Happy Tu B'Shevat from JKG
1st Year B’nei Mitzvah Class
To learn about the holiday of Tu B’Shevat & Bal Tashchit (Do Not Destroy), we are...
Playing recycling-based games to remember the mantra “reduce, reuse, recycle.”
Having a mini “fruit tasting” fruit seder, and hearing about other Tu B’Shevat customs.
Doing some tree-inspired yoga and leaving with a packet of seeds to plant.
Filming Bal Tashchit PSA videos in which we spread awareness of real environmental issues, and offered our own ideas of how to help solve them.
Creating Bal Tashchit Pledges of one action we will focus on to do our part for the environment, and envisioning how we want this action to keep developing in the future.
Ask your student...
What is Tu B’Shevat?
What are some of the fruit associated with Tu B’Shevat?
What is the mitzvah “Bal Tashchit?”
What are some real ways we create waste?
HEBREW
On Sundays, we split into leveled Hebrew groups. Every group goes at their own pace through learning the Hebrew letters, reading letter combinations, and conversational Hebrew. If you want to know exactly what your student is learning in their Hebrew group, reach out to Sunday@jewishkidsgroups.com.
5th Grade: Remembering the 6 Million
To learn about the 6 million Jewish people who perished during the Holocaust, we…
Discussing what Hitler’s “Final Solution” entailed, reviewing what we have learned about the 1930s that led to this terrible time, and watching a video about Anne Frank.
Creating memorial artwork based on poems of children interned at concentration camps.
Exploring the identities of real people who went through the Holocaust and doing a drama activity involving these identities.
Watching the trailer for the Paper Clips documentary, which helps us understand how many 6 million is.
Listening to the Israeli National anthem to remember that there was still hope for the Jewish people after the Holocaust, and to represent how many Holocaust survivors found refuge in Israel.
Ask your student...
What was the purpose of the concentration camps?
What was Hitler’s Final Solution?
What is your reaction to learning about this part of Jewish history?
HEBREW
On Sundays, we split into leveled Hebrew groups. Every group goes at their own pace through learning the Hebrew letters, reading letter combinations, and conversational Hebrew. If you want to know exactly what your student is learning in their Hebrew group, reach out to Sunday@jewishkidsgroups.com.
4th Grade: Experiencing Tu B’shevat
To learn about Tu B’shevat, we are...
Playing a game to match up different trees to their fruits, to see the variety of trees in the world.
Designing our own new trees based on what we would want to see more of in the world.
Playing a “Trivia Show” game to learn about which items can be recycled, and which items can be re-used.
Preparing ourselves to celebrate the new year of the trees, by doing a guided “Tree Pose” yoga practice.
Ask your student...
What do trees do for us?
Why is it important to have a reminder (like Tu B’Shevat) to take care of trees?
HEBREW
On Sundays, we split into leveled Hebrew groups. Every group goes at their own pace through learning the Hebrew letters, reading letter combinations, and conversational Hebrew. If you want to know exactly what your student is learning in their Hebrew group, reach out to Sunday@jewishkidsgroups.com.
3rd Grade: Happy Tu B’shevat
To learn about Tu B’shevat, we are...
Singing Happy Birthday and having a birthday party to celebrate the birthday of the trees!
Reviewing the Jewish calendar and identifying where in it Tu B’Shevat lands.
Doing a “Tu B’Shevat Taste Test” with the “Seven Species of Israel” to see the wonderful things that trees create.
Ask your student...
Think about the trees in our neighborhood--do you think they are old or young?
Why do you think plants/trees are important enough to Jews to have a special day for them?
Hebrew Vocabulary
Animals - Chayot - חיות
Cow - Para - פָּרָה
Duck - Barvaz - בַּרְוָז
Horse - Soos - סוּס
Fish - Dag - דָג
2nd Grade: Repairing the World
Today to learn about Tu B’Shevat and the core Jewish value “Tikkun Olam,” or repairing the world, we are…
Learning about the 3 R’s- reduce, reuse, and recycle- by playing a Recycle Relay race where the students had to sort recyclables in the right bins and discover creative ways to reuse and/or reduce the need for those items.
Playing acting games to represent all of the important purposes that trees serve.
Planting parsley for that we can eat at Passover to learn about the significance of planting trees and preparing for the future.
Connecting the customs of Tu B’Shevat and the value of Tikkun Olam, or repairing the world, by brainstorming ways to be more sustainable and and think more deeply about our impact on the world we live in.
Ask your student...
What are some ways that we can be more sustainable in our home?
Why is it important to take care of the environment?
Hebrew Vocabulary
Animals - Chayot - חיות
Cow - Para - פָּרָה
Duck - Barvaz - בַּרְוָז
Horse - Soos - סוּס
1st Grade: Happy Birthday to the Trees
To learn about the holiday of Tu B’Shevat we are….
Putting on party hats and having a birthday party for three trees!
Having a Recycling Scavenger Hunt and discussing ways to take care of the environment, with a focus on reducing, re-using, and recycling.
Creating our own seed bombs to plant in our gardens.
Ask your student...
Why do we celebrate Tu B’Shevat?
In what ways can we help to protect our environment?
Hebrew Vocabulary
Animals - Chayot - חיות
Cow - Para - פָּרָה
Duck - Barvaz - בַּרְוָז
Kindergarten: Celebrating Tu B’shevat
Today to learn about Tu B’shevat, we are...
Creating hand print trees and Tu B’Shevat greeting cards.
Hearing some Tu B’ Shevat stories and doing a special tree pose yoga routine.
Learning about taking care of trees and making art out of recyclable materials.
Ask your student...
What is the Hebrew word for tree?
What is something trees do for us?
Preschool/Pre-K: Discovering The Holiday Tu B’shevat
Today, to learn about Tu B’shevat, we are…
Discussing what trees give us
Enjoying fruit from different trees
Playing a fruit and vegetable scavenger hunt game
Ask your student...
What is one thing trees do for us?
Which fruit did you like the best?