Pesach Activities

As mentioned in the last update, we are learning about Pesach (Passover). We have a desert tent in the classroom, and we have been learning new words related to the Passover story and holiday. Some of those words are:

--Matz’ah – the unleavened bread of Pesach

--Seder Pesach – the Passover ceremonial meal

--Hagadah – the book we use at the Seder Pesach. The word means “telling of a tale.”

--Avadeem – slaves

--Meetzrayim - Egypt

--Binay Yisrael - Israelites

Aside from some new vocabulary words, we learned the Passover story, and many Passover songs and dances. The kids particularly enjoyed three of my Passover lessons. First, we pretended we were slaves to learn the value of freedom. I gave them big wooden blocks and we walked around to music carrying them as if we were slaves building an Egyptian city.

Second, we used blue streamers to recreate a scene by the Nile River in Egypt. The children held the streamers pretending to be the water around the basket holding baby Moses.

Third, we discussed Egypt, and I showed the children how to write their names using the hieroglyphic symbols used in Egypt around the time of the Exodus story. The kids were very excited about this and we really had fun.

Here are some pictures of our Passover classroom activities, including one where Ms. Moss's first grade class came to sing Passover songs with us. Have a happy Passover holiday and a fun Passover break.