Rosh Hashana Shofar Crown!

When teaching about Rosh Hashana, crowning the King, and the blowing of the Shofar, this is an easy craft to connect to the lesson.

TEACHER PREP
Cut an 11"x14" piece of construction paper down the middle, horizontally. Staple the sides together to create the crown.
Print out a picture of the shofar for each child.
Print out "Shofar" in Hebrew for each child.

STUDENT ACTIVITY
Cut out Shofar and Hebrew word.
Color.
Glue onto crown.
Place on head.


MATERIALS
Construction Paper (11"x14" is good)
Scissors
Stapler/Tape
Glue
Crayons/Markers

שׁוֹפָר
(Submitted by FREE Hebrew School, Riverwoods, IL)

Parshat Chayei Sara Scene

Student creates the scene by Rivkah's well using popsicle sticks and construction paper.

TEACHER PREP

Print out camel and sun clipart images from chinuch.org, you may have to minimize the image on a xerox machine to half size. 

Cut out roof of well.

Here is the link: http://chinuch.org/item_details.php?mid=4275

Chayei Sarah Parsha Project by: Chaya Minkus

STUDENT ACTIVITY
Glue the popsicle sticks to make a well, use construction paper for the roof.
Color in the camel, and sun. 

Paper fasten the camel near the well so that its head tilts into the well.
Draw desert scene in the background. 

MATERIALS 
Cardstock Paper
Popsicle Sticks
Construction paper
Paper fasteners
Glue/ tape
Scissors

Crayons

(Submitted by Hebrew School of Chabad of East Brunswick, NJ)

Aleph Beis Hands-on

A terrific way to make learning the "letter of the day" more interactive! 


STUDENT ACTIVITY
They should form the letter that you learned about on a flat surface.
For older kids you can time them and see who can create the letter first!


MATERIALS
(There is a variety of materials that can be used for this activity)
Pennies
Blocks
Chocolate Chips
Popsicle Sticks
Play-dough
Cookie dough


(Submitted by FREE Hebrew School, Riverwoods, IL)

Contact Info

If you have a project you'd like to share you can email hsthinktank@gmail.com OR sbakaleynik@gmail.com. Preferably with pictures and a list of the materials you used. Thanks!

Simple Arba Minim to Body Parts Matching Sheet

http://www.scribd.com/full/37563117?access_key=key-x0y8qq0fp4myahzrxkz

Here is an easy matching sheet based on the connection of the Arba Minim to a person's body.  Click on the link for a pdf version.

Torah Suncatcher!

This can be used for Simchas Torah, Shavuos etc. 


TEACHER PREP
Simply trace a Torah shape connected to a Magen David, on black paper. 
Cut out the shape and the negative space (the open part inside the Torah shape). 
Cut strips of tissue paper. 


STUDENT ACTIVITY
Hand out materials.
Students will glue on the tissue paper to fill in the shapes.
(For a more finished look, cut give each child an additional Torah shapes and glue both together like a sandwich when the colored tissue is ready.)
Punch holes at the top.
Attach string.
Hang somewhere sunny.

MATERIALS
Black construction paper
Tissue paper
Glue
String
Scissors
Hole puncher
Pencil

Mission


Being that two heads are better than one, we decided that it would be great to have an easy way to share Hebrew School curriculum ideas for those long-term or even last-minute Hebrew School lessons.


How does it work?


Simple.  If you have a cool idea, send it in an email and we'll probably post it on the blog.


Comments and additional suggestions are always welcome.


We do screen the posts, so thank you for your patience.


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