Teaching Tip #20There is a well known saying, "you remember 10% of what you hear, 20% of what you see, but 90% of what you do." Whether the numbers are accurate or not, the point is keep kids engaged and active or they will forget it by lunch. If there's a message to be learned, have them either figure it out themselves or at least personally verbalize it.
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Activity: One person whispers something to the person next to him or her in the circle. That person whispers it to the next person, and the last person to the receive the message announces it out loud. The final word or phrase is often very different than how it started. Discussion: How often do you hear people say, "I heard that David..." Not only should we not listen to Lashon Hara because it's an aveira, very often these rumors aren't even true! |
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How Can I Ever Take it Back? |
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Props: - A feather pillow that you don't want anymore (or more likely, some confetti) Activity: Tell the story of the woman who came to a Rabbi asking how she could take back all the Lason Hara she had spoken over the years. The Rabbi told her to get a feather pillow, scatter the contents all over the city, and come back. When she came back, he said now go collect all of the feathers. She tried but could not. When she came back to the Rabbi, he explained that just as you can never find all of the feathers to fit back into the pillow, you can never undo all the harm that one word of Lashon Hara can cause. Like the feathers, the Lashon Hara spreads and spreads and once it gets out its effect can not be confined. As you tell the story, give each child a handfull of confetti, then have them throw it into the air, and finally have them try to pick up as much as they can. If they get frustrated at the impossibility of picking up every peice, that's the point. Afterwards, you can sweep up the remaining confetti. |
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