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Monthly Archives March 2011
Tuesday Tales – The Queen Who Saved Her People
Do you know what the following items have in common?
- Costumes
- King Ahashuerus
- Hamantaschen
- Queen Ester
- Megillah
- Groggers
- Mordechai
- Haman
- Adar
Each of the words above is related in one way or another to the Jewish holiday of Purim. On the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar, Jewish people all over the world will celebrate the story of Queen Esther. Celebrations will include carnivals, dressing up in costumes, eating hamantaschen, and reading the Megillah. During the reading of the Megillah, we are told to be loud, and make a lot of noise with graggers each time we hear Haman’s name uttered. The celebration is fun and really gets the community involved. More about Purim will be on my blog this coming Sunday, so please be sure to stop by.
The boys adore going to shul to celebrate Purim. They love to dress up, make noise, and learn more about the holidays. Thanks to books, we are able to read more about Purim and begin the celebration before the reading of the Megillah. Recently, Kar-Ben sent me a copy of their new book The Queen Who Saved Her People to read and review with my family.
More about The Queen Who Saved Her People:
From Press Release
Perfect for presenting as a Purim shpiel at any Purim party, The Queen Who Saved Her People is a new adaptation of the well known Purim story. And it’s never been more fun than this! This irreverently-illustrated rhyming tale is a wonderful read-aloud book, and its color-coded dialogue is perfect for Readers Theater performances.
The book can be read as a regular story or acted out with an ensemble of voices and actors, telling the rollicking story of Purim. The book is available in affordable paperback so it’s easy to buy enough copies for each child or grownup in the play. By the author/illustrator team of Tilda Balsley and Ilene Richard, creators of the popular Let My People Go!
The Queen Who Saved Her People – Written by Tilda Balsley – Illustrated by Ilene Rochard – Kar-Ben Publishing – Spring 2011 – ISBN 978-0-7613-5093-4 – $7.95 (paperback) – Ages 4-8
What We Thought:
The boys always enjoy reading books about Purim. At 7, NHL knows the general story and liked the idea of using the book for a play. He enjoyed pointing out the people within the illustrations and telling me additional items that he knows about the story of Purim. He was able to add more details about Queen Esther and the bad deeds that Haman had planned to do to the people.
JSL is almost 4 and the book had a little too much information to keep his interest. To keep him involved, I had JSL practice making noise each time he heard Haman’s name during the story. He was able to follow the characters moving in the story thanks to the bright and colorful depictions.
Here is a look inside the book:
As a teacher, I love the idea of Readers Theater. I could see this book being used in a Hebrew School classroom as enrichment, or for a performance in front of others. I would definitely recommend this book for older children, those in elementary school who are able to read and have more fun with this.
What have you read recently? Please be sure to link up to your Book Posts, and/or leave a comment below. Include something you read on your own, with a child or someone else. Tuesday Tales are all about spreading the love for books.
Disclosure: I received this book complimentary of Kar-Ben Publishing in order to facilitate this review. No other compensation was given. The opinions expressed in the review are my own. One widget within the review is for my Amazon Affiliate where I will receive a percentage of money for the sale of the books should you opt to buy the book mentioned.
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Yarn Art Fun
It is no secret that I have a lot of yarn scraps in storage from my knitting. I often wonder what to do with them and how to let the boys have some fun. Over February break, the boys and I were stuck at home thanks to a storm. The boys wanted to do an art project.
Thanks to their request, I started to look around the house for ideas. I found some construction paper and noticed my yarn. I quickly thought of something, so I went and gathered Elmer’s glue, scissors, and my scraps of cotton yarn. I had a mission and the boys were ready to be creative. First I cut lots of yarn into smaller pieces for all of us to use with our project.
Everyone picked out a sheet of construction paper. Then the boys made squiggles of the glue on the paper.
After this, it was time to create our masterpieces. Here are some photos of the boys with their work in progress:
I watched as the boys picked their yarn and placed them into the glue. Then I got an idea to make something for TechyDad. Here are our creations below. JSL’s is the top, NHL’s is in the middle, and mine on the bottom.
The boys really enjoyed this, but got sticky from the glue and eventually lost interest. Of course, I had an idea and wanted to do another picture. As I started working on it, NHL came over to help me get colors to use within my work.
The papers looked really great after they dried. The white glue disappeared and we were able to hang them up. I know that we will definitely be doing this again, and I have another item that I hope to try with yarn art soon.
Do you have any ideas on how to use scrap yarn with kids for crafts? If you do, I would love to hear about your projects. Please be sure to share them below in the comments.
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Seeing Bill Nye on The Disney Driven Life
Disney is always close to my heart and running through my brain. Thanks to this love, I write about Disney in education on The Disney Driven Life.
This past week, I continued my story about Bill Nye the Science Guy. I took everyone back five years ago when I brought some students to a special event where Bill Nye was the keynote speaker. Come on over and check it out.
My other Education posts there can be found under NDM183 – that’s me!
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That Pesky Apple
Dear JSL,
A few months ago, we received a sheet about after school enrichment programs at your school. Most of them were not on days that you are there, or for older children. There was one that really intrigued me. It was run by a local food co-op. They were going to come in to help you make fruit and vegetable sculptures that you can eat. Since you are quite a picky eater, I thought this would be fun and possibly get you to try new things.
When I came to pick you up after the program the other day, they had a display of the sculptures that you all of the kids could make.
When you looked at the photo later on, you told me that you made the car. This did not shock me. What I was happy to hear was that you ate the carrot wheels from your creation!
Last night, you wanted to eat your apple that came home in a goody bag. There was a little problem. The apple was missing. We knew that you had been playing with it in the morning, but it was gone. We figured it was hidden and would start to rot. Panic, yelling, and crying resulted in our search. Then, I went into another location and found a second bag from the co-op. Daddy and I forgot that there were two bags. Inside that bag was the apple.
Lots of hugs and saying we were sorry resulted. Of course, we had to take a picture of you with that pesky apple. So sorry again that we did not realize the apple was not hidden by you.
Love,
Mommy
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