Materials:
- Yoga cards (cabinet)
- Paper and markers (cabinet)
- Yom Kippur story (youth lounge)
- Bentzi
Greet students
Make sure they respond with what they know:
Shalom!
Na'im me'od
Shanah Tovah!
Start the class when most or all of the students have arrived. (Not everyone comes on Sunday.)
Yoga
Use "achshav" to indicate what yoga position they are doing. Yoga cards are in the cabinet nearest the door (behind the door). The children know a lot of these moves if you want them to lead.
Say "Achshav: Nachash" (snake): lie on your stomach, push your upper body up with your hands, keeping your stomach on the floor. Inhale through your nose. Exhale through your mouth and make a long "sssssssssssssss."
"Achshav Arnav" (rabbit): sit on your knees. Hold your hands in front of your chest like a rabbit. Inhale through your nose with short sniffs like a rabbit. Exhale through your nose with one long exhale.
"Achshav dov" (bear): Same as rabbit, but breathe in through the nose, and exhale with a grumble.
"Achshav Kelev lamata" (down dog): Face the ground and lift your body up in a triangle using your hands and legs fully extended. Hold for two breaths.
"Achshav eitz" (tree): stand on one leg, the other leg rests on your thigh or calf. Hold on if you need balance. Press palms together if you don't need balance.
"Achshav meshulash" (triangle): stand with feet apart, reach one hand down toward one foot, and the other one reaches for the sky. Switch.
"Achshav tzav" (frog): This one is tricky and you might want to skip it. Squat down, place both palms on the floor, place your knees on the outside of your elbows, and try to lean into it. The goal is to balance your knees on your elbows.
Ma'agal
Direct the students to the ma'agal (circle) in the couch/rug area. Bring Bentzi (the hand puppet in the closet).
Review with the students what they have learned.
Start by saying to Bentzi "Shalom Bentzi, boker tov." Bentzi says back, "Shalom, (your name here), boker tov." Next, say to one student, "Shalom, (student's name). Boker tov." They should say it back to you, and then say it to the next student, and so on.
Next, introduce the new vocabulary: m'... and atah. Tell the children that you were born in (insert birthplace here). Say "Ani m' (your birthplace)." Tell them that m' means "from." Repeat "Ani m' (your birthplace)." The students should then say "Ani m'..." and use where they were born.
Songs
Use the Aleph Bet puzzle (on the table on the other side of the room) and sing the aleph bet song ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiCzoTs1AdE) with them. Sing this 2 or 3 times, allowing the students to repeat after you (or the singer).
Recess 15 minutes
Play Aleph Bet game (from the youth lounge). This should take about 10 minutes.
Yom Kippur: Discuss the idea of mistakes and forgiveness. If we make a mistake, we should always try to fix it. But once we fix it, or try our very hardest to fix it, we should forgive ourselves.
Discuss the Golden Rule. Explain that the Golden Rule comes from the Torah. "Do not do unto others what you would not want them to do unto you." Explain that it's important to think about how you want to be treated by others. Ask what you think is really important to always do? Do you think it's important to always use kind words? Is it important to always try to help others?
Have the children make an illustration of the most important "rule." You can write their idea on their picture for them.
If they finish, you can go back to the Ma'agal and read a story from the Yom Kippur section of the book library in the youth lounge.
Materials:
- Yoga cards (cabinet)
- Paper and markers (cabinet)
- Yom Kippur story (youth lounge)
- Bentzi
Greet students
Make sure they respond with what they know:
Shalom!
Na'im me'od
Shanah Tovah!
Start the class when most or all of the students have arrived. (Not everyone comes on Sunday.)
Yoga
Use "achshav" to indicate what yoga position they are doing. Yoga cards are in the cabinet nearest the door (behind the door). The children know a lot of these moves if you want them to lead.
Say "Achshav: Nachash" (snake): lie on your stomach, push your upper body up with your hands, keeping your stomach on the floor. Inhale through your nose. Exhale through your mouth and make a long "sssssssssssssss."
"Achshav Arnav" (rabbit): sit on your knees. Hold your hands in front of your chest like a rabbit. Inhale through your nose with short sniffs like a rabbit. Exhale through your nose with one long exhale.
"Achshav dov" (bear): Same as rabbit, but breathe in through the nose, and exhale with a grumble.
"Achshav Kelev lamata" (down dog): Face the ground and lift your body up in a triangle using your hands and legs fully extended. Hold for two breaths.
"Achshav eitz" (tree): stand on one leg, the other leg rests on your thigh or calf. Hold on if you need balance. Press palms together if you don't need balance.
"Achshav meshulash" (triangle): stand with feet apart, reach one hand down toward one foot, and the other one reaches for the sky. Switch.
"Achshav tzav" (frog): This one is tricky and you might want to skip it. Squat down, place both palms on the floor, place your knees on the outside of your elbows, and try to lean into it. The goal is to balance your knees on your elbows.
Ma'agal
Direct the students to the ma'agal (circle) in the couch/rug area. Bring Bentzi (the hand puppet in the closet).
Review with the students what they have learned.
Start by saying to Bentzi "Shalom Bentzi, boker tov." Bentzi says back, "Shalom, (your name here), boker tov." Next, say to one student, "Shalom, (student's name). Boker tov." They should say it back to you, and then say it to the next student, and so on.
Next, introduce the new vocabulary: m'... and atah. Tell the children that you were born in (insert birthplace here). Say "Ani m' (your birthplace)." Tell them that m' means "from." Repeat "Ani m' (your birthplace)." The students should then say "Ani m'..." and use where they were born.
Songs
Use the Aleph Bet puzzle (on the table on the other side of the room) and sing the aleph bet song (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiCzoTs1AdE) with them. Sing this 2 or 3 times, allowing the students to repeat after you (or the singer).
Recess 15 minutes
Play Aleph Bet game (from the youth lounge). This should take about 10 minutes.
Yom Kippur: Discuss the idea of mistakes and forgiveness. If we make a mistake, we should always try to fix it. But once we fix it, or try our very hardest to fix it, we should forgive ourselves.
Discuss the Golden Rule. Explain that the Golden Rule comes from the Torah. "Do not do unto others what you would not want them to do unto you." Explain that it's important to think about how you want to be treated by others. Ask what you think is really important to always do? Do you think it's important to always use kind words? Is it important to always try to help others?
Have the children make an illustration of the most important "rule." You can write their idea on their picture for them.
If they finish, you can go back to the Ma'agal and read a story from the Yom Kippur section of the book library in the youth lounge.
THANKS!!!