Tu B’Shevat I hope you enjoy these original Tu B’Shevat songs. I wrote these songs for children, parents and teachers to use when they celebrate and learn about the holiday of Tu B’Shevat, the “birthday for the trees”. Hag Sameach, Sylvia Tu B’Shevat is Here (The…
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Fun Things to do at Home and at School with Sammy Spider
Sammy Spider’s First Rosh Hashanah (focus on sizes to reinforce holiday symbols as you teach size relationships, small, middle-sized, and large). Use a picture of Sammy Spider or a spider puppet. Ask children to help Sammy Spider find the smallest apple, the middle-sized challah, the biggest bowl of honey, the…
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Worth Considering Again — Food for Thought on Tu B’Shevat
I wrote this blog when I was still teaching, and I think it’s worth looking at a second time: The school where I work has a policy that allows for the use of food in sensory experiences. One of our teachers recently asked one of our maintenance men to fill…
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The school where I work has a policy that allows for the use of food in sensory experiences. One of our teachers recently asked one of our maintenance men to fill a tactile table with beans. He said he couldn’t do it and when she asked if he had hurt…
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Tu B’Shevat (Background for parents by Sylvia Rouss) Tu B’Shevat, which literally means the 15th of the month of Shevat, celebrates the new year or birthday of the trees. In the secular calendar, the holiday occurs sometime between the end of January and the beginning of February. This holiday is…
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