Sunday 16 December 2012

HANUKKAH




Hanukkah is the Jewish festival of light, which is celebrated in November or December for eight days. Do you want to know more about this festival? Here is a presentation which contains the most important facts to remember about Hanukkah.






If you have any doubts about the story of this festival, here you have an animated report on the origins of Hanukkah.






Would you like to make a menorah to decorate the classroom? In the next presentation you have a few homemade menorah crafts. Which one is your favourite?





Or maybe you want to have some fun playing the dreidel game. Here you have a dreidel template and  the instructions to play with it.


Instructions to play the dreidel game:


  1. Each player needs about 25 counters (or use however many it takes to make an even number for the number of kids that you have).
  2. Each player puts two counters in the middle of the circle, or in the ‘pot’.
  3. The first player spins the dreidel. When the dreidel stops, see which letter is on top and follow these directions:
  • gimmel -player takes all counters in the pot
  • nun - nothing happens- next player spins
  • hay -player takes half of the counters in the pot
  • shin -player must put one counter into the pot

Continue the game, going clockwise around the circle. If the pot is emptied, everyone puts another 2 counters in to create a new pot. Set a time limit for the game and the player with the most counters at the end wins!



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