Our first two weeks of Jewish Kids Groups have been awesome! We've been practicing Hebrew with Yona (our goofy Hebrew speaking sheep puppet) : "Shalom, shmi Yona, ani m'Atlanta, ma neeshma? hakol tov?" For a demonstration watch this.
We've read two stories about Rosh Hashana: "Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashana Ride," and "The World's Birthday, A Rosh Hashana Story."
We've been exploring Shofars, the special horn Jews use to welcome the new year: Rosh Hashana. A Shofar comes from a ram, we've figured out that horns are much louder than our voices so it makes sense to use these to announce the new year.
In the picture below we are shouting, "Happy New Year, Shana Tova Tikatavu" to see if we can shout louder than our shofars (recorders).
Our "shofars" are louder, but we aren't just haphazardly blowing our "shofars," we are practicing specific notes. Below Max is instructing us:Tekiah = one long blast
Shevarim = three medium blasts
Teruah = 9 short blasts
Our recorders are not real shofars. Real shofars are rough and curly and each one is unique. We made our own shofars out of clay and painted them! We even designed the bags we keep them in.
Here we are dancing the horah with Rebecca.
..and singing Modeh Ani...
Azeh Balagan! Each week Ana reads a different story with a refrain in Hebrew. Last week we read a story about a kid who kept making a mess. So her mom kept saying "Azeh Balagan!" ("What a mess," in Hebrew). We kept saying it with her. We put our hands on our forehead and say, "Azeh Balagan!"
This week our story focused on Tov manners (good manners). Ask your children if they recognize the expression "tov manners." What does it mean? How can they demonstrate them?
We end each group by singing "Shalom Chavarim" together.
See you next week! Please leave comments below.
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