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I am a Pirchei leader and I’m looking for some really good stories that I can dramatize and stretch out to keep a bunch of 4-10+ year old kids entertained for about 45 minutes.
Also, if you can give me some good questions I can ask the kids and give them candy for getting them right.
Any suggestions, tips, ideas would be very helpful.
First question that comes to mind:
Which man lived longest? (M’sushelach)
Who was the mother of Avrohom Avinu? (Amaslay bas Karnevo)
Maybe the kids can take turns telling short stories- public speaking experience! Just lay down the rules for the other kids beforehand:
If you already know the story…etc.
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This thread contains many recommendations for kid’s stories:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/please-share-recommendations-for-childrens-fiction
You can also use stories from T’nach; i.e. the story of Yerovom.
A trick that camp counselors (among others) use is to change details of secular fiction to make the story Jewish and appropriate. Encyclopedia Brown stories are good candidates for that.
Stories from old/lesser-known sforim are great because no one usually says “Oh I KNOW that story!” since they couldn’t have read it!
I also used to tell my Bnos girls stories from MY MOTHER’s Bnos Leader guides.
Firstly, a friend of mine was “doing group” last year, and didn’t have a story, and he made one up (Right/wrong… not for now). One of the brats in his group butted in and told him “you said it wrong” in the middle. Hilarious.
There is a game called “Eidim Zomemim” (even though technically the name is wrong) where two guys go out and make up a story of some crime. Then they have to come in seperately and they get cross examined. If they are caught contradicting, then they lose the point.
(After two weeks playing this, they will come up with strategies, such as “Say “no” to any yes/no question” beforehand… gets more interesting weekly)
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