Raising children in love and faith
This week we had lots of fun exploring math practice and skills with some fun Hanukkah symbols with our Hanukkah Math Fun. We used the Hanukkah Math Pack printable I made (and which you can download for free!), along with some hands-on Hanukkah fabulous manipulatives. What You’ll Need Hanukkah Math Pack free printable Scissors Glue …
Today while all the bigs were at school, the toddler and I had so much fun playing with the Hanukkah (Candle)stick in Shaker activity I made for him. This is a Hanukkah twist on the Montessori stick in shaker activity. It’s such a simple set up and activity, but the benefits are huge! It helps …
Last year we had so much fun bringing the smells of Sukkot to life with a fun sensory activity of Smell of Sukkot Playdough Experience! We will definitely be doing this activity again this year. What You’ll Need Your favorite homemade playdough recipe and ingredients (or a neutral smelling store bought playdough). Check out the …
A fun and meaningful way to get into the Sukkot spirit is with our Sukkot Book Box and Sukkot Reading Bingo Challenge! We gathered all our Sukkot books (thanks PJ Library!), made our box, and then read some books and played the bingo game! What You’ll Need Empty box Paint Cardstock Oranges, lemons and/or limes …
Last year I wanted an easy sensory bin set up and I liked the idea of reusing what I already had so I quickly put together a fun activity inspired by my kids love of rescue activities, a Shofar Rescue Bin and Wall. Last year the bin actually had two sides since I already had …
My kids have been very interested in the shofar these past few weeks so I was excited to put together this Shofar Exploratory Activity for them. Today I wanted to give them the opportunity for some focused learning just on the shofar. I set up this little table so they could practice writing the word …
Mr. Preschooler and I grabbed another one on one (ok, Baby Brother joined us for some of it too!) moment while the bigs were in school and we used it to enjoy this High Holidays Symbols Pattern Match activity. The activity was a great way to practice matching, following patterns, using fine motor skills, language …
If you’re looking for a super easy set up that relates to Rosh Hashanah AND supports other learning skills and development, this Rosh Hashanah Sticker Play totally does the trick and can be customized to whatever you want to do and whatever stickers you have at home! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & …
A few weeks ago I set up a super easy Adam and Eve Pom Pom Posting Tree activity for the youngest two to do while the bigs were in distance learning. This is part of our summer theme of diving deeper into learning the Torah stories. For this activity we focused on the part of …
Starting with the Torah story of Cain and Abel, sheep and shepherds feature throughout the Torah which is why it was fun to focus on learning a little bit more about these connections with this Sheep and Shepherds in the Torah Transfer Activity. This is a super easy activity to set up, it practices fine …
