Raising children in love and faith
This week we have been learning about the Torah story of Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh and it was a wonderful opportunity to create a beautiful Blessing of the Children Handprint Poster with my kids. We say this blessing every Shabbat after we light the Shabbos candles so they are very familiar with it but …
Today I set up this simple Coin Transfer activity to supplement our Jacob’s Family is Reunited Torah story learning for the week. This was such an easy way to review the part of the story where Joseph instructs his servant to return the money the brothers brought back into their bags, as well as help …
When I prepared our Joseph, Potiphar and Jail 3 Part Cards I knew I wanted to do a Consent and Kids Activity as part of our learning about this Torah story. During our reading of the cards Monday, my daughter said “That [Potiphar’s wife actions of attempted romance with Joseph then turning on him when …
This week we have been studying the Torah story of when Joseph’s brothers throw him into the pit and it of course deals with lots of big emotions which is why I thought it would be helpful to explore all kinds of emotions with our Emotions Wheel (Torah Characters). We of course started our learning …
This summer I’m all about simple, easy and meaningful activities which was why this Wheat Threading activity was so perfect for our Joseph’s Coat of Many Colors Torah story learning this week. Monday we introduced the story with our Joseph’s Coat of Many Colors 3 Part Cards. Then yesterday we created our own coats of …
I know I said that ice cream isn’t everything about Shavuot, but that we would still be doing a lot of activities with it and here’s one more from today: Shavuot Puffy Paint Ice Cream Cones. This is such a fun art process and allows for creativity and sensory exploration. It’s also the longest I’ve …
I love making murals and posters for our holidays as a collaborative art project that all the kids work on together, as well as a fun holiday decoration, so this year’s holiday poster is a Shavuot Collage Mural. I love that each person in our family is represented (like our Mount Sinai, The Ten Commandments …
This is the year for Shavuot ice cream sensory bins for my family and they absolutely loved the second one we tried, the Shavuot Pom Pom Ice Cream Sensory Bin! I wanted something delightfully colorful to bring some brightness to our day, our week, and our world! This definitely did the trick and the jumbo …
My family won’t fully participate in the Shavuot tradition of staying up all night learning Torah, but I do plan to do some Torah learning during our Shavuot evening meal and also thought I’d introduce my preschooler to the letters of the Torah with this super simple Alef Bet Vet Dot Book to jumpstart his …
There is definitely way more to Shavuot than dairy and ice cream, but activities with ice cream always bring excitement to the people in our house so I really looked forward to sharing this Shavuot Cloud Dough Ice Cream Sensory Bin with my littles today. And it did not disappoint! Cloud dough is such a …
