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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our DCPS had an activity like this for the PK kids a couple years ago.  It is a gentrifying school so there is some thinking by some of the teachers that they have to provide these types of experiences at school because some kids don't get them at home.  I get that it feels kind of weird because of the association with Easter.  But I think its fun for the kids which is the main benefit.  When you start stripping away all the fun stuff like this at school it starts to feel pretty joyless.

OP you need to use this as a teachable moment.  My kid was sad to learn about Hanukah at school and wanted to know why she wasn't getting presents for 8 nights.  [/quote]

Which is really why schools should not be celebrating holidays (Hanukah presents for eight nights, what?) with young kids - teach about religions when kids are capable of reading and nuanced discussions - MS/HS. [/quote]

What? Of course young kids should learn about the holidays some of their classmates celebrate! And then learn to deal with the fact that they are celebrating a different holiday.[/quote]

What meaning "presents for eight nights" has nothing to do with Hanukkah - and is a pretty ignorant thing to say, actually. [/quote]

I didn’t say anything about presents for eight nights, so you are arguing with the wrong person. Maybe you can take it up with the first PP‘s school, who was teaching their kid wrongly about Hanukkah.[/quote]

Exactly - during Halloween - our teacher said "the Jews have a Halloween called Prumim [sic]" It's like not necessary for young children. There is no way to nuance it. Do with older kids. [/quote]

I disagree there is no way to teach young kids about other cultures' religious traditions, or that it's "not necessary" for them to learn anything about them. What you are describing sounds more like a matter of teacher ignorance and an unnecessary attempt to relate Halloween to another culture, but that doesn't mean the discussion of other cultures' holidays should be avoided altogether until MS. [/quote]

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