Raising children in love and faith
My kindergartner is very much interested in counting right now so I knew he’d love this Hanukkah twist on a spindle box, our Hanukkah Candle Counting Box! It’s super simple to make and so fun to use Hanukkah candles as our counting manipulatives! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! We made …
We discovered the joy of playing and creating with loose parts years ago so I knew the kids would love this Hanukkah-themed Loose Parts Hanukkiah activity! It’s of course super simple to set up, allows for open-ended creativity, and reviews the special Hanukkah ritual object, the Hanukkah menorah or the Hanukkiah. May we always strive …
My kindergartner is all about counting whenever he can so I knew he’d love this simple Roll and Count the Dreidels activity for some Hanukkah math fun! The idea is the same as the Roll and Count the Lulav and Etrog activity we did for Sukkot, it just uses different manipulatives. And dreidels are such …
One of our Hanukkah family traditions is having a special family-focused theme or activity for each night of Hanukkah and we can’t coordinate it without our 2022 Family-Focused Hanukkah Planner! I update this Hanukkah Planner each year so that I can map out the holiday for my family. It always includes the dates, our theme …
Somehow we are already only a month out from one of my favorite holidays, Hanukkah, and to kick off our month of learning, exploration and fun we began with our 2022 Hanukkah Shelfie + Starter Activities! I love the Festival of Lights, the idea of bringing light into darkness, and all the extra family time …
Today we finished our last tzedakah activity, a Tzedakah In-Kind Collection Box, before switching over to our Hanukkah focus. I love how it ties together all the activities and discussion we’ve participated in these past few weeks. This special tzedakah box is where we can collect in-kind donations that we will then donate to the …
We are so excited to celebrate our bar mitzvah and really want the celebration to focus on him and his favorites, which is why I made a B’nai Mitzvah Brainstorming Printable to help jumpstart and then record all these thoughts! I wanted to make sure we had his favorites and priorities at the forefront of …
Our weather is finally turning cooler (and we had our first rainy day yesterday!), so it was the perfect time for us to explore the very important and essential need of warm winter clothing with this simple Warm Winter Hat Craft! Looking out our window it was easy to realize that warm clothing is necessary …
To help our transition of talking about tzedakah as collecting coins or money to some specific, tangible resources inhabitants of the world need I set up this simple Match the Need Sensory Bin for my kids to explore. Before they dove in, I opened our conversation with an important premise. If tzedakah is about making …
