In the Kohavim class we've been talking a lot to the children about acts of kindness that we can show to one another. The children had no trouble thinking of kind acts that they had performed but it was more difficult to think of acts of kindness that they received. Mia said that she was thankful for the swing set that both sets of grandparents bought for her. She said that it had cost lots and lots of money! Sam Royal said that he plans not to fight with his sister so much, Mattie said that Sam shared a car with him, and Teddy Fox expressed his thanks to the whole class for the many cards that the children made for him. Each act of kindness was written down on a paper star that the children traced and cut out. The children then put the stars in the large bucket that we made. We asked the children to guess how many stars it would take to completely fill the bucket. The answers ranged from ten to "forty hundred"! One thing we know for sure is that we plan to add many more stars before the year is done. Our children already seem to have a solid understanding of the importance of performing mitzvot.
Mia spoke so excitedly about this activity this evening! And she even tried to fill her brother's bucket! Then, of course, she was concerned because she didn't have a star- I tried to explain that she could do mitzvot and bucket filling without the stars as well! Side note- she got that swing set when she was two and a half. She has recently found pleasure in watching a video of her getting it repeatedly.
ReplyDeleteIt is always nice to hear or see acts of kindness. Mia also shared that her guppi and paupi came over to help build her Sukkah early, because daddy might not have time to build one later. That was a Huge Mitzvah. Yes, the gift of time is such a great gift we give one another. How nice that she has grandparents so near by to share these special moments.
ReplyDeleteTeddy's older sister said they talk in her third grade class about filling buckets. Thanks to the great teachers who are working on these concepts with our children early in life.
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