Candlelight
(sung to the tune of "Silver Bells")
Candlelight, candle bright;
You bring the warmth of the season.
Glowing bright, candlelight;
You light the night with your peace.
Tasty Menorahs
Materials: Bread, cream cheese or butter, carrot
sticks, pretzel
sticks,
raisins
Have each child spread cream cheese or butter on a slice
of bread.
Arrange the 8 pretzels as candles and the carrot stick
as the large center candle. Use the raisins as flames at the ends of
the carrot and pretzel sticks.
Wrapping Paper
Materials: blue paint, large pieces of white
paper, plastic
margarine lids,
small Hanukkah cookie cutters or basic shapes.
Pour a small amount of paint into the margarine lids
and then let each child dip a cookie cutter into the paint. Use these to stamp
on the paper to make a pretty pattern.
Drediels
Materials: Pencils, glue, paint, paintbrushes,
small milk cartons or
boxes Fold the tops of the milk cartons down to make
boxes. Mix a
little
glue with paint and let the children use this to paint
the boxes.
Poke a
pencil through box from top downwards so point is on
bottom.
Poem: I have a little dreidel
I made it out of clay.
And when it's dry and ready,
A dreidel game I'll play.
Candle Puppets
Materials: toilet paper rolls, popsicle sticks,
foil, glue,
scissors,
marking pens, yellow construction paper
Have each child cover a roll with foil. Cut a flame shape
out of the paper and draw a face on it. Glue flame on end of stick and insert stick
in roll. Hold roll with one hand and make flame dance with the other.
HANUKKAH IDEAS
Tabletop Menorah
Sharpen your children's patterning skills with
this enlightening suggestion! Use masking tape or colored tape to
make a menorah design on a tabletop. Have your children create their
own unique patterns along the design using a variety of math counters.
As you admire a student's work, ask her to describe the attribute
she used for patterning. Your little ones will light up when it's
their turn at this festive center!
Classroom Display
Cut sponges into narrow rectangular shapes.
Have each child sponge-paint a menorah or other candle shapes onto
white construction paper. When the paint is dry, have him glue on
scrunched-up tissue paper flames. Mount each picture on a slightly
larger sheet of colorful construction paper; then arrange the pictures
on a board with a border and a caption.
EASY HOLIDAY HANUKKAH CRAFT
Take wide tongue depressors and glue three
together to make a triangle. Then do the same with another
3 tongue depressors. Now take the two triangle and glue them
together to form a 6 pointed star (like a star of David) I
put out
glue and give the children a a selection of different
colors of glitter - blue, silver, green, red. I place a pipe cleaner
on top as a hanger. The children of the Jewish faith make the Jewish
star with the blue and silver glitter and the chiildren who celebrate Xmas
use the other colors and make a Xmas tree ornament. A photo of the child
can be placed in the center of the
star and it also makes a cute frame.
Hanukkah Lights, Hanukkah Nights
Hanukkah Lights, Hanukkah Nights by Leslie
Kimmelman offers a simple, yet energetic introduction to the
beloved traditions and symbols of the eight joyous nights of Hanukkah.
After sharing this book with your youngsters, ask each child to share
related experiences from his family's holiday traditions.
ORIGINAL HANNUKAH SONG
Written and Submitted by Vicky
I made up the words to a little song for our
K class, to the tune of Oh My Darling Clementine.
"Light one candle, light two candles, then light
three, and then light four'
For every night of Hanukah we will light one candle more
Light five candles, light six candles, then light seven,
then light eight
We will light them to remind us of the miracles so great."
When we sang it we "lit our menorahs" by hooking
our thumbs together with our fists out in front or us, and putting
up one finger for each of the candles as we counted.
HANNUKAH SONGS
Submitted by AJ
I found this great song called Cleaning the
Temple. You'll have to make up your own tune but it is pretty
easy lyrics. I plan to "mess up" the temple by overturning
chairs and putting paper all over. The children will "clean
up" to this song.
Chorus: With a rub a dub dub and a srub
a dub dub
We'll have our temple clean for you
With a pail and a mop and a rag or two
We'll make it shiny, shiny new
Stanzas: The windows, the windows
We'll wash them till they glow
Then the sun will give us light
And it will be so shiny bright
The floors, the floors
We'll wash them on all fours
Then the sun will give us light
And it will be so shiny bright
The menorah, the menorah
We'll wash it near the door-a
Then the sun will give us light
And it will be so shiny bright
Here's a Little Candle
Many winter holidays share the hope for love
and warmth symbolized by light.
Whether your little ones will light a Christmas candle,
a menorah for Hanukkah, or a candle to celebrate Kwanzaa, this is a holiday
song that everyone can sing together.
(sung to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")
Here's a little candle dressed in white,
Wearing a hat of yellow light.
When the night is dark, then you will see
Just how bright this light can be!
Here's a little candle straight and tall,
Shining its light upon us all.
When the night is dark, then you will see
Just how bright this light can be!
Here's a little candle burning bright,
Keeping us safe all through the night.
When the night is dark, then you will see
Just how bright this light can be!
MENORAH MATCH UPS
Light up number-recognition skills with this
bright Hanukkah center. Using a marker, draw and color the base of
a menorah on a sheet of poster board. Attach nine yellow cups atop
the base to represent candleholders. Program eight of the cups with
the numerals 1 through 8, leaving the center cup unprogrammed to
represent the shammash (lighting candle) holder. Display themenorah
on a bulletin board or easel; then fill the shammash holder with
36 construction paper candles. A youngster removes the candle cutouts
from the shammash holder, then places a matching number in each cup.
My, what glowing
counting skills!
HANNUKAH ARTS AND CRAFTS
Submitted by Amy
Make Egg Carton Menorahs-
lots of egg cartons- cut 3 "bumps" off each
carton so each child has
a 9-egg carton, turned over.
Q-tips
paint, glue and glitter
Have children paint each nine egg carton "bumps" with
their choice of paint colors. Let dry. Then, they can dip a Q-Tip into
yellow paint, and poke the other end through the
top of the egg carton to resemble a candle. If they wish to further mbellish,
glue and glitter!
Candle Printing-
Hannukah candles
paint
paper
gold or yellow glitter paint
Put out shallow trays or plates with a folded
paper towel and a few spoonfuls of paint on each. Let children dip
the side
of a candle in the paint, and then onto the paper. (This
is great for strengthening pincer grip!)They can dip their fingertip into the
glitter paint to "light" the candles.
Draw with Candles-
white candles
white paper
very thinned-down blue paint
Encourage children to draw with a white crayon
onto white paper. Help them to tilt the paper so they can see the
faint white
marks. (If you wish, you may precut the paper into
dreidel, menorah or candle shapes.) Then, the children paint with the thinned
paint onto the paper. The candle wax will resist the paint, surprising the
children.
Make playdough or sculpey menorahs-
Baking clay or sculpey clay
lots of 3/8 hex bolts (boxes from hardware
store)
Show children several kinds of menorahs, and
encourage the children to see how they are different (shapes, decorations,
location of shamesh etc.), and how they are the same
(number of candle holders).
Encourage them to form any shape menorahs they want out
of sculpey clay or bakers clay. Let them press nine 3/8" hex
bolts into their menorahs to hold the candles. Bake,
and decorate with paints. The bolts may need to be glued if any loosen.
Decorate Candles- (this can be expensive
for a large group)
sheets of candle craft beeswax
inexpensive candles (not Hannukah menorah candles-they
break too easily)
Adult helps each child wrap each candle in a single layer
of candle craft beeswax. Let the children tear the other sheets
into tiny pieces; and then encourage them to stick the
small pieces onto the wrapped candles to decorate. This works best if the wax
is slightly warm- I put it under a lamp for a while to soften. Encourage the
children to roll the wrapped candle in their palms to warm up the wax so everything
will stick better.
Hanukkah
Submitted by Cooter
We are celebrating Hanukkah in our preschool
room next week! Two of my favorite art activities are makig
the Star of David and a Handprint Menorah!
To make the Star of David, use 6 popsicle sticks and
have them make two triangles with them. Glue the riangles together, and
then glue on on top of the other so you have a star shape. When they
are dry, we have the children paint thir stars blue, and add glitter to them. Another
activity we do is Handprint Menorahs, We let them chose a color paint thatw
e have out and paint their hands. When putting their hands on the paper,
make sure to put the two thumbs together for the "shammish."
After these are dry we add fingerprints for the flames
on the "candles." They come out very cute. You also can make Latkes(potato
pancakes), a famous Hanukkah treat, Make potato prints, and read "Latkes and
Applesauce," I'm not sure who the author is.
JEWISH HOLIDAY
Hanukkah Facts:
Jewish people around the world celebrate Hanukkah.,
the Feast of Lights, each December. This holiday commemoraters the
rededication of the temple of Jerusalem more than 2,000 years ago.
When it was time to light the holy lamp, only enough oil to keep
it burning for one day could be found: but miraculously the lamp
continued to burn for 8 full days! In honor of this event Jewish
families light a new candle in the menorah for 8 successive nights.
Menorahs
Materials: Cardboard, playdoh, glitter, paint, birthday
candles with wicks cut off.
Process: Cut 12 by 2 inch strips out of cardboard for
base. Let children paint dark blue.
Give children playdoh and let them roll it in gold glitter
and work into playdoh. Have each child make 8 balls approximatly same size.
This may be hard for younger child so teacher may have to dicvide up the playdoh
into 8 equal sections and then let child roll each into ball. Then take larger
amount of playdoh and form larger ball. Children line up their balls on base
with large ball in center. (Teacher should have example to show class and let
children line up their balls coping). Place white birthday candles, with wicks
cut off, in each ball to stand upright in their menorah. These menorahs are
for decoration only and should NOT be lit
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