Dear families:
A wonderful few days for the alef
class. First Friday night for services
and Chinese dinner. Students led the congregation
in the chorus of Leha Dodi. With 7 of the
12 students in attendance, they won the prize for the greatest percent of class
participation. Robin will give us our
prize after Pesach. An added bonus for
me was the chance to sit at dinner with Rabbi Shira Shazeer, an important member
of the Godly Play program and the author of the Nachshon I presented today (see
below). She gave me several pointers.
Today, we were involved in many
activities. First we took part in
tefillah; Cantor Ken reviewed Pesach
blessings and songs. This fit well with
our CRAFT for the day—an illustrated book of the Four Questions.
Each child took home a chart to
count the Omer, the 49 days between the second day of Pesach and Shavuot. Start crossing out one day at a time on
Wednesday, April 12.
Many thanks to the food elective
students who provided us with chocolate covered matzah as part of our snack.
HEBREW: Our lesson this
week began with the vowel “o”--as in shalom, shofar, menorah, Torah, nerot
(candles). It can be represented by a
“vav” with a dot over it, or by any letter with the dot to the left of the top.
Students also studied ט“tet”--the
first letter in tallit, Tu B’Shevat, and the Hebrew version of telephone.
GODLY PLAY: we did another story in the holiday
series. The children of Israel left
Egypt, but they still felt like slaves.
When Pharaoh’s army pursued them into the desert, they panicked. Moses raised his hands, but the Sea of Reeds
did not part. Afraid to step into the water, the tribes bickered about who
should be the first to step into the water. Finally, Nachshon of the tribe of
Judah stepped in. After Nachshon’s show
of faith in G-d, the waters parted'
The students so enjoy watching the story acted out with
wooden figures, felt scenery, and “wondering” questions. See the pictures
below.
We closed with Ann Green’s Pesach parody to the tune of the
Dreidel Song
Hag sameach. There is no school the next two Sundays. See you on April 30.
Judy and Cheryl (Esther andTzipporah)
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