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nervous about giving a 30 minute lesson on Jewish sabbath to Year 3 on Friday?

I'm not a teacher. I'm not even Jewish! Dh is and he can't do the talk so I said I would.

I wanted to intersperse learning with activities but I can't find any and now I fear it's going to be a hideously boring monologue due to my nerves.

Wish I'd kept my trap shut!

YANBU. I'd be nervous too, but at least they are little! Can you take in any 'props'? Things for them to pass round, discuss the meaning?

I know toying about Jewish sabbath, but do they wear anything particular traditionally, or eat anything particular, or sing certain songs? That could liven it up a bit.

Toying is obviously meant to be nothing!

Oh they love those kind of lessons though....stick a craft in there, my DD loved one she had on Eid...they made little clay candle things...or might have been incense burner things....either way....what is there to do with Jewish Sabbath they could make?

here is a blog by a Jewish Mother who has ideas for bird crafts inspired by the role birds played when the Jewish people were living in the desert after their deliverance from Egypt

Focus on what children do on the Sabbath? And songs, as others have said. Sorry I'm another one who knows nothing about it

And this site has some nice simple ideas for collages from Jewish symbols to do with the Sabbath

ooh I see it's only 30 minutes! I would still do a craft...take them 15 minutes to make a little collage if you pre-cut the things out...and leave them to the sticking and colouring in. you then only need to talk and show stuff for 15 mins.

they could all make a Star of David hanging thing? That would be v easy.

I'm a primary teacher and our school mantra is to talk for no longer than the age of the children plus 4 minutes. I'd recommend an activity like guessing the artefacts. You could hand out props (or large pictures) to 2s & 3s and get them to mindmap what the item is, who might use it etc. Then feedback. Maybe do 4 or 5 different objects - more than one group can look at each one at the same time, and each group could look at 2 or 3 things then rotate. Give them a really specific time limit...you have 3.2 mins...go! Just a suggestion but hope it helps!

Gosh. Thank you!

Awful are you bookable by the hour? Our feeble efforts at volcanoes, bridges & shoebox dioramas could do with your input .