One of my favorite parts of homeschooling and one that I find to be very important, is learning about others traditions and beliefs. I want our children to have exposure to others beliefs and to respect them. We met up with our friends and fellow homeschoolers, The James Family, and "celebrated" Hanukkah. I started with reading a basic book as to why the holiday is celebrated and the miracle of the eight nights of light.We began with a lunch of bagels and potato latkes with applesauce. I was pleasantly surprised that the potatoes turned out! Most of the kids liked them, the moms definitely did! Jenny read The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming by Lemony Snicket while everyone ate. Very funny!
Latke's - They don't look so great but they
tasted great!
Ethan loved the latke's, I think he ate 4!
Lindy and Adrienne loved the latkes but Colin
wouldn't even try them!
Adrienne and Paige
No Hanukkah lessons are complete without the dreidel game. We had read in our book that the game was started when Jewish people were practicing their religion and had to hide what they were doing. Their "cover" was playing the dreidel game. Kyle's love of history was satisfied with this little bit of knowledge!
My history lover!
Our dreidles
Colin was the spinning pro!
Colin and Kyle
Erin won, she always got Gimel!
Adrienne helped Erin with her counting.
We finished up with a splatter painting using
toothbrushes and sponges to represent lights
at night. We added glitter to the wet paint for
extra "night" sparkle. There was just enough
time for a quick game of Bingo, a great way to
review Hanukkah symbols and vocabulary.
Thanks Jenny for helping us get all these
great activities together! What a great afternoon
to spend time with friends and learn at the same
time.
Splatter painting with Ethan, Paige and Emma.
Paige and Erin fill their Bingo cards!
Colin splattering himself!
If I can get Kyle to do art it must be a fun project!
William and Erin
Snacking together
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