The sukkah that the Kohavim class built

Many of our children participated in building our own class sukkah today. Prior to beginning, we asked the children what they thought we needed to build our sukkah. Their answers included "wood", "nails", "hammers", "a drill", "a saw", and "something to measure it with". "We also need two pumpkins to decorate it", said Teddy Fox. When shown two different sizes of nails, the children agreed that we needed the longer nails since, according to Sam, "the smaller nails won't stabilize it." Sam also added that we need to design the sukkah before building it, meaning we need to make a blueprint of it. The children learned about measuring "length" and "width". They compared the size of the different pieces of wood before deciding how to assemble them. Sam wanted to make sure he could stick his head through the middle of it when it was all done. Josh Van Dam understood the importance of "rulering" all the pieces of wood to "see if they go in or not". This was truly a cooperative effort. At the end of the morning the children had made a lot of progress building the frame of the sukkah. We were all able to sit within the boundaries of the frame during our second morning meeting. We will continue our work tomorrow and Friday. Be sure to stop in and see it!