.
  • Playing group games to practice the art of compromising.
​​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What are some steps you can take to solve a conflict? Have you ever had a conflict with someone that you had trouble solving?

4th Grade – From Generation to Generation

To learn about the Jewish value of L'dor V'dor, or from generation to generation, we are...
  • Playing groups games to find out about which people in our lives passed down knowledge, skills, and traditions to us.
  • Discussing what a “generation” is, and discussing why passing on knowledge and customs is so important in preserving Judaism and Jewish culture.
  • Creating L’Dor v’Dor time capsules, and discussing the question “If you could only hand down one single Jewish thing to the next generation, what would it be?” as a way to provoke deep thought on the importance of passing down Jewish tradition.
​​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What is L’dor v’dor? Why is it important to pass down knowledge and traditions from one generation to the next–how does it help Judaism?

3rd Grade – Abraham and Sarah

To learn about the matriarchs and patriarchs of Judaism, we are...
  • Illustrating our own stars, to represent how G-d told Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky.
  • Reading a story about Sarah and Abraham’s hospitality, and discussing their position as role models for the Jewish people.
  • Creating our own versions of Sarah and Abraham’s tent, including quotes that represent Abraham and Sarah’s character traits.
​​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What good qualities did Sarah and Abraham have?​ What promise did G-d make with Abraham?

2nd Grade – Isaac and Rebecca

To learn about the matriarchs and patriarchs of Judaism, we are...
  • Watching a video that shows the story of Isaac, who was the son of Abraham and Sarah, and his wife Rebecca, and discussing the good qualities that Rebecca had.
  • Making a matriarchs and patriarchs family tree to understand the ancestry of the Jewish people.
  • Making a desert camel silhouette craft to represent the camels that Rebecca gave water to, which showed her generosity.
​​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: Who were Isaac and Rebecca? What good qualities did Rebecca have?

1st Grade – The Creation Story

To learn about the story of Creation, we are...
  • Playing group taboo to identify different objects that are part of the Creation story.
  • Reviewing the days of Creation with a catchy song, and coming up with a dance move for each day.
  • Illustrating a day of Creation and playing group games to review the order of the days.
​​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: How many days of Creation are there in the Creation story? Why is the seventh day of Creation special?

Kindergarten – The Creation Story

To learn about the story of Creation, we are...
  • Hearing the story about the days of Creation, and making something out of playdough to represent each day of Creation.
  • Playing a group game to go over the days of Creation.
  • Illustrating something from the different days of Creation.
​​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: How many days of Creation are there in the Creation story? Why is the seventh day of Creation special?

Pre-K – The Creation Story

To learn about the story of Creation, we are...
  • Imagining new creations and making them out of playdough.
  • Reading a book about the seven days of Creation, and then hearing a song to review them.
  • Making a Creation-themed sticker book to review what was created on each day.
  • Playing “musical days of creation”, a group game to review the story.
​​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: How many days of creation were there? What did God do on the seventh day when he was done creating everything? What do you think is the most important/best thing that God created?

Preschool – The Creation Story

To learn about the story of Creation, we are...
  • Imagining new creations and making them out of playdough.
  • Reading a book about the seven days of Creation, and then hearing a song to review them.
  • Making a Creation-themed sticker book to review what was created on each day.
  • Playing “musical days of creation”, a group game to review the story.
​​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: How many days of creation were there? What did God do on the seventh day when he was done creating everything? What do you think is the most important/best thing that God created?
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October 15, 2017 at JKG Sunday

10/6/2017

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7th Grade – Southern Jewish History and Interview Skills

To learn about Jewish immigration to the United States – especially to the South – and to learn how to interview someone for our Personal Interest Project, we are...
  • Mapping out where our families live all across the United States, and telling stories of how they got there.
  • Discussing waves of Jewish immigration from different countries across the world.
  • Exploring how Jewish life has changed in the south over the last few hundred years.
  • Imagining that we could send a letter to someone immigrating to the United States 100 years ago, and sharing what our experience is like as a Jewish person now.
  • Walking through the steps of a successful interview, including identifying what we want to learn from the interview, reaching out to someone to interview, conducting the interview itself, and more.
  • Brainstorming different kinds of questions we could ask in an interview.
  • Practicing interviewing our partners, after learning tips on how to conduct ourselves while we are interviewing.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: Who would you like to interview? What are some nonverbal tips for interviewing someone? Why did many Jewish immigrants from around the world decide to come to America? What kinds of jobs did immigrants have when they first came?

