[HANASHIR:12551] Re: Tot Shabbat

[Carol Boyd Leon <cbleon...>]

I (and others) use my "Shalom Shabbat Shalom" at each Tot Shabbat service, 
because it's very interactive and incorporates the entire candle blessing, 
plus the blessings for wine and challah are also done as an echo to help the 
kids learn them.  I have kids hold up those symbols of Shabbat for all to 
see; I do Saturday morning services so we don't actually light the candles 
but they hold the real candles and candlesticks and a real kiddush cup, 
although I use a toy challah under a real challah cover.

Some other ideas:  I have several kids play tambourines during the Mi 
Chamocha.  I often provide rhythm sticks or homemade shakers for all the 
kids to play during other lively songs.  I like to use Jose Bowen's "Thank 
You God" because it's both a song and dance and Ellen and Peter Allard's 
"God Is Everywhere" because you can add lots of movement and claps to it.  I 
settle them down with Doug Cotler's "Thank You God" near the end of the 
service which provides an opportunity to snuggle up with the grown-up who 
brought them to the service.

-- Carol

Carol Boyd Leon
CBLeon (at) hotmail(dot)com


----Original Message Follows----
From: Marti Nerenstone <mnerenstone (at) iowalaw(dot)org>
Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
Subject: [HANASHIR:12550] Re: Tot Shabbat
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 16:59:04 -0500

there are lots of good songs - I have used, among others, Craig Taubman's
"The World is a Circle", "Bo-i Kallah" and "Shabbat Shalom"(Shababababa....
etc), the song Ellen taught a couple of years ago with the hand motions
counting up to Yom Shabbat (do all or partly in English, depending on the
age of the kids, and how well they know the song and the Hebrew) - I also
use songs that I use in "adult" services, with the young kids singing parts
they they can - for example, the Hava Nashira harmony part of Julie Silver's
Shiru L'Adonai (even just using "la" with the harmony part), as well as
Debbie's "Light These Lights"

Marsha Fensin wrote:

 > HI,
 >     Bim Bam, Shalom Chaverim, Hiney Mah Tov, Thank You God are good for
 > in the service.  Jeff Klepper's We Say Shehecheyanu under a large tallit
 > is wonderful for a blessing/song at the end of the service.  Shabbat
 > Shalom,
 > Marsha
 >



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