Jewish & Me: Fall Holidays

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Encourage pre-schoolers to build Jewish identity and learn about the holidays with the Jewish and Me series of classroom magazines, while reinforcing core developmental skills such as counting, creative movement, and expressive language.

• Explore the holiday basics: Help children discover the joys of our holiday traditions, such as eating hallah on Shabbat or playing dreidel.
• Get up and move: Make the sound of a shofar, shake like a lulav. Explore holiday concepts with movement and pretend play. A playful cat character encourages children to join him in large motor celebration of the holiday.
• Bring the learning home: Involve families with delightful At Home activities, such as using your whole body to celebrate the New Year or choosing objects that could decorate a sukkah. Family Talk discussion questions encourage the entire family to explore a concept of the holiday and how it relates to the life of their family.
• Use the Poster and Game Cards: Tape the holiday objects poster to the wall, or cut the pictures for a set of perfectly matched game cards.

Visit www.behrmanhouse.com/jam for recipes, songs, and other extras to extend your lesson plans. Download and send home a Letter to Parents to encourage them to explore the website and enrich the activities in the Jewish & Memagazines.

Contents:

1. Rosh Hashanah
2. Yom Kippur
3. Sukkot
4. Simhat Torah
5. Celebrating Shabbat
6. Celebrating Hanukkah
7. The Story of Hanukkah
8. My Fall Holidays (Poster and Game Cards)

Extra:
It's fun, it's educational, it's JAM!
The Jewish & Me cat stars in a new game for your iPhone or iPad. Race against the clock to match as many holiday symbols as you can!

Music

• Hanukkah MP3s

Stories

• Ayom Kippur Picture Story

Recipes

• Cheese Blintzes for Shavuot
• Max's Sweet Hallah
• Hamantashen
• Potato Latkes

Crafts

• Make a Bird Feeder
• Make a Sukkah
• Simhat Torah Flag