Bible Belt Balabusta offers a wealth of ideas to help teachers invite children to explore the Hebrew Alef-Bet through play. Building, writing, and discovering:
"Maybe it goes without saying that teachers of Hebrew letter formation can borrow the huge bag of tricks devised by teachers of English letter formation, but I’m saying it. A quick online search reveals oodles of brilliant alphabet ideas, and all we have to do is modify for aleph-bet. No need to reinvent the galgal.
A sensory activity can be as simple as you wish: simple in terms of content and in terms of prep. Is isn’t that hard to throw a bunch of wooden coffee stirrers in a basket and ask a kid to arrange them to make a letter. Actually, this was a favorite of my First Grader. He loved being able to break the stirrers to length, because it isn’t every day he is encouraged to break anything. (By the way, arranging the sticks onto a tray lined with felt, craft foam, or puffy shelf liner makes the task more satisfyingly tactile.)"
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