April 25, 2017
Hello all –
We are entering the home stretch of religious school. It is
always difficult when we come back after Passover, as the kids are in Spring
Mode. I have am wondering if wearing a giant inflatable dinosaur costume
at all times might help, and am willing to take that plunge, if need be.
We shall see. It is always good to keep a trick or two in your back pocket. J In the meantime, while I know that
spring sports are here and the kids’ schedules are crazy, just a gentle
reminder that they are in Judiacs class from 11:25 – 12:15, so if they leave at
11:30, they miss all of their Judaics lesson… and my giant inflatable dinosaur
costume. And that’s just tragic. Please make sure if your child needs to
leave early, that he/she circles back with me BEFORE or AFTER class the next
week, so I can catch him/her up. And, of course, there is always the
blog. This past Sunday we began with 15 kids and I had 4 by 11:45.
And such is spring. So, as for Sunday, we don’t have much to
report, as we REDID the lesson on Tuesday.
Since I am typing this Tuesday morning, let’s pretend that
this class went as follows. In my mind, this is EXACTLY what is going to
happen, but who knows. Usually I am at least 20% right. J But this is the lesson planned. First, I
will look stunning in my inflatable T-Rex costume and the kids will ALL be
there and then they will all leave to go on to play baseball AFTER religious ed
and naturally, win their games. They will then go home, eat all of their
veggies without complaint, and their chicken (even without fried breading on
it), not torture their siblings, do their homework, brush their teeth without leaving
globs of toothpaste in the sink, and go to bed by 9:00 p.m. with the day’s
clothing neatly tossed in the hamper. Just so you know: this
happened. I guarantee it.
Tuesday plan: We learn about Moses as an imperfect
leader. Why? One might ask… because I want the kids to know that YOU TOO
can be like Moses. You do NOT have to be PERFECT. But you can have
GIANT positive impacts on the world and on the Jewish people. We discuss
what it means to be a leader, what characteristics leaders hold – both positive
and negative. We then discuss in popular culture what the characteristics
those leaders hold. We see a short google slide show that Morah Leah
made.. naturally, the internet does not go out and the Smartboard works
perfectly. Then, The kids do an activity that involves lemons and
leadership (ask them about this… it’s a good one), and it ends by making
homemade lemonade. Yum. On Sunday we will move on to discuss
specific characteristics of Moses and tie them in to characteristics he shares
with other leaders that they are familiar with.
Please mark May 2 as an important date – the kids are making
their YADS with Gail Kaplan. These are the ones that they use for their
Bar/Bat mitzvahs! They are BEAUTIFUL and are generously sponsored by
CSZ.
Please also mark May 21st from 11- 12 in your
calendar. You will meet your children for the last day of religious
school for the all school, family Shavuot program. Looking forward to
having you there.
Have a great weekend,
Leah
