Raising children in love and faith
Last Hanukkah we started making Reading Bingo Challenges for each of our holidays as a fun way to engage more deeply with holiday reading and help identify holiday symbols and today we enjoyed using our High Holidays Reading Bingo Challenge! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Print out the High Holidays Reading Bingo Challenge free printable. Start …
A few weeks ago I set up a super easy Adam and Eve Pom Pom Posting Tree activity for the youngest two to do while the bigs were in distance learning. This is part of our summer theme of diving deeper into learning the Torah stories. For this activity we focused on the part of …
Catching up from a few weeks ago when we learned about the Creation Story by exploring a Creation Story Sequencing Sensory Bin. This set up is the opposite of how I usually set up my bins as I usually have everything inside the bin first and then sometimes invite kids to take elements out to …
What better way to celebrate Shabbat during the week we are covering the story of Noah’s Ark than with a rainbow challah hack?! Bonus points: it’s also pride month!! Rainbow challot are gorgeous and fun anytime of year but this Shabbat it has extra meaning since June is pride month and my kids and I …
Starting with the Torah story of Cain and Abel, sheep and shepherds feature throughout the Torah which is why it was fun to focus on learning a little bit more about these connections with this Sheep and Shepherds in the Torah Transfer Activity. This is a super easy activity to set up, it practices fine …
Today I made Shavuot playdough mats and let the kids explore some sensory fun while being exposed to more Shavuot symbols. I also laid out our Shavuot 3 part cards and read off the summaries again while the kids explored just as a gentle review of the customs and traditions. My nature lovers gathered some …
If you also have a Passover seder tradition of giving kids plague bags during that section of the seder, these Think & Craft 10 Plague Bags might be a fun activity to try this year! This year I’ve been actively trying to incorporate a deeper consideration of the plagues themselves and the depth of their …
We love playdough so we were all excited to explore Passover Matzah Playdough & Playdough Mats! Playdough is such a great sensory experience. It is also so much fun to build with and can be a fun way to practice telling the Passover story. I made this special matzah playdough because I wanted the kids …
Stories, songs and rhymes are a wonderful way to introduce or review holiday symbols, themes and elements. And there are so many possibilities for Passover that also help encourage literacy and math skills while reviewing the elements of Passover! I love working with felt pieces—the material is soft and sensory pleasing, it’s interactive, and it’s …
I set up this Chametz or Not? Sensory Bin to let my kids explore and categorize different foods so they have a better understanding of what foods we can eat during Passover. One of the many traditions of Passover is paying careful attention to what foods you eat for the duration of the holiday. The Chametz …
