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Spring means one Jewish holiday after the other and even though I still have not managed to take down my Tu B’Shevat decorations, I know it’s time to start prepping for Purim so here is our Purim Round Up 2021! This year Purim starts at sundown on Thursday, February 25th. So just a little over …
This week we worked on Two Ways to Create Tu B’Shevat Resist Art Murals. Our first one was a tape resist mural focused on the Seven Species, the special foods that you eat during Tu B’Shevat seder. We fell in love with tape resist art after seeing Busy Toddler post her amazing Thanksgiving mural. We …
I thought playing with a Tu B’Shevat DIY Snowy Tree Sensory Exploration Activity to continue learning about Tu B’Shevat and enjoy feeling something as close to snow as we can get right now would be a fun and engaging post-school activity and it was! What You’ll Need baking soda hair conditioner leaves Putting It Together …
Today to prepare for Tu B’Shevat we did Tu B’Shevat Plant-Brush Painting and made a pretty cool mural and definitely had lots of fun in the process! What You’ll Need Kraft paper Tape Washable paint Assortment of plants Clothespins (optional) Popsicle sticks (optional) Glue gun (optional) Putting It Together First, collect different plant materials. We …
Earlier today all 4 kids played with some variation of our Tu B’Shevat Color Matching Fruit Tree activity and it was a total hit! What You’ll Need Box Tu B’Shevat Color Matching Fruit Tree activity Printable Scissors Tape Exacto knife Orange, red, green and yellow pom poms Tongs (optional) Putting It Together Find an empty …
With less than one week until the holiday of Tu B’Shevat, it’s timely that today’s activity, Planting Kitchen Scraps in Mini Greenhouses, focused on repairing our world through helping nature and our environment. This activity is super easy to do, uses recycled materials, and teaches your child about Tu B’Shevat. What You’ll Need Egg cartons …
In our preparation, learning and review of Tu B’Shevat we’ve thus far mainly focused on trees and plants and celebrating and thanking them. But there’s another very important aspect of Tu B’Shevat and that is the seven species. Today we had fun exploring this part of Tu B’Shevat with a Tu B’Shevat Seven Species Sensory Bin …
This afternoon we created our A Tree in Every Season Art Panels for Tu B’Shevat and they are awesome! What You’ll Need A Tree in Every Season Art Panels printable Cardstock Paint sticks, brown and green Glue Pink sprinkles Green construction paper Q-tips Rubber bands Orange, yellow, and red paint Watercolors Paintbrush Salt Putting It Together …
I love engaging my kids in fun science experiments, especially ones they create, and Tu B’Shevat is the perfect holiday for them to explore some Tu B’Shevat Seed Science Experiments. We set up two experiments and loved watching their progress! I recently bought the amazing book The Curious Kids’ Science Book by Asia Citro. (Side …
We love introducing or reviewing a holiday by reading our favorite themed holiday books and this Tu B’Shevat Reading Bingo Challenge is the perfect way to enjoy reading along with a little play! We made a Hanukkah Reading Bingo Challenge this past Hanukkah and it was such a huge hit that it will be our …
