Children's Hanukkah Games
Teach children about Hanukkah traditions with games and activities. You can play these games with your students in the classroom, or with your family around the dinner table. Most of these games require minimal materials. You can also find a wide variety of free, printable Hanukkah puzzles and activities online. Have fun playing games while you celebrate the Festival of Lights. Does this Spark an idea?
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Dreidel
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The dreidel game is a simple game of luck played with a spinning top imprinted with four Hebrew letters. To begin the game, each player must put two coins in the center pot. Then players take turns spinning the dreidel. The letter that faces up when the dreidel stops spinning determines what that player gets to do. If "Shin" faces up, the player has to put one coin in the pot. If "Nun" faces up, the player does nothing. If "Hey" faces up, the player gets to take half of the coins in the pot. If "Gimel" faces up, the player gets to take all the coins in the pot. You can play this game with pennies, chocolate gelt coins, gold stickers or other similar items.
Word Searches
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You can find Hanukkah-themed word searches on several websites, including Chabad.org. The word searches contain words such as "Candles," "Maccabim," "Antiochus," "Eight," "Chanah," "Dreidel" and "Temple." You can also create your own printable word searches online at a variety of websites. On AtoZteacherstuff.com, for example, you can enter your own word list and specify the size word search you want to make. You can even choose a font for the word search.
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Coloring Pages
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You can also print free Hanukkah coloring pages online. You'll find printable coloring pages with images of Menorahs, Hanukkah family meals, dreidels and the flag of Israel. Print the pages out for children to color and decorate. You can also ask your students to illustrate a scene from the story of Hanukkah.
Online Games and Puzzles
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You can find free online Hanukkah games for children at the "Chanukah Games" section of Chabad.org or the "Hanukkah Games" section of Thekidzpage.com. You can play Hanukkah-themed concentration games, solve Hanukkah jigsaw puzzles and more.
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