6th Grade – Blessing Basics and the Shema

To learn about the building blocks of Jewish blessings, as well as the important Shema blessing, we are...
  • Playing drama games to learn the basic words of Jewish blessings.
  • ​Creating brochot (blessing) comic strips, and discussing a variety of blessings for different occasions.
  • D​iscussing the meaning and purpose of the brochot (blessings), and playing blessing-themed group games.
  • Exploring the meaning of “Oneness” with unity group movement activities.
  • Listening to the Shema and meditating on it.
  • Creating beautiful unity-themed Shema art.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: How do Jewish blessings usually start? Did you learn any blessings that surprised you? What is the Shema prayer about? What is the significance of unity in the Shema?

5th Grade – Jewish Denominations

To learn about different Jewish denominations, we are...
  • Playing a categories game to explore ideas about groups and how we organize ideas.
  • Thinking critically about which Jewish rituals and ideas we connect with, and discussing what makes our Jewish practice different from one another.
  • Working in break-out groups to create presentations on different denominations within Judaism.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What do you think all the Jewish denominations have in common with one another? Are there any practices or rituals that intrigued you that you’d like to learn more about?

4th Grade – Celebrating Simchat Torah

To learn about the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, we are...
  • Discussing cycles in Judaism – like the Jewish year – and learning how Simchat Torah demonstrates the cycle of reading the Torah.
  • Unrolling a mini Torah to see how long it is, and discussing what brings us joy, since Simchat Torah is a joyous holiday.
  • Making “Simchat Torah Tableaus”, or creating pictures with our bodies that represent different Simchat Torah customs.
  • Creating short skits based on our tableaus and performing them for our classmates.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What does Simchat Torah have to do with joy? What brings you joy and how can you bring joy to others? Do you think it is important to celebrate the Torah?

3rd Grade – Celebrating Simchat Torah

To learn about the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, we are...
  • Comparing the Torah to things in our everyday life – like books that we have read – to get a sense of how long it takes to read, and how big it is.
  • Making our own mini Torahs with teachings inside.
  • Having a Simchat Torah dance party, since Simchat Torah is meant to be a celebratory and joyous holiday!
  • Rolling apples in caramel, since it is traditional to eat “rolled” foods on Simchat Torah.
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What are Simchat Torah traditions? Is there a way that we could celebrate Simchat Torah at home?

2nd Grade – Abraham and Sarah

To learn about the matriarchs and patriarchs of Judaism, we are...
  • Discussing what we love about our favorite books, and comparing that to people’s love for the Torah.
  • Re-enacting the story of Abraham and Sarah, who were the first Jewish people.
  • Making a “nebula in a bottle” to represent that G-d told Abraham his descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky.
​​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: Who were Abraham and Sarah? What did G-d tell Abraham about his descendants?

1st Grade – Celebrating Simchat Torah

To learn about the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, we are...
  • Dressing a teacher like a Torah to learn about the adornments that Torahs have.
  • Unrolling a mini Torah to see how long it is and look at what is inside.
  • Reading a Simchat Torah story book and making a special Simchat Torah snack.
  • Making flags to have a Simchat Torah parade, and then parading around JKG!
​​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: Why do we unroll the Torah on Simchat Torah? How do we celebrate Simchat Torah?

