A dreydl is a special four-sided top. The
Hebrew letters "N", "G", "H" and "S" are written on the sides of the top.
These letters stand for the words "Nes", "Gadol", "Haya" and "Sham", which mean
"a great miracle happened." Long ago, Jewish people were not allowed to
come together and pray. In order to practice their religion, they
pretended to play games with this top.
We made a dreydl and played the game using beans instead of
coins. To play the game, each player gets 10 beans. The players take
turns spinning the dreydl, before each spin every player puts one bean into the
pot. If the spin comes up with a "G" the player gets all of the beans in
the pot, "N" the player gets no beans, "H" the player gets half of the beans in
the pot and "S" means the player must put an additional bean into the pot.
A player wins when they have all of the beans in play.
Our dreydl pattern came from the December Idea Book (from Teacher's Friend). If you would like to make your own dreydl, you can use the pattern available on the Crayola website.
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