Comments on: the purim post: toddler megillah, cookies, sprained hand, and a bad man

By: Kids Activities Ideas

Kids Activities Ideas — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:13:41 +0000

Hi, I like the story you tell the kids. On Purim I saw picutre on the megillah that my daughter brought from garden that present Haman and his ten sons that are hung from the scaffold. It was too hard to explain them what they see. by the way, I wrote a little post about purim in my blog.

By: Anjie

Anjie — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:04:05 +0000

I was also going to mention the Veggie Tales movie of Esther. They usually find a good way to deal with how people were sneaky and bad without getting too detailed in the age inappropriate vices. I think their version has a whole song to God, though, which is one of the things that isn’t in the real story. It’s a little above a 2-3 yr old attention span, but it’s good. They also have other stories like Shadrach, etc., David and Bathsheba (except David steals another guy’s rubber ducky), and others. However, because they come from a Christian perspective, sometimes weird things show up…like Easter bunnies in the chocolate factory with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (I think they also use different names if I even spelled these right!). It’s worth looking into, though.

By: Leanne

Leanne — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:41:29 +0000

Amen! What fun (well, minus hurting yourself). And interesting stories to boot.

Oh, and now I vaguely remember seeing the cookies in your “I am the hamantaschen” post and thinking I should try them. Um, still haven’t — I think I thought they looked tricky to make But now I’m reminded of how yummy they look and sound. MMMMmmmmm.

By: calm mama

calm mama — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:08:22 +0000

Hey Kat! Love the ninja idea. There could be something in writing a really good Purim book?

Depending on the kid, I guess there’s room in their brains for the good/evil dichotomy, but I’m not quite prepared for it myself.

Becky — It is amazing to me how we seem to summarize down to the key minimal points — hat/Haman/cookies, despite all those hours logged in temple/Sunday school.

By: Kat Z

Kat Z — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:02:09 +0000

Julie,
Well done! Hope your hand is feeling better–love that your chiro wanted to frame the note.
As for Purim–oy! I just put together a Purim spiel for kids with autism and did research on the Internet.
Crickets, indeed.
It is such a convoluted story with a healthy helping of evil deeds and evil folk. My co-teacher and I were also somewhat stumped, skipping from plot point to plot point, avoiding hangings, suicides, and the like.
The kids had fun, though. Our Haman dressed as a Ninja.

By: becky

becky — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:17:30 +0000

My husband, when I mentioned your post, totally remembered the noisemakers. And Haman's hat, too. becky's last blog post..Park it! Or don’t.

By: calm mama

calm mama — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:39:52 +0000

Becky — Thank you! Yes, important point about death and buttering in relation to Esther. I may update the post to add this!

Katie — Hey! Long time no “see!” Thanks for the Veggie Tales tip. I really could use some help doing Judaism light for the kids as I will apparently be summoned for this activity again next year.

Dad — L. O. L.

By: Pop Pop

Pop Pop — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:25:06 +0000

Wow, it looks like all that Sunday school paid off!

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:27:14 +0000

Veggie Tales did a cute retelling of Esther. It makes a good jumping off point for the real story.

By: becky

becky — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:34:44 +0000

The only little bit I would add to the story is that Esther couldn’t go directly to the king w/o being summoned (upon penalty of death). So she went through all the buttering up so he wouldn’t have her killed when she showed up unannounced.

BUT, you wouldn’t want to add that to the kids’ story by any means.

Such an amazing story. I would be more inclined to celebrate Esther than I would banishing Haman, anyway. Works for me, I guess. But I do love hamantaschen…

becky’s last blog post..Park it! Or don’t.