This past week the Pesach story has come to life! The children have experienced in a hands on way what it was like for the Jewish people to work for King Paroh.
They have felt the pain, the empathy that Moshe displayed and HOW to be a good leader!
Egypt- Mitzrayim Center
The children created pyramids as our backdrop and a hot sun beating down to help create the experience of what being slaves in Egypt felt like! We placed big boxes and slave costume to create the setting for them to reenact the story.
After teaching the history of the Jews back in Egypt it was now time to take a lesson we can all learn and can help us throughout our life.
TWO TYPES OF LEADERS
1) King Paroh- un caring, selfish, bully qualities.
2) Jewish leader Moshe- Caring, respect and love for others.
This whole week during our play time and through out the day we focused on trying to be like our leader Moshe! Each one of us is a leader, we can help each other and care for one another. It was so beautiful to watch all the 'Moshe Moments'!
Building Pyramids together!
Levi L. role played King Paroh not caring about Menucha who was feeling tired after all her hard work.
Shua who was playing Moshe offered Menucha a cup of water to cool her off!
We applied our knowledge to the Seder by tasting salt water which tastes just like our tears and the tears of those hard working Jewish slaves!
So sweet to see our friends using the Moshe puppet to show acts of kindness to one another.
Catching a 'Moshe moment' ;)
Dovi and Levi offering water to their friends on a hot sunny day!
Slave experiment
We learned what having a CHOICE means.
Slaves dont have a choice! As the week went by the children got a sense of how unfair it must have felt to be bossed around by King Paroh.
One day before snack time we told the children that snack will only be one craisin today and they may not get their lunch box. For a short bit ;) we told them they have no choice and must listen. As you can see on Max's face they were quite surprised and taken back. "I want my Thomas treat".
It was a short experiment for them to FEEL for the Jewish people who lived that way!
Pyramids!
Clay pyramids
A triangle popsicle stick outline helped the children create their own pyramids. Some children filled in the triangle others created a 3d pyramid!
Max and Levi building inside a big taped triangle pyramid on the floor!
Devorah Leah brought a doll from home named 'Moshe'. Her friends learned from her the story about baby Moshe in the basket!
Getting ready for the Pesach Seder by learning about each step!
(stay tuned for special Hagaddahs that they have been making!)
Exercising !
A Siyum
(a celebration for an accomplishment)
Torah Tots have learned the first ten letters of the Hebrew Alphabet! Some homemade popcorn was a fun way to celebrate together!
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