Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Creating Chanukiot






What do you get when you give kindergartners hundreds of wooden blocks of various shapes and sizes and ask them to construct a real chanukiah? MASTERPIECES!!!!!!

The children in Gan Gimmel learned that a kosher chanukiah has to have 8 candles in a straight row and of the same height and one for the shamash. They used visual perception skills, cooperation, planning and collaborating to find the "perfect" pieces for their chanukiot! "Will it fit?" "Try this piece,"
"How many do you have?" "How many do you need?" were just some of the questions coming from inquisitive children having loads of fun creating amazing chanukiot which they can use for Chanukah.

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