Raising children in love and faith
My family loves Tu B’Shevat, a lovely holiday that has gone through many transformations, some of which our Tu B’Shevat Shelfie + Starter Activities 2024 were able to capture with simple, fun, hands-on activities that allowed us to learn about and explore this holiday. Tu B’Shevat, the new year or birthday of the trees, has …
Kids will enjoy this fun wax resist Candle Resist Hanukkiah Art using Hanukkah candles, making the perfect Hanukkah decoration! (Also, can you tell I’m too tired from bar mitzvah weekend to remember what I wanted to title this project? ;-)) Whatever name you want to call it, it’s simple and fun, has some cool science …
We don’t make a new Hanukkiah every year but sometimes it’s fun to add a special one, like this very fascinating Wax and Ice Hanukkiah. It’s so incredibly simple to make and we were all enthralled watching it take form! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! This was such an easy …
Get ready for some delightfully messy, ooey gooey Hanukkah sensory play with this easy and fun Dreidel Ooblek! My kids LOVE ooblek. It’s such an easy sensory material to create, but boy is it messy. That might just be half the fun 😉 Add some dreidels and plastic gelt and you have yourself a wonderful …
My first grader is especially into science fizzy fun so I knew he, and all the kids, were sure to love this simple science meets sensory activity with a Hanukkah twist, our Fizzy Hanukkah Menorah Fun! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! I wish you could hear the squeals of excitement …
As many of us know, it feels especially hard to think about, let alone plan for, Hanukkah right now but I’m hoping this simple 2023 Family-Focused Hanukkah Planner may help all of us out! One of our Hanukkah family traditions is having a special family-focused theme or activity for each night of Hanukkah and we …
It’s been so incredibly hard to get in the Hanukkah (and actually, any kind of activity) mindset right now but I do know and understand that the world needs as much light and love as we can pour into it so here is my small contribution for right now, our 2023 Hanukkah Shelfie + Starter …
I love this You Can Do a Mitzvah! Lesson Plan because it’s a simple way to not only explain the concept of mitzvah to young children, but also empowers them to realize all the mitzvot they can do to make the world a better place! I need this hope for our future so much right …
I have many favorite traditions of Sukkot but one of them is the tradition of Ushpizin and discussing with my family who they’d like to invite into our sukkah. This year I made Ushpizin Dice to initiate ideas of different types of people we could invite. I thought that maybe some of these categories may …
I am still deeply feeling the joy and hope that comes from a meaningful High Holiday experience but it is with equal joy and excitement that I set up and invited my kiddos to our Sukkot 2023 Shelfie + Starter Activities. Sukkot is such a lovely holiday–celebrating the harvest and the wonders we receive from …
