Chanukah!

How busy we are in school celebrating Chanukah:

• We made menorahs out of popsicle sticks on the carpet at circle time. 
• We light our menorah every single day of chanukah, and we make the special blessings. 
• We practiced our numbers by counting how many candles we light each day.   We sang the song: "How many candles, How many candles, How many candles, do we light, on the menorah, on the menorah, on the (first ) chanukah night (one , one , one, one ,one,)  (one ) candle burning....etc
• We saw different color candles and dreidels.
• We did a science experiment to see how oil was able to burn but water was not. We put some water into a small container with a wick, but as soon as we lit the wick , the fire went out. When we lit the oil... we were amazed to see that the wick remained alight! This was really cool and we really enjoyed this.
• We did a second oil/ water science experiment.  When we put oil and water into a container, as many times as we shook it, the oil always came back to the top...
• We also spoke about fire safety. Fire is hot and dangerous. Only big people like Mamas, Papas, Morah's;) , etc can touch fire.
• We painted with different color dreidels. Instead of using paintbrushes ,we used dreidels...It was so much fun.

Experimenting with water and oil. When we put a wick in water the fire went out.

When we added oil, the fire kept burning!

When we added water to a container of oil, no matter how many times we shook it, the oil kept coming to the top.

When we covered the fire with a cup, because there was no oxygen (air) , the fire went out all by itself!