{"id":11584,"date":"2026-06-28T13:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/%d7%a4%d7%a2%d7%99%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%aa-1-%d7%94%d7%a0%d7%9e%d7%9c%d7%94-%d7%95%d7%94%d7%a6%d7%a8%d7%a6%d7%a8\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T17:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:47:42","slug":"activity1-the-ant-and-the-grasshopper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/activity1-the-ant-and-the-grasshopper\/","title":{"rendered":"Activity 1: The Ant and the Grasshopper"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11584\" class=\"elementor elementor-11584 elementor-7508\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b35712c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b35712c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c172dd9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c172dd9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6055f77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6055f77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Home<\/span><\/a> \\(\\blacktriangleright\\) <a href=\"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/about-the-children-and-youth-unit \"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Children and Youth Unit<\/span><\/a> \\(\\blacktriangleright\\) <a href=\"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/arrows-website-cultures-journey\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Arrows Website<\/span><\/a> \\(\\blacktriangleright\\) <a href=\"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/en\/arrows-website-france-literature\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Literature in France<\/span><\/a> \\(\\blacktriangleright\\) Activity 1: The Ant and the Grasshopper<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76a8557 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76a8557\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Activity 1: The Ant and the Grasshopper<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dde03f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3dde03f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25d4b64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"25d4b64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35dbb69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35dbb69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e0a242 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e0a242\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The fable &#8220;The Ant and the Grasshopper&#8221; emphasizes the importance of hard work and planning versus laziness.<br \/>After you read the fable, you can turn it into a short play by making finger puppets and acting it out together.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbc66ff e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dbc66ff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1ef500 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1ef500\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u05d0\u05ea\u05e8-\u05d7\u05d9\u05e6\u05d9\u05dd-\u05e6\u05e8\u05e4\u05ea.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4020\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u05d0\u05ea\u05e8-\u05d7\u05d9\u05e6\u05d9\u05dd-\u05e6\u05e8\u05e4\u05ea.jpg 300w, https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u05d0\u05ea\u05e8-\u05d7\u05d9\u05e6\u05d9\u05dd-\u05e6\u05e8\u05e4\u05ea-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d450963 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d450963\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e5cc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26e5cc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Activity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a2fa01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a2fa01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20abe03 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"20abe03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70fef9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70fef9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Reading the fable: The Ant and the Grasshopper (in La Fontaine&#8217;s Fables).<br \/>\\(\\space\\)<\/li><li>Creating finger puppets from colorful felt:<br \/>Making a finger sleeve using a strip 5 cm long and 4-5 cm wide.<br \/>Fold it in half and sew it with a simple stitch using embroidery floss on two sides.<br \/>On top, pieces of colorful felt can be glued, and the fable can be acted out.<br \/>\\(\\space\\)<\/li><li>Comparing the fable to the Book of Proverbs 6 (6-11):<br \/><em>6\u00a0 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise.<br \/>7\u00a0 Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,<br \/>8\u00a0 Provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.<br \/>9\u00a0 How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?<br \/>10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;<br \/>11 So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.<br \/>\\(\\space\\)<br \/><\/em><\/li><li>Reading the poem A Lazy One \/ Ephraim Sidon (from &#8220;Songs in Juice&#8221;).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33088fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"33088fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18701f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18701f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/shutterstock_2701619049.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"shutterstock_2701619049\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODg4MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3JhbmdlLmhhaWZhLmFjLmlsXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNVwvc2h1dHRlcnN0b2NrXzI3MDE2MTkwNDkuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/range.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/shutterstock_2701619049-rngxz38qlknzo5xu7sru01lpawf7m0klfyxalu939s.jpg\" title=\"shutterstock_2701619049\" alt=\"shutterstock_2701619049\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join a meeting between the industrious ant and the playing grasshopper in La Fontaine&#8217;s classic fable. 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