Raising children in love and faith
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 …
We absolutely love using sensory bins to learn about Jewish holidays through play and this Passover Story I Spy Sensory Bin was the perfect way to review the Passover story through sensory exploration and, of course, lots of fun! All you need is two of each of the 10 symbols of the Passover story you …
Okay, I admit, I’m absolutely in love with this Parting the Red Sea Snipping Practice and was so thrilled my preschooler loved it too! The set up was fast and simple, the snipping was perfect for a quick practice and further development of his cutting skills, and he absolutely loved the surprise at the end! …
All four of my kids had such a great time playing with our Release the 10 Plagues Sensory Activity! I had such a great time watching them have fun and learn about the ten plagues at the same time! And, of course, any sensory play is a wonderful tactile experience that we all enjoyed (especially …
We love the super easy to make, customize, set up and do poke a dots that my son’s preschool teacher introduced to us and the Hamantaschen Poke the Dots activity we did today was absolutely perfect! I loved watching that look of concentration and focus on his face and seeing how easily it now is …
I love creating simple activities with big developmental impacts and this Tu B’Shevat Grape Bead Threading activity totally fit: such a simple concept and set up that allowed for wonderful developmental skills practices. I initially set up this activity for my preschooler, but the toddler and the second grader also joined and had a fun …
We have been slow to decorate for Hanukkah this year which is why today’s activity, Hanukkah Paint by Number Mural, is so perfect—it combines one of my kids’ favorite ways to explore art (painting) and becomes a fabulous Hanukkah decoration after it dries! What You’ll Need Kraft paper Tape Sharpie Six colors of washable paint: …
