Howdy Everyone!! :o)
Another Sukkot is so close, Aren't yall excited!! ??
I know I am!!! :o)
Below are the studies and activities that are planned for Sukkot this
year. Those coming, I have yours already printed off, and
everything ready to go. For those of yall who will not be able to
come, I pray we will see yall next year!!! :o)
I've posted the studies and activities below so you will be able to
print off the studies, (readings, questions, puzzles, worksheets,
etc..) and the activities that go with each study.
I've put dates with each study, but depending on which days you can do
which study and activity, you can mix them up instead of going in the
order I have them below. I put the dates to help me make sure I
have enough studies and activities for each day of the feast.
Since there are some days (closer to the end of the page) that doesn't
have a study to go with it (one that is written out) I thought it would
be good to put thouse between the studies that are written out to read,
and have questions with, etc.. This way there are some other fun
things to do in between the other studies with questions, so the
children don't get board, and loose interest. :o)
Switch them around to best suit your feast plans, and learn a lot and
have fun doing it!!! :o)
The first day of the Feast is
from sunset Sept. 27th, to sunset Sept. 28th. The 8th day is from sunset, Oct.
4th, to sunset Oct. 5th.
If you have any questions, or comments, or problems with any of
the pages, PLEASE let me know. EMAIL ME HERE :o)
Samuel:
Friday, Sept. 28th, 2007
1st Day of Sukkot
Here is the Samuel study material. I hope and pray that everyone has
a blessed, safe, and happy
Sukkot!! :0)
If the reading is to much for the age of your child, the reading,
worksheets, coloring pages, and activities can be split up into 2 parts
and done on two different days.
Make Sukkot Cards to send out:
Take some 3" x 5" (or) 4" x 6" index cards.
Decorate them and then address them and send them out to others for a
Happy Sukkot, or Nice to have met you at the Feast, etc...
This
is a very fun activitiy. The bean bag whales can be premade with
material and beans, or polybeads, or the bean bag whales can be made by
the children, using construction paper, and tissue paper for
stuffing.
After the whales are made, take a couple of empty 1 gallon plastic milk
cartons.
Cut the tops off so you have a good sized hole, about 1/4 to 1/2 cut
off the top.
Next, get the children to decorate the cartons to make the carton look
like waves with construction paper, stickers, paint, markers,
etc.. The children can practic throwing the whales in the ocean
water. :o)
Another idea would be to make a big tic-tac-toe board using
construction paper.
When the children make their whales, make 5 or 6 whales of the same
color, and then make several sets. Each child gets their own
color whale. The children toss the whales onto the tic-tac-toe
construction board. The first with a tic-tac-toe with their
whales, wins.
Activities:
TNK Scavenger Hunt - Take stuffed toys (lion, cat, dog, horse,
bird, baby dolls, play house, Sukkots that were made out of the pop
sickle sticks, etc..) and hide them in and/or around the outside of the
house.
Take slips of paper and write on each, for example:
YHWH made me, I bark. I can fly, and I may or may not be
kosher. My house was built by Solomn.
(baby doll) if boy can be David - I shot down Goliath with a stone.
(baby doll) if girl - I vowed, Your people will be my people.
Your Elohym will be my Elohym.
You live in me for 7 of an 8 day feast. Depends on what you have to hide, what you
write on the slips of paper.
Take each slip of paper after you've hidden
the toy, and fold them in half, and put them in a bowl. One child
at a time picks out slips of paper. Whatever clue they get, that
is the toy they have to find. If they find a toy that has nothing
to do with the clues they get, they have to leave the toy there, and
don't tell the other children where the toy is. The child who
finds the most toys for their clues, wins. They have to match the
clue with the toy. If the toy that is brought does not match the
clue, it can not be added to their points.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elijah
2nd Day:
Tues. Oct. 2, 2007
5th Day of Feast
Make Books:
One of the children at Sukkot is going to show the rest of the children
how to make books. I'm not sure yet how these are made, but will
post
the instructions as soon as I find out.
