Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Hebrew Through Movement

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

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