Kindergarten celebrated Hanukkah by lighting many menorahs!
Interestingly enough, this holiday brought many philosophical questions to the minds of our young ones. While reading a age appropriate text on the historical significance of the holiday many children had questions such as, "What is a God", "Why do they celebrate winning a fight" and "who was right?"Each child got the chance to share their answers to these question when several peers brought them up. However, when asked directly what I believe we got into another discussion about what teachers teach and what families teach.
My favorite quote from the discussion was Jeffrey's, "its your job to teach us, and you have the answer...And you CAN'T teach us it!" I smiled and stated, "We all get to choose what we believe when science can't explain something." Lucia then stated, "Why do we get to share what we think and you can't? That is sad." Jeffrey then retorted, "It's just like our book Whose in the Garden. Everyone thinks they are right. And they all have good answers, but there is a righter right." Jeff then asked, "Mrs. K...what holiday do you celebrate?" He thought he out smarted me, but that is still a question I am not allowed to answer.
That's what I call social studies!
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