Shabbat Activities Wheel

Today in Sunday School we had a fun day learning all about the most common Jewish holiday, Shabbat, and had such a wonderful time creating our own Shabbat Activities Wheel! These Shabbat Activities Wheels captured some of our favorite ideas about how we celebrate or want to celebrate Shabbat. I loved seeing what my students came up with, and I think you’d love seeing what your children look forward to doing on Shabbat too 🙂

What You’ll Need

• Shabbat Activities Wheel free printable
• Scissors
• Crayons, markers or stickers
• Brass fastener

Putting It Together

1. Print out the Shabbat Activities Wheel free printable
2. Cut out the wheel on the second page. Cut out the triangle wedge on that page as well.
3. Have your child draw, write, or add stickers to depict various activities they enjoy doing on Shabbat, or would like to do on Shabbat in each of the empty triangles.
4. Affix the top wheel to the bottom sheet with a brass fastener.
5. Spin the wheel to discuss the different Shabbat activity options, or use it like a game and flick it to see which activity you land on and then do that one!
6. You can use the Shabbat blessings on the top wheel as a guide.

Finished & Loving It!

Today in Sunday School we had a fun day learning all about the most common Jewish holiday—Shabbat! This holiday was of course familiar to many of the students and they were very engaged talking about when it happens and what happens during it. To introduce Shabbat, we read the book Ezra’s Big Shabbat Question. I love how this book talks about how there are Jews all over the world that celebrate Shabbat but that these celebrations might look a little different.

We talked about how many Jewish families welcome Shabbat on Friday nights by lighting the candles and singing a blessing over the candles, wine/juice, challah and children. We also discussed the many different activities families may engage in during Shabbat (either Friday night or Saturday) that make Shabbat feel special and warm and cozy. The book shares some ideas, but the kids brainstormed more. We talked about how going to services at synagogue, playing family games, visiting with family and friends, special meals, reading, taking walks with family or pets are all examples of lovely Shabbat activities that we enjoy doing. 

Each child then created their own Shabbat Activities Wheel with potential Shabbat activities on it. We had symbols for the candles, wine/juice and challah, then the children added their own drawings to depict Shabbat activities they enjoy doing or would like to do on Shabbat. I really loved seeing so many sweet drawings and ideas for special ways of celebrating Shabbat! When they turn the wheel on top, one activity is visible at a time. If they want, they can turn the wheel to help select the activity they want to do. The blessings for candles, wine/juice and challah are also on the top of the wheel to use as a guide. 

What is your favorite activity to do on Shabbat?

Looking for more Shabbat resources?

• We just added our Shabbat Montessori-Style 3 Part Cards to our With Love, Ima Shop! They are a wonderful way to introduce the holiday.
• PJ Library has a whole Shabbat Hub on their website–check it out! They have so many great resources!
• BimBam: Shabbat
• ReformJudaism.Org: Shabbat

And here are some of our favorite Shabbat crafts and activities we’ve shared on the blog (if you haven’t enjoyed Dinosaur on Shabbat or Shabbatasaurus, you’re missing out!):

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