Raising children in love and faith
Today was the perfect day for some easy, calming, sensory-pleasing Rosh Hashanah playdough play with our Rosh Hashanah Loose Parts Play, a new honey playdough recipe, and our Rosh Hashanah playdough mats we’ve used in previous years. What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! Playdough is such a great activity for Rosh …
Two years I made these Rosh Hashanah Playdough Mats for easy holiday sensory play and we have been having fun playing with them each year since! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! My kids had so much fun with these Rosh Hashanah Playdough Mats last year! I only had one tiny …
Today we enjoyed another High Holidays overview activity, this time with our Rosh Hashanah Montessori-style 3 part cards. The cards introduce the holiday, its traditions, customs, and symbols. It’s also a fun way to practice matching and reading. While my kids are very familiar with Rosh Hashanah (it’s one of our favorite holidays!), they still …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Since we are heading down the last two weeks of Counting the Omer, which leads us to the holiday of Shavuot, I decided to review the holiday with my kiddos by playing with our Shavuot Montessori-Style 3 Part Cards. This year Shavuot starts the evening of May 16th. It celebrates the receiving of the 10 …
To continue learning about Israel this week in honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut, today we read the PJ Library book 3 Falafels in my Pita and did a fun and easy 3 Falafels in My Pita supplemental activity 🥙 What You’ll Need 3 Falafels in My Pita printable 3 Falafels in my Pita book Sensory bin …
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 …
