Bruria's Chanuka party in Gan

Today I was invited to Bruria's gan to partake in a special Chanuka party. Her teachers really went all-out to prepare a really nice morning. Her music teacher came, and she had numerous different activities and props to do with the kids, some of which are pictured below.

(All nursery morahs and ganenets should pay some real close attention: you can get some really cute ideas!)

First, we did a lot of music activities- each girl got a pom-pom (with ribbons the colors of flames) to shake while they sang (see top left picture- sorry that she has her finger in her nose but I couldn't get a better shot!). After that, each girl got a musical instruments to play along with the music. We also sand a song about lighting the menorah, and we 'lit' a menorah made out of styrofoam (which the girls had decorated a different day), by sticking in toothpicks with 'flames' on the ends. After that, we sang a song about making olive oil, and each girl got to 'squeeze' her (pretend) olive into a huge bottle! We also did a special dreidel dance, with each mother spinning her 'dreidel' (daughter) around and around!

Next, they had the mothers hold onto a huge black sheet, and the girls all danced around underneath- to symbolize darkness. Then, they told all the girls to pop out through the holes, so they could have light! (see top right picture)

Finally, her teachers constructed a huge 'frying pan', and each girl was given a sufganiya hat. They danced around inside the frying pan, and when they were all ready, us mothers put 'jelly' on them! (see both bottom pictures)

We were then treated to a sumptuous milchig brunch, and of course each girl got a pekala! It was really a very sweet morning, and I must say that both Bruria and I really enjoyed!