English / Hebrew MGOL

HaShiur (A Sample Lesson)

 

  1. Welcoming remarks

 

  1. Opening rhymes, songs, and reads:

 

  • Old Mother Goose when she wanted to wander
  • We hit the floor together /kulanu mikishim

    Kulanu mikishim (x3) kee zeh kol-kakh na’im

    (Yada’im merimim, etzbaot miniimm, lanuach m’tzad l’tzad, Kulanu nagid “Shalom”)

  • Flannel House: “ I have a house and Yesh L’Bayit
  • Puppet: Elephant (play recording of Pil Pilon while he gives kisses)
  • Read: Book: Frreight train by Donald Crews
  • Flannel: Apples: Ruach, ruach,

 

  1. Body Rhymes and Songs
  • Head: Two Little Eyes/Shtay Ein’nayim
  • Fingers: fingers like to wiggle waggle
  • Hand: Pat-a-cake baker’s man. Make me a challah as round as you can!        
  • Yiddish Rhyme: Patshe patshe kikhelekh
  • Knee bouncing:
    1. See saw, scaradown, this is the way to Jerusalem town.

      One knee up and the other knee down,

      This is the way to Jerusalem town.

To Market to market to buy a gefilte fish,

Home again, home again, swishety swish.

To Market to market to buy Shabbat wine

Home again, home again, marketing is fine.

To market to market for two loaves of challah,

Home again, home again, wait for Havdallah!

c.

Hasuhuka, Hasuhuka ani dohair,

Habayita, habayita, ai’nani m’mahair

Hasuhuka, Hasuhuka ani dohair

Habayita, habayita, ani chozair

         d. 

Mother and Father and Uncle John,

Went to market one by one.

Mother fell off..

And father fell off

But Uncle John went on and on and on and on and on….

4. Rum Pum Pum Drum/Tambour Sequence:

Rum pum pum  (children tap out names with syllables)/ Holchim l’kol ha’tof…

 

5. Standing-up Activities

Stand up:                     We’re marching to the drum

Circle Dance:  Ooga Ooga / Sov Bama’agal

Sit down:                             Handy Spandy / B’yachad anachnu olim…

 

6. Animal Sequence:

Song:                          I went to visit the farm (using book illustrations for the farm animals)

Song:                           When the ____ gets up in the morning / DODE MOSHE

Activity:                        Hickory dickory dare (with a duck)

 

7. Musical Instruments and Props:

Bells:   Pa’amonim      We ….. together because it’s fun to do./ Kulam M’tsaltselim

Ring them UP HIGH…DOWN LOW…IN THE MIDDLE

Are you sleeping, Achinu Ya’akov 

Ring them UP HIGH…DOWN LOW…IN THE MIDDLE/ Bells Away

 

Scarves:                       Wind, oh wind

Peek-a-boo /This is the way we wash ourselves

Game/Dance:             Scrunch them up in to a ball (music: Red Alunu aviron)          

Scarves                     Scarves Away

 

8. Lullaby:

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky,,

Twinkle, twinkle little star,

How I wonder what you are.

Twinkle, Twinkle little star,

What a wonderful baby you are.

Lovely ears and lovely nose.

Beautiful hands and wiggly toes.

Twinkle, Twinkle little star,

What a wonderful baby you are.

NUMI NUMI / SIM SHALOM / MA TOVU / SHALOM RAV

 

9. Interactive Rhymes and Songs:

  • Humpty Dumpty / Sov BaMa’agal / Imma Lo Marshah / Simim Yadech

 

10. Closing Segment:

Yash li shtay yadaimm,

Can you kick with two feet?/ We’re so happy / Bye everybody!: