Kindergarten Students learn about the Ripple/Domino Effect as it relates to Repairing the World

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Kindergarten Students begin to imagine how their peaceful actions and words
 can each create a ripple effect/a domino effect 
to inspire others to pass it on thus creating a better world...


Stephanie: What happens when you throw a stone into a lake?



Tali and others: You get circles and more circles on the water.



Stephanie: What do you think these words mean - Let Peace begin with ME!?



Kindergarten students: I can make peace all by myself...I can help others be peaceful... If I am peaceful, then others can be too.

Stephanie...I hope you know that you do not have to wait until you are a teenager or a grownup to make a big difference in the world. That would be way too late!!!


Stephanie: Let's see how the domino effect works... Imagine the orange domino - the first domino in line - is you. And suppose you notice something that isn't peaceful and you try to make things better. Imagine the other dominoes are the people that aren't peaceful. What will happen when you gently tap the orange domino?

Kindergarten students: They all fall down...

Stephanie: because...

Kindergarten: because the orange domino started the ripple effect.






 Students work in partners to create their own domino effect. They begin with a small number of dominoes and then try out a bigger number. Some partners set up the dominoes in a half circle or a curvy line.




 Many partners realize that setting up this domino effect requires nimble finger work and teamwork!





Looking forward to many rich moments of the domino effect with our tikkun olam work this year in kindergarten!

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