Raising children in love and faith
Have some fun with your dinosaur loving child and make your Shabbat challah into dinosaur shapes! Making Dinosaur Shaped Challah is so easy and fun, all ages can do it and enjoy it! What You’ll Need Challah dough. Here is the recipe we love to use. Your local kosher baker might also have some dough …
This Shabbatasaurus Dinosaur Challah Cover is super easy (and cheap!) to make and lets your child add some fun dinosaur love to their Shabbat experience! What You’ll Need T-shirt. Yes, this is a t-shirt craft! So cheap ($1 at Dollar Tree) and easy! But if you’d rather use fabric, that’s totally fine too. Acrylic Paint(s) …
No Shabbatasaurus, a dinosaur-themed Shabbat, would be complete without a very special Shabbatasaurus Challah Platter! This challah platter is dino-fabulous and also captures your kiddos’ handprints. I’m a total sucker for handprint (and thumbprint and footprint!) crafts. It’s 99.9% kid-made and 110% kid-approved! What You’ll Need Platter or plate. Check that your plate can go …
Yesterday I had a beautiful experience where so many magical moments came together and I was able to sit down and get to work on something that was very important to me: capturing my memories of this past Hanukkah (and planning for the next!) with my Hanukkah 2018 Reflection bullet journal sample template! We are now …
Hanukkah’s almost over but last night I quickly put together a fun little activity for my youngest: a Hanukkah I Spy Bottle. It was easy and quick to make, has some traditional Hanukkah symbols so it can function as an educational reminder of the holiday, and it makes a really cool sound when you shake …
As tonight’s latkes were finishing frying, I looked down and saw my kids playing with their duplo blocks. And not just playing, but creating some awesome Hanukkah Judaica: a duplo block Hanukkiah. It was awesome! And it became our centerpiece for the 5th night celebrations. Seeing them create this Hanukkiah, and have such pleasure in …
With a bunch of five to seven year olds I knew I needed a fun, but easy Hanukkah party for my classroom to celebrate the holiday this year. And because I’m their teacher, it also had to be educational and meaningful. I came up with the following plan and we all had a great time! …
The kids (both at home and in my classroom!) made a new Hanukkah decoration this year: Hanukkah Mixed Media Collages! We all know making artwork for the holidays is always a fun way to review the holiday story, share traditions or symbols of the holiday, and make a nice decoration for your house. Using different …
Hanukkah is here and we are so happy to celebrate the holiday by doing one of our favorite activities: reading fun holiday books! We read a ton of books in our house and are forever grateful to PJ Library for sending us new Jewish-themed books every month. I like to pull out the holiday books …
Hanukkah + sensory bin = a fabulously fun and educational activity for your little (and not so little) ones! This is the perfect activity for when you’re frying latkes, rolling your rugelach, or even just for fun in the week of and leading up to Hanukkah. It’s also super easy to make, can be used …
