Hi Parents,
This past Sunday we had a Tu B'Shevat lesson, since the holiday began that day at sundown. Our new vocabulary words are:
aytz=tree
p'ree=fruit
l'ntoah=to plant
This
is because, as you may know, Tu B'Shevat is known as the birthday of
the trees, the Jewish equivalent of Arbor Day. We practiced walking,
jumping, spinning, and running both to pieces of fruit and a little
replica of a tree, and doing the same to pictures of an Israeli acacia
tree, a pomegranate tree, and one of President Obama planting a tree in
Israel alongside former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon
Peres.
Think about taking your children outside one day
and saying lalechet el aytz--walk to the tree. Or if you'd rather be
inside, you could put a piece of fruit on the table and say l'hatzbeeah
el p'ree, point to the fruit. I'm going to try and work with them for
longer now that their vocabulary has increased. I see tremendous gains
in their confidence in following Hebrew commands. Working with them is
great fun!
Have a great week!
Emily
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Monday, January 11, 2016
Hebrew Through Movement
Hi Parents,
Yesterday I taught the Gan, Alef, and Bet classes together. We focused on synagogue objects--specifically the bimah (platform from which the service is conducted), ner tamid (eternal light), aron hakokesh (holy ark), and Torah. During the lesson I reinforced some of our basic verbs by having students pick up pictures of these things, and either walk toward the ark, sit on one of the chairs on the bimah, or point to the eternal light. You can try some at home, if you'd like:
lakachat=to pick up
lahtet=to put down
l'hatzbeeah el=to point to something far away
l'hatzbeeah al=to point to something and touch it
lashevet al keesay=to sit on a chair
No class next week because of MLK Weekend. I look forward to seeing your children in two weeks!
Emily
Yesterday I taught the Gan, Alef, and Bet classes together. We focused on synagogue objects--specifically the bimah (platform from which the service is conducted), ner tamid (eternal light), aron hakokesh (holy ark), and Torah. During the lesson I reinforced some of our basic verbs by having students pick up pictures of these things, and either walk toward the ark, sit on one of the chairs on the bimah, or point to the eternal light. You can try some at home, if you'd like:
lakachat=to pick up
lahtet=to put down
l'hatzbeeah el=to point to something far away
l'hatzbeeah al=to point to something and touch it
lashevet al keesay=to sit on a chair
No class next week because of MLK Weekend. I look forward to seeing your children in two weeks!
Emily
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