Getting in to the spirit of Shavuot

There are many important concepts and traditions to teach the children about Shavuot. On day one of our classroom celebration we read the book, Ten Rules by Susan R. Topek, which is based on the Ten Commandments that G-d gave to the Jews on Mount Sinai. Our plan this week is to follow up with this and ask the children what rules they think are most  important for us to follow in our lives. Today we started making beautiful wreaths that the children could wear on their head during our PJ Shavuot celebration on Friday. The children enjoyed removing the petals from various flowers we had gathered, and decorating a paper plate that they had cut. Even though we only have pictures of the girls in this blog, the activity was just as much of a hit with the boys. The children also made beautiful flowers by dropping small amounts of different food coloring on paper coffee filters. Hopefully our room will look as green and lush as Mount Sinai by the time of our ceelebration at the end of the week.