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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Tu Bishvat
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Activity: One person is "it" the entire game. When someone gets tagged, they become a tree. Trees stand in place and can tag other people. The last one standing after everyone else has become a tree wins and becomes the tagger. |
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Materials: - fruits. shiva minim or otherwise Activity: Fruit is pretty! Split the group into teams and give them each some fruits. Have them create designs, sculptures, and other forms of art. Give them something to make, and judge each team's based on certain criteria. Then give them something else to make. Then eat the fruits. Discussion: Fruits are so cool! Do we appreciate them enough? |
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Props: - blindfold As many of the shiva minim as possible: -crackers (wheat) - grapes - figs - pomogarite - olives - dates Activity: Blindfold someone and silently decide with the rest of the group what to give him/her to taste. If they master individual tests, see if they can still guess when you give them a few items mixed together. |
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