Raising children in love and faith
It feels strange to celebrate any holiday since October 7th but once again, I try to remember that Jews have persevered throughout history because we have continued to celebrate our holidays and traditions and I hope that by engaging my children (and you!) in experiences such as our 2024 Passover Shelfie + Starter Activities, continued …
If you’re looking for a simple sensory bin that encourages conversations about Purim and practices some math skills, this Find and Count Queen Esther’s Gems Sensory Bin is for you! We love including sensory invitations for all kinds of themes so of course it makes sense to add one (just kidding, we did multiple this …
There is a lot to like about Queen Esther but one fun aspect is to assume a queen like her would have some awesome jewels and gems and what better activity than to create our own Make Queen Esther’s Gems to get into the Purim thrill? Combine science, art and fun to create your own …
This weekend we were all excited to give the playroom a good clean (maybe less excited about that!) and set up our 2024 Purim Shelfie + Starter Activities! Purim is a favorite of the kiddos and they were so excited to see what activities I set up for this year’s kick off. I kept it …
We had a school holiday today which meant even more time for some fun tikkun olam inspired sensory play with this Tikkun Olam Ocean Clean Up Sensory Bin! The set up was super easy and the kids really enjoyed looking for the pieces of trash and oil that were polluting the water and transferring them …
Family teas (ok, any tea!) are one of my favorite things ever and it was so special to put together this simple Tu B’Shevat Seven Species Tea! I gotta have my Seder on the actual holiday so it was lovely to have this opportunity to explore the holiday and the seven species in such a …
Every year we love exploring the seven species as we learn about Tu B’Shevat and this year I decided we’d make our very own super simple book, our Tu B’Shevat Seven Species Book, to review and remember these special fruits. What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! There were so many things …
Olive trees are a wonderful symbol of Israel and Tu B’Shevat, as well as one of the seven species we eat during the holiday of Tu B’Shevat, so we had lots of fun incorporating real olive tree nature bits and pieces to create our special Tu B’Shevat Olive Tree page for our Tu B’Shevat Seven …
My family loves Tu B’Shevat, a lovely holiday that has gone through many transformations, some of which our Tu B’Shevat Shelfie + Starter Activities 2024 were able to capture with simple, fun, hands-on activities that allowed us to learn about and explore this holiday. Tu B’Shevat, the new year or birthday of the trees, has …
Kids will enjoy this fun wax resist Candle Resist Hanukkiah Art using Hanukkah candles, making the perfect Hanukkah decoration! (Also, can you tell I’m too tired from bar mitzvah weekend to remember what I wanted to title this project? ;-)) Whatever name you want to call it, it’s simple and fun, has some cool science …
