That's why the holiday starts on a different date each year. For eight nights, candles are lit in a menorah, a candelabrum with spaces for nine candles—one for each night plus a helper candle called the shamash shammes in Yiddish. On each night, one more candle is added and lit. During the lighting, people recite special blessings and prayers. Families play games, sing songs, and exchange gifts. Since preschoolers learn through music, repetition, and tactile stimulation, Barbara Gross, a preschool teacher, "puts lessons to songs and uses fine motor skills" to teach her 2-year-old students about Hanukkah through play.
She creates simple, repetitious melodies with correlating hand movements to well-known tunes but substitutes words that represent the holiday. Then, she models frying the latke in a pan with the KidKraft Chanukah Set and gives the children stickers to peel off for themselves, reinforcing the lesson and allowing them to strengthen their fine motor skills.
Stacey Palker, a kindergarten teacher at Tamim Academy in Greenwich, Connecticut, says she "focuses on the light" when introducing her students to the history of Hanukkah. She constructs a light table to illustrate the contrasts between light and dark. Palker also suggests using a hand-painted set of peg dolls to model the Hanukkah story by giving each character a different voice. Afterward, they can role-play with the dolls, re-enacting the story themselves. As they grow older, the dolls become a keepsake to pass down to other generations.
Ashkenazi Jewish tradition dictates that each member of a family has his or her own menorah to light. A captivating way to tell the story of Hanukkah is to craft a menorah with your child each year. While I made menorahs with my daughter this year, I made symbolic connections about light and miracles and encouraged her to ask questions about the holiday's traditions.
Looking to talk about the history of Hanukkah with your kids? Here are some more ways to tell the Hanukkah story. How to Explain the Hanukkah Story to Kids.
Hanukkah is the Jewish festival of lights. It starts on the 25th day of the Jewish calendar month of Kislev , which is usually around December. The festival lasts for eight days and involves an eight-branched candlestick called a Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiya. The hanukkiya is lit every night, and special blessings are said.
One candle is lit on the first night, two on the second night, and so on, until all eight candles burn together on the last night. To begin the game, each player has objects, which are often raisins or sweets.
Each person puts one object in the middle and takes a turn at spinning the dreidel. The letter that the dreidel shows when it has finished spinning determines whether they win or lose. The holiday is also celebrated by lighting an eight-branched candlestick called a Hanukiah. Jewish people will light one candle for each night of Hanukkah. Hanukkah is a great time for eating delicious food.
Some dishes have special meaning, such as latkes which are a kind of potato fritter , pancakes and doughnuts. This is because they are fried in oil and so, by preparing and eating this food, Jewish people remember the miracle of the oil lasting eight days in the temple.
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