A Day On, Rather Than a Day Off

 Guys' Day--A Day of Service and a Day of Family Bonding

           Although we're young, only three or four years old, we do know a little about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  We learned that he lived right here in our own city, Atlanta.  We know that we can visit his childhood home.
          We also learned that he taught about respect and love, and that he shared his vision with millions of people.
           In honor of Dr. King's birthday, we dedicated our Guys' Day as a day of service to others.  

        We had school on Monday morning, even though many businesses and schools were closed.  Our morning would be busy yet meaningful.  First, we had some fun time playing with our dads, uncles and significant friends.  So many guests!  (Above, Dalia and dad build together.)

(Above, Emmett and his dad share a story. Below,grown-ups and children socialize while building with Magna-Tiles.)

 Above:  Maddy's dad helps her get into her very favorite outfit.

Harper, with her dad and Eliza and her dad enjoy some intricate building with the blocks.

           After playing and socializing, it was time to get to work.  Dr. King shared his message about being respectful of everyone.  We had experimented with a brown egg and a white egg.  Guess what?  We discovered they are different on the outside, and the same inside.  (We had taken a quick vote, by a show of hands.  Some of us thought the eggs would be the same inside, but more of us thought they would be different.  Rafi announced, "I bet it was an egg!")

          But we're little, what can we do to show our care for the  people in our city?  We learned about Rebecca's Tent, a local women's shelter.  We found out that Asher's mom is on the board there.    Our Morahs told us that the women there are looking forward to moving to their own homes.  They will need keychains for their keys.  We created colorful keychain holders for the women. We did our best to cut out foam shapes, and decorate with markers and jewels.  We know how to use scissors and the hole-punch.   

 

               Dah-Dah!  The finished product. Who wouldn't feel proud to use such a beautiful keychain?  We discovered that the shelter needs toilet paper, too.  We are bringing in lots and lots of toilet paper.

        And, because just about every IJP gathering includes a snack, we ate yummy muffins that we had made ourselves.  They were so delish.  (And thank you to Menny's mom who helped us with baking. We can't do everything by ourselves!)

       (Below)  We sang, too.  We are learning the song, The World is a Rainbow.  What an  inspiring  theme!  It's was the perfect way to end our Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration.

 

The World is a Rainbow--by Greg and Steve 

The world is a rainbow that's filled with many colors,

Yellow, black and white and brown,

You see them all around.

The world is a rainbow with many kinds of people,

It takes all kinds of people to make the world go round.

  Now you be you, and I'll be me.  That's the way we were meant to be.

  But the world is a mixing cup,

  Just look what happens when you mix it up.

The world is a rainbow with many kinds of people,

And when we work together, it's such a sight to see.

The world is beautiful when we live in harmony.

The Morahs of Kitah Gimmel