Yavneh Academy early childhood students have been busily learning and preparing for Chanukah. They are using oil, candles and wicks to create many different art projects. They used their engineering skills for the chanukiyah challenge. After comparing and contrasting the menorah in the beit hamikdash and their own chanukiot, they broke up into groups to design their own kosher chanukiyot. Each group used a different building material and needed to create a chanukiyah which had a shamash and had eight branches in a straight line. The children loved cooperating together and exploring new ways to work with materials in the classroom.