Raising children in love and faith
The Book of Jonah is traditionally read on Yom Kippur afternoon so this simple Loose Parts Jonah and the Fish invitation is an easy, hands-on, and fun activity to explore the story and the holiday of Yom Kippur. We love all kinds of loose parts play. While we often enjoy it in relation to sensory …
I brought out the sweet simanim rocks I made for this year’s High Holidays Shelfie and combined them with our brand new Rosh Hashanah Simanim Nomenclature Cards to create a hands-on, meaningful and fun Rosh Hashanah Simanim Match Sensory Bin! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! You know me, I love …
Listening to the shofar being blown during Elul and the High Holidays is so special so I decided to incorporate that into a kid-friendly Blow Paint Shofar craft! The Blow Paint Shofar allows the kids to practice blowing, which is an important skill in itself but also connects to how the shofar works. And any …
I introduced this Rosh Hashanah Challah Raisin Match on our High Holidays Shelfie this year and brought it out again this week for some additional, dedicated play, exploration and fun! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! My first grader is super into numbers so he loves any kind of number or …
We love celebrating the birthday of the world in many ways and boy was this giant sized craft, a Giant Happy Birthday to the World Cake, a super fun way to think about this special Rosh Hashanah holiday and celebration! This Giant Happy Birthday to the World Cake is super simple and allows for lots …
This morning we enjoyed more process art and Rosh Hashanah learning with Simanim Stencil Process Art. This is a great “kitchen sink” (use whatever you have available) craft that lets kids enjoy many paint tools and creativity and learn about simanim. What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! My kids were so …
Rosh Hashanah starts in a month so that means it’s time to share our new High Holidays 2023/5784 Shelfie + Starter Activities, start our High Holiday learning, and have lots of fun while doing so! Our shelfie has hands-on activities, fine motor skill practices, counting and number sense opportunities, and of course books and stories …
We have done, and will continue to do, A LOT of Ten Plagues activities in preparation for and celebration of Passover and this Ten Plagues Easy DIY Tray is just so simple that you have to give it a try for your next celebration or Torah story learning! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished …
With half our house sick with pneumonia, it allowed me some extra one on one crafting time with my middle where we made this super cool Moses’ Staff to Snake Toilet Paper Craft! We used it to supplement our Moses Warns Pharaoh Torah story learning, but this would be a perfect Passover craft. Or a …
This Crayon Melt Burning Bush was such a simple and quick process art experience for my kiddos that also turned out as a really cool decoration that would be perfect for supplementing the story of the Burning Bush or your Passover learning experience! What You’ll Need Putting It Together Finished & Loving It! I love …
