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 …
Our Hanukkah Gift By Category Guide shares some tried and true fun and meaningful gifts for each of our gift categories AND a few gifts we are planning to give this Hanukkah! Wonder what gift categories I’m talking about? Check out my Hanukkah Gift Strategy post to learn all about how we try to make …
Do you have a Hanukkah gift strategy that works for your family? Hanukkah gift giving can be complicated for many reasons. Some families have to balance Hanukkah gifts with Christmas gift giving. We only celebrate Hanukkah in my family so we don’t have the added stressor of the Hanukkah and Christmas debate. But I strongly …
Hanukkah starts one month from today and our Hanukkah Round Up 2020 page can be your go-to page for planning easy, fun and meaningful Hanukkah activities for your family! This Month I’m Focusing On Gratitude I have a hard time planning for holidays when there are still other holidays on the calendar. Yes, I’m looking …
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 …
