This week in Shteelim (‘saplings’ for Kindergarten) we are exploring the objects and symbols associated with Chanukah.
We started out by doing some careful looking a Chanukah photographs:
Child 1: “That’s a menorah! I see a Jewish star!”
Child 2: “It looks like its made out of metal.”
Child 1: “You light candles each night. It has 9 spots for candles. But Chanukah is 8 days.”
Child 3: “I see a lot of people all together and so, so many chanukiyot (menorahs)!”
Child 4: ” I see someone wearing a little rainbow colored hat.”
Child 5: “That’s a kipa.”
Child 2: “I see another one. You might wear a kipa if you are Jewish and believe in God.”
Child 5: “I think they are celebrating.”
Child 6: “I think they might eat yummy foods like latkes!”
Child 7: “I think they might sing Chanukah songs and hear the story of Chanukah!”
We played סְבִיבוֹן (sevyvon- dreidel) to practice counting:
We practiced writing Chanukah vocabulary:
We made some decorations and cards using Chanukah vocabulary:
“I wrote חֲנוּכָּה שָׂמֵחַ (Chanukah sameach – Happy Chanukah)!”
We recorded and counted the letters each time our סְבִיבוֹן (sevyvon– dreidel) was finished spinning:
We even led a Chanukah song for the whole Jewish Enrichment Center!
