Israel for Kids: Week 1

This week we started a 2-week study of Israel. Here’s a little peek into what we’ve been talking about:

• Locate and map Israel
• Talked about the geography/terrain of Israel
• Learn new geography song {Middle East} using Geography Songs
• Read Children Just Like Me pages and completed the notebooking page
• Learned about Israel’s flag and colored it
• Talked about prayer shawls (since the design of Israel’s flagis based on a prayer shawl). The prayer shawl (or tallis/tallit) is a religious symbol, a garment – a sacred and important part of the Jewish life.
• Learned about the currency of Israel {click on thumbnail below to download the pdf file}

 

Books We Used

Sites we visited

• Coloring Castle – blank flag of Israel to color
• Children Like Me notebooking page – notebooking page designed for kids to fill in with their answers after reading Children Just Like Me
• 100 Ideas for Teaching Israel – some great ideas on this page. We are going to be using several of these in the next week when we continue our study of Israel
• Ahklah: Jewish Children’s Learning Network – some great information here. Facts about Israel, all about Jewish holidays, Jewish heroes and traditions.
• Hope of Israel – information about the prayer shawl and other customs
• Recommended books for kids about life in Israel (grades K-12)