Purim

Act out story of Purim and take pictures to make Megillah Purim Hebrew vocabulary words: Purim, Adar, Masechot, Matanot Loevyonim ||  || Measure as we bake Hamentashen ||  || Design our own costume and crown in art to take home. String beads to make necklaces. Make a Gragger Design your own mask. Make room decorations of Purim objects. Dress up different paper dolls as Purim characters. Make Hamentashen with pom-poms and tong game. Make Shalach Manot basket Purim character match-up games. ||  || Read Megillah that we made together and have kids tell me back the story. ||  ||
 * = Essential Questions ||= How and why do we celebrate Purim || Content/ Skills ||
 * = Judaic Studies ||= Tell story of Purim using puppets,
 * = Language Arts ||= Acting out story, Using our words to tell story ||  ||
 * = Social Studies ||= Learn Mitzvot of Purim that relate to other people, Shalach manot, Matonot Loevyonim ||  ||
 * = Math ||= Sequence game with hamentashen and graggers,
 * = Science ||= Bake Hamentashen, ||  ||
 * = Social Skills ||= Make Shalach Manot for our parents ||  ||
 * = Creativity/ Critical Thinking ||= Have Purim table with costumes, masks and jewelry - children dress up in dramatic play
 * = Resources ||= Megillah, computer ||  ||
 * = Assessment ||= Review story at circle time through questions,