LATKES (potato pancakes)
4 large potatoes
1 small onion, grated
1 egg
2 t. matzoh meal
1 t. salt dash of pepper cooking oil
Grate the potatoes & press out as much of the liquid as you can. Mix in
the onion, egg, seasoning, & matzoh meal. Cover the bottom of a frying
pan with cooking oil. Heat. Carefully drop large spoonfuls of the
mixture into the hot oil. Fry each side until crisp & brown.
THE LATKES ARE FRYING IN THE PAN
(Sung to: When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
The latkes are frying in the pan, hurrah, hurrah!
The latkes are frying in the pan, hurrah, hurrah!
And when they have cooked up nice and brown,
We'll take them out and sit right down
And we'll eat those yummy latkes this Hannukkah night!
Playdough Menorah
playdough, birthday candles, large candles
Roll out piece of playdough and press to form base. Place large candle
in
center and four small candles on each side of large.
Wrapping Paper
blue paint, large pieces of white paper, plastic margarine lids, small
Hanukkah cookies cutters (or basic shapes)
Pour small amount of paint into margarine lids. Dip a cookie cutter into
paint, stamp on paper, and then let paint dry.
Candle puppets
Toilet paper rolls, popsicle sticks, foil, glue, scissors, markers,
yellow
construction paper
Cover toilet paper roll with foil. Cut a flame shape
out of paper and draw a face on it. Glue flame on end of the popsicle
stick. Insert stick in roll,
hold roll with one hand, make flame dance with other.
Tasty Menorahs
Bread, cream cheese or butter, carrot sticks, pretzel sticks, raisins
Spread bread with cream cheese or butter, arrange 8 pretzels as candles
and
carrot stick as large candle in center. Use raisins as flames at ends of
carrot and pretzel sticks.
Drediels
pencils, glue, paint and paintbrushes, small milk cartons or boxes
Fold tops of milk cartons down to make boxes. Mix a little glue with
paint and
let children paint boxes. Poke pencil through box from top downward so
point
is on bottom.
Poem:
I have a little dreidel,
I made it out of clay.
And when it's dry and ready,
A dreidel game I'll play.
Hanukkah Gelt Hunt
Tell the children that one of the games played by Jewish families during
Hanukkah involves something called gelt. The gelt are real coins hidden
by
parents that the children must find. Have a gelt hunt, but substituting
gold-
foil chocolate coins for real coins. Hide the coins around a room for
the
children to find.
Finger Play-Hanukkah Candles
Eight little candles in a row,
Waiting to join the holiday glow.
The first night we light candle number one.
Hanukkah time has now begun.
The second night we light candles on and two.
Hanukkah's here there's lots to do.
The third night we light all up to three.
Hanukkah's here there's lots to see.
The fourth night we light all up to four.
Each now a part of the Hanukkah lore.
The fifth night we light all up to five.
Helping our Hanukkah come alive.
The sixth night we light all up to six.
Hanukkah's here there's food to fix.
The seventh night we light all up to seven.
The glow of each candle reaches to Heaven.
The eight night we light all up to eight.
Hanukkah's here, let's celebrate!
Science Experiment
Candle Clock
You will need:
2 tapered candles that are the same length
Ruler
Permanent marker
To make a candle clock, burn one candle for 30 minutes. Measure the
difference
in length between the 2 candles. This length now represents a half-hour.
With
the permanent marker, make half-hour marks on both candles. Burn one of
the
candles for several hours. Have your children tell you how much time has
passed by counting the number of marks down the candle has burned.
Tasty Menorahs
-bread
-cream cheese or butter
-carrot sticks
-pretzel sticks
-raisins
Help each child:
1. spread bread with cream cheese or butter
2. arrange 8 pretzels as candles and carrot stick as large candle in
center
3. use raisins as flames at ends of carrot and pretzel sticks
Drediels
-pencils
-glue
-paint
-paintbrushes
-small milk cartons or boxes
1. fold tops of milk cartons down to make boxes
2. mix a little glue with paint
3. let children paint boxes
4. poke pencil through box from top downward so point is on bottom
Poem:
I have a little dreidel,
I made it out of clay.
And when it's dry and ready,
A dreidel game I'll play.
(ideas from "Get Ready, Set, Grow!")
Playdough Menorah
-playdough
-birthday candles
-large candles
Let each child:
1. roll out piece of playdough and press to form base
2. place large candle in center and four small candles on each side of
large
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