Raising children in love and faith
My recycled-Purim craft obsession continues with these easy and fun Purim Egg Carton Groggers! I’ve enjoyed using recycled materials in multiple Purim crafts this year and these groggers are another example of how simple reusing materials can be. It’s a great way to practice ba’al tashchit, do not be wasteful, while having fun making a …
We put a fun reuse/recycle twist on the standard Purim crown craft with this Paper Bag Purim Crown! It’s a great way to recycle used paper bags, has lots of creative opportunities in decorating, and, as always, has many opportunities for fine motor skill practice. What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! …
With less than a month to go we started preparing for the next major Jewish holiday, Purim, by setting up and exploring our 2023 Purim Shelfie + Starter Activities experience! Once again, there’s a lot going on here but most of the activities are simple and many are pulled from previous years. Having meaningful learning …
We usually plant parsley and a tree every Tu B’Shevat but this year I was excited to “plant” something new with the kids, and put a fun, creative spin on it: Welcome to our DIY Chia Creations (2 ways!). Either one of these methods to make Chia Creations are super simple and have quick results: …
Tu B’Shevat is the birthday of the trees and this Messy DIY Puffy Paint Birthday Cake is such a fun, sensory way to celebrate! All you need is a few supplies and then your children’s creativity can over. Save this for a Tu B’Shevat seder decoration or throw a little afternoon birthday party for the …
I love how this Where Does It Grow? Seven Species Match activity guides my kids to learning more about the plants that create the delicious foods that we enjoy eating on Tu B’Shevat. I was curious to see if they would be able to correctly identify which foods grew on which plants by either real knowledge …
Even though it is currently cold where we live and there are not new blossoms blooming, in Israel Tu B’Shevat marks the start of the spring season of nature blossoming and it’s always lovely to incorporate some bright and beautiful nature activities in our Tu B’Shevat learning, such as this Tu B’Shevat Flower Threading activity. …
Isn’t it fun to test out different senses with activities, like our kids’ sense of smell with these Tu B’Shevat Montessori Smelling Bottles? We’ve done a blind-folded Smell This! Seven Species experiment before (and it was great!) but this year I wanted to do something a little more formatted and focused. The idea behind Montessori …
I always love putting a Jewish twist on developmentally appropriate learning skills and this Tu B’Shevat Orchard Number Match not only helped my kids review the holiday of Tu B’Shevat, but also helped them practice counting and fine motor skills! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! We did a similar Tu …
Toilet paper roll crafts are great in so many ways and this super simple Tu B’Shevat Toilet Paper Roll Tree Threading activity combines the fabulous fine motor practice of threading too! Toilet paper rolls are easy to save once the toilet paper runs out and they can be used in lots of different ways. We …
