Hanukkah

We started preschool reading the story, "Four Sides, Eight Nights" This help the children recognize that there is another Holiday that people celebrate. We practiced our folding to make a menorah that will actually stand. We then glued pretend candles made out of straws to our menorah. We learned that they have stars, they look a little different, than the common five pointed star, and they called their star, " The Star of David".

We spent time in the kitchen for snack time. We made real Latkes, made with shredded potatoes, eggs, flour and salt. The kids loved them so much, we made another batch so we could all have seconds.

After snack we played with a LARGE Dreidel, and used fake coins to play with. The children loved trying to make the top-like dreidel spin. We learned a Hanukkah song and poem, and I believe the children really enjoyed this new Hanukkah Holiday.