2023 Purim Shelfie + Starter Activities

2023 Purim Shelfie + Starter Activities

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 …

Where Does It Grow? Seven Species Match

Where Does It Grow? Seven Species Match

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 …

Tu B'Shevat Flower Threading

Tu B’Shevat Flower Threading

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. …

Tu B’Shevat Montessori Smelling Bottles

Tu B’Shevat Montessori Smelling Bottles

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 …

Tu B'Shevat Orchard Number Match

Tu B’Shevat Orchard Number Match

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 Tree Threading

Tu B’Shevat Toilet Paper Roll Tree Threading

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 …

2023 Tu B’Shevat Shelfie + Starter Activities

2023 Tu B’Shevat Shelfie + Starter Activities

It’s so exciting to start a brand new calendar year with learning about and preparing for one of my favorite holidays, Tu B’Shevat, and this 2023 Tu B’Shevat Shelfie + Starter Activities was the perfect way to have fun while engaging in meaningful Tu B’Shevat learning and play! Tu B’Shevat is the New Year of …