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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