Pop Sickle Stick Sukkot:
Wed. Oct. 3, 2007
6th Day of Feast
Open Study:
There is not a study for today, but while building the Sukkots you can
discuss why the Israelites lived in booths. Discuss the items
that they made their sukkah's with, and why. Ask the children if
they have any questions about Sukkot, and the sukkah's or any other
questions about the feast.
With more than 2 children, or even with one child, and yourself, you
can make a note to the child or children of the different looks of the
sukkahs that were made, and that even though one child may have made a
sukkah look one way, and another child make one look another way, they
are both correct. There is not a set building diagram that the
TNK gives, only that it is a booth to be lived in for 7 days of the 8
day feast. Ask or prompt other questions. :o)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TNK Movie: Thurs. Oct. 4, 2007 7th Day of Feast
I'm
bringing the movie Veggie Tales: Josh And The Big Wall.
After the movie, and during the movie we will pause it to talk about
what is going on in the movie, and who marched around the wall, and
why, and to discuss anything that is wrong with the movie, and what the
TNK actually says, and any other questions that come up in the movie.
If this one is not rented, another can be rented and watched. Ask
questions that go along with the children's TNK movie, and discuss
parts of the movie that does not go along with the TNK, and discuss
what the TNK actually says.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jewlery Making: Fri., Oct. 5, 2007 8th Day Of Feast
There are many places in the TNK
where jewlery is mentioned. The Egyptians for one gave the
Israelites their jewlery as the Israelites left Egypt. Other
times in the TNK, the Israelites took the booty of the other nations
that they concoured, and part of the booty was jewlery. Also, the
jewlery was melted down to make different items in the temple.
There are other examples as well throughout the TNK.
Get some plastic and/or wood beads, some string used for beads, or a
variety of shells.
The children can make their own jewlery, including the boys. Or
they can make friendship bracelets to wear and share with one another.
Discuss the different parts of the TNK where jewlery is mentioned, and
see if the children can give you references in the TNK where they
remember jewlery being mentioned. Discuss what the Israelites did
with the jewlery, the good and bad, and see if they can come up with
ideas to use the jewlery in good ways, like to wear them themselves,
share, make friendship bracelets to share with friends, etc.. :o)
Shabbat, Oct. 6, 2007
Last day before everyone goes home from their feast site
If Samuel needs to be split into 2
days, you can read one of the Samuel reading pages one day, and split
the worksheets, puzzles, and coloring sheets into 2 days. Do the
other half of the reading, worksheets, puzzles, and coloring sheets
today.
If the Samuel study is done all in the same day, here is a great
activity the children will love to make.
Friendship
/ Memory Quilt:
Supplies:
Colored construction paper or Wallpaper pieces or different
colors of wrapping paper
Posterboard - 1/4 piece
Glue
Instructions:
Cut squares, rectangles, triangles, etc.. out of the type of
paper you use.
Next, glue the pieces of paper onto the postarboard.
Write the Ten Commandments, or TNK verses (memory verses) in the
quares, rectangles, triangles, etc..
Have all the children sign each other's quilt.
Pictures that were taken during the feast can be attached to the quilt
also. This will make a great Friendship / Memory Quilt
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Other Sukkot Activities:
(optional) Here are some other Sukkot activities
to do with the children.
1.) Make a booth for Sukkot:
Use limbs from trees with no leaves as the frame. Use branches
with leaves for the roof. You can use a small tarp as the roof,
or a larger one for the roof and to drape over the sides (rain proof),
then use branches with leaves and other things to decorate the top (to
represent the different types of wood and things mentioned in the Torah
to make the booth from.
One idea that I've seen too, is to make the booth using PVC pipes as
the fram, and a large tarp for the roof and sides.
2.) Pinata: You can buy these already made, and then
fill them with candies, trinkets, etc...
or the children can help make one, and help fill it with candy, and
trinkets. Great game to play durring one
of the Bar-b-que days of the feast to give the children a fun activity
to do while the food is cooking. :o)
