It is possible to spend one or more lessons on each festival. Below is a quick guide to how many activities given for each festival and a suggestion for how many weeks to teach the topic.
When teaching a topic for more than one week, your introduction will be a recap on the week before and what the children already know about the festival. The main teaching can be split or repeated. The plenary can be left out or repeated as necessary. Sometimes, the plenary can be used to introduce the following week’s activity.
|
Festival |
Suggested number of lessons |
Number of activity options per topic |
|
Rosh Hashanah |
1-2 lessons |
3 activity options |
|
Yom Kippur |
1-2 lessons |
3 activity options |
|
Sukkot |
2-3 lessons |
4 activity options |
|
Simchat Torah |
1-3 lessons |
4 activity options |
|
Chanukah |
2-3 lessons |
4 activity options |
|
Tu Bishevat |
2-4 lessons |
5 activity options |
|
Purim |
1-3 lessons |
4 activity options |
|
Pesach 1 |
2-4 lessons |
5 activity options |
|
Pesach 2 |
1-3 lessons |
4 activity options |
|
Shavuot |
2-4 lessons |
5 activity options |
|
Shabbat |
2-5 lessons |
6 activity options |