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Experience Shauvot at the Terry Schwarzfeld Ottawa Daycare Centre

Shavuot is a holiday that across Israel is celebrated with ridiculous amounts of cheese.  Every family gathers together to celebrate the harvest, but over the years the harvest manifests itself through cheese and cheese alone- cheese cakes, cheese quiches, cheese blitzes, cheese platters and more.  Not too many years ago Shavuot was a holiday that celebrated fruits and vegetables as well but with time cheese has been the main focus of the holiday.  That said, there are a few places where Shavuot is still celebrated in its pure form- at CHW's many daycares.  At The Terry Schwarzfeld Ottawa Daycare Centre. I was happy to learn that the kids spent the week learning about different types of fruits and vegetables.  They learned how they smelled, how they tasted, their different colours and textures.  

It was a sensory week for the kids who also learned how the fruits and vegetables are grown, whether they grow from the ground or are picked off trees.  The kids also got to learn festive songs, because no holiday can be celebrated in Israel without music and singing. The manager reminds me that holidays are always fun to celebrate but they are also a great opportunity for the kids to learn, and learning through play and fun is the best way to learn.  She also explains that her favourite part of these holidays is to see how much the kids remember from the previous year, she is always impressed by how much they succeed in retaining and she loves to see how they get excited every year for Shavuot to come.