Kindergarten – Celebrating Simchat Torah

To learn about the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, we are...
  • Rolling out a mini Torah to see how long it is, and see what is inside.
  • Making “stained glass” Torahs with tissue paper.
  • Reading the story of “Humble Har Sinai”, about the mountain where Moses was given the Torah.
  • Playing freeze dance, since on Simchat Torah, people like to dance around and sing with the Torah.
  • Making flower bookmarks to honor how we read the Torah on Simchat Torah.
​​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What do we celebrate on Simchat Torah? What is Har Sinai?

Pre-K – Celebrating Simchat Torah

To learn about the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, we are...
  • Rolling out a mini Torah to see how long it is and see what is inside.
  • Making edible Torahs to emphasize the excitement of finishing the Torah and starting over again.
  • Making Simchat Torah flags to use while we play freeze dance and dance around.
​​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: When is Simchat Torah? What do we celebrate on Simchat Torah?

PREschool – CELEBRATING SIMCHAT TORAH

To learn about the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, we are...
  • Rolling out a mini Torah to see how long it is and see what is inside.
  • Making edible Torahs to emphasize the excitement of finishing the Torah and starting over again.
  • Making Simchat Torah flags to use while we play freeze dance and dance around.
​​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: When is Simchat Torah? What do we celebrate on Simchat Torah?
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October 1, 2017 at JKG Sunday

10/1/2017

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7th Grade– Sukkot, Simchat Torah, And Book Research for Personal Interest Projects

To learn about Sukkot, Simchat Torah, and book research for our Personal Interest Projects, we are...
  • Learning about the origins and traditions of Sukkot and Simchat Torah with an active group game that consists of a relay race and a fly swatter!
  • Discussing the theme of Bitachon (Trust/Security) as it relates to Sukkot, and paired up to do a fun trust challenge with blindfolds. 
  • Learning when these holidays occur in the year and comparing them to the Hebrew calendar ​
  • Using clues to solve a book category challenge that relates to book research for our Personal Interest Projects
  • Practicing taking notes to help us prepare for our B'nai Mitzvah presentation
  • Completing a book scavenger hunt to teach us how to navigate different kinds of information we find in books
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What is Yom Kippur about? What is the story of Jonah and the Whale?

​6th Grade – Holidays of Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Plus Hachnasat Orchim (Welcoming Guests)

To learn about Sukkot, Simchat Torah, and the Jewish value of Hachnasat Orchim (Welcoming Guests), we are... 
  • Playing a group drama game that teaches us about the mitzvah of "l'shayv b'sukkah" – dwelling in the sukkah.
  • Creating a lulav shaking music video, and graham cracker sukkahs (and learning about the lulav's significance and the requirements for building a sukkah.)
  • Participating in a group circle game that teaches about Simchat Torah and the Torah cycle.
  • Practicing the four steps of hospitality as they relate to Hachnasat Orchim (Welcoming Guests)
  • Learning about Biblical characters who we welcome spiritually to our sukkah each year.
  • Discovering that hospitality is a Jewish value. 

​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What are the mitzvot–commandments–of Sukkot? What cycle do we celebrate on Simchat Torah? What is Jewish about welcoming guests? What ways do you make others feel welcome? How have you been made to feel welcome in your life?

​5th Grade – The Story of Jacob & Esau

To learn about the complicated story of the brothers Jacob and Esau, we are... 
  • Playing a challenging mind game to illustrate the trickery of the story of Leah and Rachel (Jacob was tricked into marrying Leah, then had to work for seven years to marry Rachel!)
  • Working with our teams to put the story of Jacob and Esau back together again 
  • Creating illustrations of some mistakes we've made and how we worked to fix them ​

​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: How did lying hurt Jacob and Esau? Have you ever tried to trick someone like Rachel's father did? How did you make it better?

