This is a fun, creative and completely secular class.  
We start off with a chat about cats and other pets we love.
Next I will share a funny story I have written and illustrated based on my experiences fostering many cats, my own cat's behavior around candles, and my family's tradition of giving to others on Hanukkah.  
The story has no set ending, so students will share ideas through conversation and drawing and we will collaborate to create a happy ending for Candles the cat and his family.


Please note: I will not be discussing or explaining the history of Hanukkah in this class, and I will not include any religious aspects.  It is a completely secular class and story, which reflects my own family's secular traditions around the holiday when I was growing up and cultural and family traditions I share with my own children and our friends from many backgrounds during the eight days of Hannukah.  
The story includes a family enjoying the glow of candles, giving gifts and choosing a community organization to support, eating latkes (potato pancakes), playing with a dreidel (a four-sided spinning top with a Hebrew letter on each side) and singing a secular song about making a dreidel.