Kitah Bet students began designing their parts of the Community Birkot HaShachar quilt. Our class is working on creating designs for the first four blessings of Birchot HaShachar. A week ago Sunday, we practiced singing these blessings and discussed their meaning at some length. We also spend time laying the groundwork for small group work by talking about what skills are needed to help us work together. The children came up with many key components of successful group work such as the ability to share and to compromise. In addition, the children talked about the value of group work; how much we can learn from each other when we work together. Yesterday during class, Kitah Bet students were divided up into 4 groups, one group for each of the brachot. Each group answered questions about their bracha and brainstormed ideas for a design. Then they began the actual design work. We will continue to move forward with the work on the quilt next Sunday when the students will finalize their designs and complete the first part in the quilt making process. Both the students and teachers are excited about moving forward with this project.
Shavua Tov, Hamorah Joanne and Hamorah Margie
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