We love using salt trays to practice tracing (and just for fun) so I thought it would be a fun Passover twist to make a Matzah Meal Tracing Tray! Both of the littles loved practicing letters, shapes and lines and the matzah texture is definitely a special one!
What You’ll Need
- Matzah meal or regular matzah, blitzed in a food processor
- Tray
- Tracing prompt cards (optional). We used our Passover Shape, Passover Alphabet and Passover Number Flashcards from our Passover Activities Packet for Early Learners
Putting It Together
- Pour the matzah meal into a tray, spread flat.
- Invite your child to practice tracing lines, letters, shapes or whatever they want!
- If applicable, talk about the prompt cards they are using and what the symbols mean.
Finished & Loving It!
This was of course a super simple set up. Which is always fabulous! It’s also one that can easily sit out on a shelf for return attention, or be quickly plopped into a ziplock bag and then taken out later.
I set out some prompt cards because I wanted to talk about the symbols as my early learner worked. I loved how his younger brother jumped in and wanted to do it too! Not only did the kindergartener welcome that, he started teaching his brother how to make the lines. He would model how to draw the shape or letter, then invite his younger brother to give it a tray. AMAZING! It was so sweet and touching. And also a wonderful way for both of them to practice and learn.
The matzah was such a different texture than our normal salt which is great for the kids to explore. Store bought matzah meal would be much finer than the blitzed matzah I made, but either works to provide a unique texture and lots of sensory feedback. And of course, an awesome landscape for pre-writing practice!
I really love having quick, simple and easy activities like this that engage my kiddos in relevant holiday learning, let them practice necessary skills in a fun and low-pressure environment, enjoy sensory exploration, and really just have such an amazing time while doing so!
Chag Passover Sameach!
We have a whole page dedicated to Passover, our Passover Hub. Check it out! It includes some of the Passover activities we plan to do this year, as well as the activities we’ve done in previous years.
And don’t forget our Passover Montessori-Style 3 Part Cards, a wonderful way to introduce Passover! And, now we also have all 13 Jewish holidays bundled together in A Year of Jewish Holidays 3 Part Cards.
If you want to have a ton of Passover early learner activities ready at your fingertips, try our Passover Activities Packet for Early Learners! I am so excited about all the Passover-themed literacy, fine motor skills, math, and play fun!
The following sites are amazing resources for learning more about this holiday:
Chag Sameach!
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