​4th Grade – Welcoming Guests into our Sukkah

To learn about welcoming guests (the Jewish value of Hachnasat Orchim) and the holiday of Sukkot, we are... 
  • Jamming out to a Sukkot song by the Maccabeats!
  • Acting out silly scenarios about welcoming guests into our homes and Sukkahs, giving examples of what it's like to be a good host and what it's like to be a bad host
  • Creating beautiful welcome banners to hang in our homes or sukkahs with the words “Ufros Aleinu Sukkat Shlomecha" (spread over us the sukkah of peace) written on them. This reminds us to open our hearts and homes to others and to always create a space of peace.

​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: How can the entrances to our homes be more welcoming and accessible? What can you do personally to be more welcoming and hospitable? How can you incorporate the value of Hachnasat Orchim into your classroom at JKG and in school? 

​3rd Grade – What is Sukkot?

To learn about Sukkot and the meaning behind the holiday, we are... 
  • Making our own lulav and etrog puppets (the plant and fruit that we shake under the sukkah) and practicing saying the blessing while shaking them.
  • Designing a craft-sukkah with teammates using the sukkah building rules.
  • Listening to a story about Sukkot, while learning the double meaning behind the holiday (we celebrate the end of the harvest season, while also representing the temporary huts that the Israelites used while wandering in the desert for 40 years after being freed from slavery.
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​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What do you shake inside the sukkah? Why must the roof of a sukkah have openings in it? What is the double meaning of sukkot?

​2nd Grade – Celebrating Sukkot & Simchat Torah

To learn about Sukkot and Simchat Torah and how they are the culminating holidays of the high holiday season, we are... 
  • Discussing our favorite Jewish traditions and ways we like to celebrate Jewish learning
  • Reading stories about the two holidays and creating our own sukkah wreaths to hang in the Sukkah or at home
  • Playing freeze dance with the Torah to celebrate Simchat Torah

​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What does Simchat Torah celebrate? Why do we eat our meals in the Sukkah? 

1st Grade – The Significance of Sukkot

To learn about the traditions and significance of the holiday Sukkot, we are... 
  • Getting to know the lulav and etrog (the plant and fruit that we shake under the sukkah) and shaking them under an imagined sukkah.
  • Reading a mysterious story about Sukkot, and playing the game "Sukkot Charades" to act out different Sukkot traditions
  • Creating our own edible sukkahs out of graham crackers, icing, and pretzels to learn about the rules of building a sukkah
​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What are the rules of building a sukkah? What are some Sukkot traditions that you learned about today? 

Kindergarten – Shake Shake Shake the Lulav and Etrog

To learn about the holiday of Sukkot and the lulav and etrog , we are... 
  • Learning how to shake-shake-shake a lulav and etrog (the plant and fruit that we shake under the sukkah) and talking about foods we harvest during Sukkot
  • Going on a nature walk to collect sticks, leaves, acorns and other materials from nature to make sukkah decorations and a harvest foods headband
  • Designing our own dream sukkahs and reading all about Sukkot!

​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What is a sukkah? What do you do with a lulav and etrog? ​

Pre-K – Sukkot Fun!

To learn about the holiday of Sukkot, we are... 
  • Designing a dream sukkah and creating colorful decorations like an apple garland to hang up in a sukkah (it's a mitzvah–a good deed–to create beautiful decorations for the sukkah!)
  • Having a lulav and etrog relay race and learning how to shake the lulav and etrog under the sukkah
  • Doing a sukkah model building challenge with our friends based on the rules building a sukkah

​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What is a sukkah? What do you do with a lulav and etrog? ​

PreSchool – Sukkot Fun!

To learn about the holiday of Sukkot, we are... 
  • Designing a dream sukkah and creating colorful decorations like an apple garland to hang up in a sukkah (it's a mitzvah–a good deed–to create beautiful decorations for the sukkah!)
  • Having a lulav and etrog relay race and learning how to shake the lulav and etrog under the sukkah
  • Doing a sukkah model building challenge with our friends based on the rules building a sukkah

​​​Ideas to Bring It Home ​​
  • ​Ask your student: What is a sukkah? What do you do with a lulav and etrog? ​
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