Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel - CES students learn one of Hanukkah's favorite traditions

Andrea Urmston’s fourth grade class recently learned about the dreidel game, one of Hanukkah’s favorite traditions for children.

Four elementary students are sitting at a wooden table with different color coins on it. All have masks on and they are watching intently as a dreidel spins. The boy on the right has his arm up, as if he just let go of the dreidel for its spin.

The class read the book “I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dreidel” by Caryn Yacowitz to go along with the game.

Four elementary students sit around a wood table. They are looking at cards that have instructions on them. There are coins stacked up and a dreidel in one of the students' hands.

Two girls, both with dark shoulder-length hair and wearing masks sit at a table where there are different colored coins and a dreidel spinning.

On each of the dreidel’s four sides is inscribed a Hebrew letter—nun, gimel, he, and shin—which together stand for “A great miracle happened there.” Traditionally, dreidel is played with chocolate coins, or gelt. It’s a fun and delicious way to learn about and celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights!

Two elementary students sit at a wooden table watching a dreidel spin. On the table are three different colored coins. The students are wearing masks.

Two students are at a wooden table with a large wooden dreidel spinning. The boys are wearing masks and they are watching the dreidel. There are coins on the table.

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Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel – CES students learn one of Hanukkah’s favorite traditions