The children in my classroom this year are starting to turn three now, and they come to school only three days a week. Teaching them about Yom Kippur is not as easy as teaching older children. This year I decided to concentrate on the idea of the shofar. I wanted them to recognize the shofar and know where it come from and how it sounds.
I like using the following activity for almost any holiday or season in my room. It's fun. It strengthens their fine motor skills. It lets them work as a team. It also helps them develop problem solving skills.
First, I taped the shofar cutouts to the table and added "Challah Bear" cutout in the middle.
Before the children came we covered the table with a soft paper, and placed crayons on the table. I like these melted crayons, they fit in their hands perfectly, so it's easier for them to hold and rub with these.
We told the children to start rubbing the crayon on the paper to see what happens. As soon as they started rubbing they discovered the shofars.
After discovering a few shofars we told the children that the challah bear decided to play hide and seek. So they need to rub the whole paper to be able to find the Challah Bear.
Of course, we didn't want the fun to end just there. We decided to share it with the whole school.
We cut the paper and hung it on our hallway wall to give the other kids chance to find Challah Bear.
I wish you could see the excitement on their faces when they found Challah Bear.
We will need to convince Challah Bear to play hide and seek again sometime soon.
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