As
I was watching the video, the first thing I thought of was a creative way to
teach colors to children, because they always seem to struggle remembering the
names. Many colors in the Hebrew language have two distinct vowel noises in
them, the Ah sound in the beginning followed by an O sound near the end,
usually under the third letter. To symbolize this vowel pattern, I chose the
symbol of an owl. Whenever this owl is seen, the letters that go with it will
have an Ah sound followed by an O sound. What the owl symbolizes never changes;
what does change are the symbols that accompany the owl. For example, the
letter Alef is represented by a star, the letter Daled is represented by a
shield, and final Mem is represented by a cobra. I gave the kids a list of what
letter each symbol represents, and then gave them another page with rows of
different symbols. Each row represented a different color, and it was up to the
kids to figure out which letters were hidden behind each symbol. This activity
not only forced me and my children to think outside the box, it also helped me
realize how many different ways there are to teach many simple concepts.