Devarim

Ki Tavo- Multimedia Ideas

DRAMATIC PLAY/LANGUAGE:  

1. Divide the class into 2 groups.  Stand on opposite sides of the room, representing the 2 mountains: Mt. Grizim and Mt. Eval. Provide the children on Mt. Grizim with happy faces and those on Mt. Eval with sad faces.  Now read a selection of “blessings” and “curses” and they will decide who will raise their appropriate faces and say “Amen”. When you read them, mix up the blessings and curses.

 

 

Blessings:

1. Hashem will help the people of Israel grow in numbers and have lots of children.
2. Hashem will make people successful and happy in what they do
3. Hashem will bring rain at the right times so crops will grow
4. Hashem will bless their fields so lots of crops will grow
5. Hashem will help destroy their enemies.

 

Who will be punished:

1. Someone who prays to idols
2. Someone who is rude and mean to their parents
3. Someone who cheats a stranger or someone who has less then they do
4. Someone who steals land from another
5. Someone who gives bad advice or tries to trick another person

 

MATH:  

1. Since the 12 tribes were divided into 2 groups, experiment with different ways you can divide 12 things, or 12  people into equal groups:  3 groups of 4, 4 groups of 3, 2 groups of 6.  Use the students themselves or have 12 counting things available to have the students make equal groups.

 

LANGUAGE:  

1. This parsha talks about giving the 1st fruits as an offering.  Talk about and write down important “1sts” in their lives and in the story of the Jewish people and make a chart:

   For example:
   THEIR LIVES                                           HISTORY

   1st day of school                                        1st day of creation
   1st tooth lost                                              1st Jew (Avraham)
   1st trip they remember taking                  1st people (Adam & Chave (Eve))
   1st word they spoke                                   1st Commandment (I am the L-rd your G-D)

 

COOKING:  

1. In this parsha Hashem instructed us to offer the 1st fruits.  Make fruit salad learn the Hebrew names of the fruits.

 

GAME MOVEMENT:  

1. Play “fruit salad”: Everyone sits in a circle.  Prepare 2 pictures of each fruit, i.e. 2 pears, 2 apples, 2 watermelons, 2 bananas, 2 bunches of grapes.  Teach the names of the fruits in Hebrew.  Randomly hand out the pictures.  The “announcer” calls out 1 fruit, say “apples-tapuchim”.  The 2 children holding that fruit, quickly stand up and switch  places.  Continue calling each fruit.  At some point, say: FRUIT SALAD”  What happens is that EVERYONE stands up gets “all mixed up” and finds a NEW place.