4-Sing

= S ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ING = (recitation)

__**ACTIVITY IDEAS:** __
1) Teach this blessing to students over the course of 3-4 sessions. Consider how you will divide the blessing so that each time they learn one part of it.

2) Sing a few words and have the students sing them back to you while they keep their eyes on the words either: projected on the board via a digital or overhead projector; viewed on a poster hung on the wall; or by looking at the blessing sheet provided (see appendix). Listen for mistakes and teach the correct form after students are done; do not interrupt the singing. Have students practice the singing by varying who is involved, for example: · Everyone   · Just the boys   · Just the girls   · Just those who are wearing red   · Those who have birthdays in the summer   · Those sitting in the front of the room   · Etc. 3) Give students a chanted or recited version of אָבוֹת-אִמָהוֹת. It could be chanted by your cantor or soloist and provided on a CD. Or it could be from an online link. Encourage students to sing along with it at school or home. Below is an online list of this blessing, though not a comprehensive one: [] [] [|http://www.centralsynagogue.org/downloads/blessings/Avot_V'Lmahot_10.mp3] [] (this is labeled as Reconstructionist)

4) Have children chant the blessing and do the choreography at the same time. Feel free to talk about how it feels to do so.