Raising children in love and faith
The special way my family celebrates Hanukkah is by engaging in family-focused activities each night after the Hanukkah meal and lighting of the candles. Choosing to focus on activities the entire family can enjoy AND taking the time to actually do these activities helps us have a holiday that’s filled with light and brightness. In …
A super fun and engaging Shabbat theme for the dinosaur lovers! In our house we have long been dinosaur-obsessed in general and have totally fallen in love with the song our Education Director introduced to us at Sunday school, “Dinosaur on Shabbat.” My kids sing it all day and week long. So when I told …
In the past I’ve been overwhelmed by the Hanukkah week, even though it remains one of my favorite holidays. But last year I got my act together and we shifted some of the chaos away from nightly presents to nightly family-focused activities. These were activities that we chose together and did together. And we found …
