One of the ways the Tel Aviv class celebrates Simchat Torah is that we create our very own class ark. Last week a few Tel Aviv children found a box that they wanted to use as an ark and this week we have spent time decorating it! The class spent a day using oil pastels in every color imaginable to create drawings of torah and the things torah should have in its house, including a toothbrush! The next day we added paint and were amazed to see that the oil pastels popped out and that we could still see our designs from the day before. Using Q-tips they painted all the cracks between the pastels lines and really focused on fine motor skills while painting. Also using q-tips enabled more kids to work on painting the ark at one time without making too much of a mess. Everyone was excited to participate and we are excited to have a beautiful new ark which was a true collaboration amongst the
Tel Aviv class.
