Raising children in love and faith
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 …
I am just starting my oldest’s bar mitzvah planning and the first topic I am excited to explore is B’nai Mitzvah Planning: Should The Guest List or the Venue Come First? Our synagogue gives each B’nai Mitzvah family a planning guide. At 12 months out we are supposed to select and reserve the venue, if …
Over the next few weeks I’m exploring the beautiful Jewish value of tzedakah with my children so today I set up a Find and Give Tzedakah Sensory Bin for them. This sensory bin is super simple to set up and is also an easy way to have deep discussions about tzedakah. What You’ll Need sensory …
We love a good book and activity pairing so this Sukkot activity, Vanish the Gourds Sensory Bin, was created with the cute Sukkot book The Vanishing Gourds in mind. Per usual, it’s a simple set up and concept but allows lots of fine motor skill practice and then open-ended play! So many great benefits, plus …
My kindergartener is super into math and counting right now so I was so excited to put a Sukkot spin on a fun activity we’ve been trying and created this Roll & Count the Lulav and Etrog for some Sukkot math fun! The lulav and etrog are super fast and easy to make and can …
We love imaginary play and fine motor activities, which makes this Nature Weaving (Play) S’chach such a special and fun Sukkot activity! All four kids got super into this activity. We all love nature and this was a fun way to bring nature into our play, learning, and holiday celebration! The s’chach is the special …
