Raising children in love and faith
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 …
Today I wanted to teach the kids a little bit about a kibbutz and these special communities in Israel so I set up a Kibbutz Harvest Sensory Bin. It’s another super simple set up and concept but with awesome learning opportunities for Jewish learning + age differential skill development! My daughter read off the short …
One of my favorite Israeli foods is falafel so I thought it would be fun to create an activity inspired by this tasty dish; hence, our Falafel Transfer! A super simple activity with awesome fine motor skills practice. Yay! What You’ll Need Brown or beige felt Needle and thread Brown pom poms Tongs Putting It …
One of the Passover Seder traditions our kids look forward to every year is the plague bags I give them during the naming of the 10 plagues portion of the Seder and I really hope they will like these new Passover Playdough Loose Parts Plague Bags I made for them this year! Each year the …
