Yo-Yo is busy getting ready for Shabbat. He buys one watermelon, two cucumbers, three tomatoes, until his cart is filled with treats. This amusing rhyming story by children’s author Datia Ben Dor describes the process of preparing and waiting for Shabbat.
Age Group: PRESCHOOL
Book-Related Family Activities
Copies Distributed:
20,000
Publishing:
מודן
Year of Distribution:
תשפ״ה 2024-2025, 1977 2016-2017, Nine d 2013-2014
Family reading advice – “And what else”?
Some books leave a question open ended, or a sentence requiring completion at the end of each page, so as to provide young readers with the opportunity to become curious, participate and guess what will await them on the next page. While reading, you should pause between pages, speculating or imagining together what the next page holds.
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Discussion – Just like every Friday
Following this story, you can think together – What is it that you do every Friday? Do you also have fixed preparations, errands or family rituals? What is your favorite thing to do on a Friday? Have you ever felt that Shabbat was more festive and enjoyable because you worked especially hard toward or looked forward to it?
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Recipes for Shabbat
Tomato juice? Orange jelly? How about a fried latke? You can leaf through the book, choose any of the dishes and beverages appearing in the story, and prepare it together. Once they are ready, you can check – How many potatoes did you use to make the latkes? And how many oranges did you use to make the jelly?
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Playing with the illustrations
Avner Katz’s classic illustrations depict Yo-Yo’s many errands: carrying a large watermelon; riding his bike; and taking a bath. You can play charades – take turns opening the book on a random page, and pantomiming the illustration while your family tries to guess what Yo-Yo is doing now.
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Memory game
Have you read this book over and over again? Now’s the time to see what you remember! Children enjoy re-reading the same book – they feel confident and satisfied when they remember it and can tell it to themselves. Suggest that the children complete from memory – How many tomatoes? How many brushes? Ask them to test your memory too, asking you about specific details from the story.
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