Hello,

I am trying to compile a list of "Activities" that are in the spirit of Tisha Bi'Av, i.e. activities that are mournful, sad and reflective, yet engaging for High School girls. If anyone knows of any such programming, either at camps or schools overseas and the like, please let me know.

Additionally, if anyone has a curriculum for HS girls that explores The Three Weeks, the Nine Days etc., not necessarily from the halachik perspective, but rather more focused on the hashkafa behind it, that would be much appreciated.

Thanks and may we be zoche to celebrate a fleishige Tisha Bi'Av.

Any ideas for games that help with processing?

HI, we took a script and re wrote it for our elementary school here, if you call me i can give you more info
kol tuv
esti zuravin
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I have never heard of Mrs. Grama's books.  Can you please tell me where I can find them.  I come from the UK.
Thanks,
Mrs Kleerekoper
Hebrew Reading Co-ordinator
Kodesh SENCO
North West London Jewish Day School

Usually the children start acting up when they are done/bored of eating. Since children really enjoy listening to stories, you might want to have a teacher or principal tell an entertaining story towards the end of the lunch period. You also maybe could ask trivia questions once in a while instead of a story. It could be on the Parsha, Yom Tov, Halacha ect. This facilitates learning in a relaxed atmosphere and also captures the students' interest.
All of this depends on size of the group eating lunch and the various ages.
Hatzlacha!

Our girls elementary school puts on a play every 2 years and I saw on an old post on chinuch.org that you may be able to suggest or refer a suitable play if possible.

The play is always a musical.  The lead parts are girls  age 10 -12.  IT should have a lot of parts if possible as we strive to include the whole school (some in choir, some in bit parts, crowd scenes etc.) IF it doesn’t have a lot of parts we usually adapt it.

In the past we have done Miri Pops in and Olivia and an adaptation of Goldie’s Toys Rebel.  We have paid a donation in the past if that is necessary, though the play is not a money-maker

kraines@stps.org.za

On March 6, 2012 a History Timeline of Purim was added to the Chinuch.org materials. It was contributed by the St. Louis Teachers\' Center and created by Dena Granick. A graphically appealing poster with the events of Purim clearly outlined in Hebrew- it\'s a great teaching tool for your classroom.

Chinuch.org Folder # H_00599
Available as a non-editable PDF.

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In our Junior Dept of our Primary school (7-11 year old) we noticed that the level of kriah in older classes was not satisfactory and for the past 2 years we have been using  the following method:

We do kriah 10 minutes a day after davening. We do kriah as "tehillim" i.e. we say tehillim but it is also used as kriah practice.

A girl says 2 psukim, the class hten says the next possuk, and another girl again 2 psukim etc.

Each class gets "target-cards". Each girl starts by target 1 at the beginning of each year. When a girl meets that target four times in a row she can go onto the next target.

The targets start with very basic kriah rules and then get more difficult e.g. the shvo no rules etc. When a girl moves onto the next target she has to keep all the previous targets plus the new one in order to get a tick. When a girl has met all her targets (usually about half way through the year) the targets then are met only if she improves fluency.

What we have found is a)girls barely make mistakes anymore, they really improve in their accuracy but b) their kriah slows down a lot as they try hard to meet their target. This is why it is necessary towards the end to make targets for fluency.

We have seen great improvement with those classes which consistently kept to this system

We have a whole list of targets to meet - if anyone is interested i\'m happy to provide them with further instructions.
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I am want to introduce hebrew levels and assessment into my modern orthodox school in the UK for ages 5 - 11. 


Does anyone have any ideas or assessment which they do which can help me?
Thanks,
Mrs Kleerekoper
Kodesh SENCO
North West London Jewish Day School
London UK

Hi, I am thinking of trying to homeschool my children, as I am deeply disappointed with the quality of their Yeshiva instruction, but I am very apprehensive about what I will be sacrificing for them socially, and taking upon myself. I would love to speak to frum parents who are successfully homeschooling their kids, and hear about their experiences, the pros, cons, benefits and challenges as they play out in reality. Thanks, I can be reached @ d7liss@verizon.net