Alef Beis Almost Done!

ALEF BEIS COMPLETION

We recently completed the entire Alef Beis and are now learning to blend the letters with nekudos (vowels)

Below are some of the activities we did for the rest of the letters.

YUD

Baby Yud is the tiniest letter in the whole Alef Beis. We were very quiet and gentle as baby Yud was passed around.

We made our bodies as small as can be to curl up into a Yud shape.

KAF

Kaf is the first letter in the word Kosher  We learned about dividing meat and dairy food and classified them into groups. We placed a kosher candy as the dot inside the Kaf.
We also played kaddur l'  where we threw a ball to a friend on the carpet, we cut on a kaf, formed a kaf with playdough and put a dot in the middle of the kafs on our charts.

Mem Sofit

Mem Sofit only comes at the end of a word. It has a square shape and is closed. We used partners to form a mem sofit. Mayim (water) ends with a mem sofit.

Nun

Nun is the first letter in the word ner candle.
We did magic on the carpet, drawing a nun with a white candle on white paper and making the picture appear with water colour paint.

Nun sofit is very long and we stood on our tippy toes to make it with our bodies. 

Using turning pins, we formed a nachash  (snake) that turns into a nun and a nun sofit too

standing on our tippy toes to form a nun sofit

poking holes so our nun turns into a nun sofit

Samech

Circle Samech is the first letter in the word salat (salad). For health month, Mrs Kats came to make salad with our class. We also made it again during Ivrit. It was delicious.

AYIN

Ayin is also an eye in Hebrew. We pasted eynayim (eyes) inside the letter Ayin.

Tzadik

A Tzadik is a holy person. We learned that the shape of a tzadik is special because the letter is bending over and allowing yud to ride on its back. Tzadik sofit is the last letter in the word eitz (tree). We each made our own eitz and sorted the letters into the right place.

KUF

Kiddush starts with kuf. We played lots of review games to help us remember all the letters we learned so far.
Pipe cleaners bent into the shape of our favorite letters was such a fun activity. Everybody tried twisting and shaping them and we even got to take them home.

Shin and Sin

We learned that Shin says Shema with his right hand. Sin is the first letter in the word sameach  (happy) and simla (dress.)

We decorated a double sided puppet with shin  saying shema on one side, and a beautiful simla for the sin on the other side.