Raising children in love and faith
Today while all the bigs were at school, the toddler and I had so much fun playing with the Hanukkah (Candle)stick in Shaker activity I made for him. This is a Hanukkah twist on the Montessori stick in shaker activity. It’s such a simple set up and activity, but the benefits are huge! It helps …
Now that it’s November we are all about preparing for Thanksgivukkah in fun and meaningful ways and today we kicked off our learning by playing our Thankful Reading Bingo Challenge! We love starting our holiday learning with all these reading bingo challenges (the links to our other bingo challenges can be found at the bottom …
Today in Sunday School we had a fun day learning all about the most common Jewish holiday, Shabbat, and had such a wonderful time creating our own Shabbat Activities Wheel! These Shabbat Activities Wheels captured some of our favorite ideas about how we celebrate or want to celebrate Shabbat. I loved seeing what my students …
I don’t usually like thinking towards the next holiday while still experiencing the current one, but one of my family’s Yom Kippur afternoon traditions includes creating Sukkot Kindness Chains (this holiday sure comes up quickly doesn’t it!). It’s a super easy craft to set up. It’s also an activity that easily connects to the holiday …
These DIY Sukkot Playdough Stamps are so super easy to make and engage your children in a hands-on learning experience that also exposes them to fine motor skill development and sensory play! What else can you say except YAY?!! What You’ll Need Your favorite playdough (check out my Smell of Sukkot Playdough Experience post for …
Last year we had so much fun bringing the smells of Sukkot to life with a fun sensory activity of Smell of Sukkot Playdough Experience! We will definitely be doing this activity again this year. What You’ll Need Your favorite homemade playdough recipe and ingredients (or a neutral smelling store bought playdough). Check out the …
A fun and meaningful way to get into the Sukkot spirit is with our Sukkot Book Box and Sukkot Reading Bingo Challenge! We gathered all our Sukkot books (thanks PJ Library!), made our box, and then read some books and played the bingo game! What You’ll Need Empty box Paint Cardstock Oranges, lemons and/or limes …
Last year I wanted an easy sensory bin set up and I liked the idea of reusing what I already had so I quickly put together a fun activity inspired by my kids love of rescue activities, a Shofar Rescue Bin and Wall. Last year the bin actually had two sides since I already had …
My kids have been very interested in the shofar these past few weeks so I was excited to put together this Shofar Exploratory Activity for them. Today I wanted to give them the opportunity for some focused learning just on the shofar. I set up this little table so they could practice writing the word …
Last year we put together this simple The Hardest Word Activity: A Yom Kippur Craft to help us reflect, repent and resolve to do better in the new year. What You’ll Need The PJ Library book The Hardest Word or listen to a reading of it on their Facebook page. Kraft paper or poster board …
