Raising children in love and faith
Are Passover Plague Bags part of your family seder tradition? Once we reach the 10 Plague part of the Seder, it’s our family tradition to pass out Passover Plague Bags to all the kids who attend our Seder. As each plague is called out, the kids search in their bag for the item that represents …
Mount Sinai is a very special part of the upcoming holiday of Shavuot and thus needs its very own special and engaging craft! Shavuot, when we celebrate the receiving of the Ten Commandments, starts tomorrow night so today in preparation we read our favorite PJ Library book about the holiday, The Littlest Mountain, and created …
They say pandemic or quarantine fatigue is real. I’ve felt it and believe it. The constant fears and anxiety over safety, health, work, school, socialization, families and friends. There’s so much. Constantly. It’s exhausting. But I was also exhausted before the pandemic. We were blessed with the birth of our fourth child, a son, in …
If you’re looking for some fun Passover ideas that will engage your kids, either now leading up to the holiday, or during the holiday week itself, we’ve got you covered with these 8 Passover Kid-Friendly Activities! Some of these activities we did last year and liked so much we are repeating them again this year! …
Need help planning and organizing the fun and meaningful Passover activities you want to do with your kids this year? I’ve found this Passover 2020 Kids’ Activities Planner Printable super helpful for keeping me on track and making sure I stock all the needed supplies! Download and print it here! Want ideas for kid-friendly Passover …
Does the idea of a family-friendly seder stress you out? It doesn’t have to at all! I always think planning and organizing help decrease the stress. That’s why I created a family-friendly Passover 2020 Seder Planner Printable so I can make sure I have all the necessary items stocked and ready to go. And that …
I’m all about capturing my kids’ creativity during any day of the year, and it’s especially special to have them fully participate in creating holiday decorations. This year I had my students, and my own kids, create super simple Hanukkah platters. Check out how to make the Easiest Hanukkah DIY Platters for your Hanukkah celebration! …
How can it already be two weeks until Hanukkah?! Time has flown by and my kids have been begging to prepare for Hanukkah. I put together a list of new Hanukkah-related activities to try this year, in addition to some of our traditional annual favorites, and I just updated our Hanukkah Family-Focus Planner so we …
Hanukkah is almost here and my kids have been begging to start preparing! What better way to start than to brainstorm some new activities to try this year? Check out our list of eight fun kid-friendly activities we will be trying this month, either before or during the Festival of Lights, or most likely before …
Summer seemed to fly by for my family and now school has started, Elul has started, and it’s almost the High Holidays! My kids and I created a kid-friendly High Holiday activity list so that we can prepare for the High Holidays. Our goal is to perform one activity from this list a day, starting …
