January 28, 2024
Hi Gimel Families,
We had a super fun lesson this past Sunday and sweets to go along with it. As a class we read and discussed the Tower of Babel sharing ideas of pride and objects becoming more important than people. We also shared thoughts on how hard it would have been to talk with someone who didn't speak our same language as happened in the story of the Tower of Babel. This idea bridged over to our everyday life - times when we may not know someone or find that we may not have a lot in common with someone we will need to work with.
Our class had a lot of fun getting hands on to better understand how the people of Babel would have felt to not be able to communicate with each other: Our class separated into 4 groups and each was not allowed to speak to one another at any time during the first part of the project. They were given kosher marshmallows and toothpicks. Their assignment was to build a tower at least 3 stories high. They had to build only one tower per group without a plan and they found it was much harder to work together then they thought it would be! The second time each group had time to plan and work together as they built and there were lots of laughs and marshmallows for all. This was so much fun! Please ask your child what they thought of this project.
Please reach out if you have any questions.
