Raising children in love and faith
Since it’s going to be 100 degrees here today (why California fall, why?) Baby Boy and I decided to beat the heat this morning and head outside for some fun Messy Rosh Hashanah Apples and Honey Sensory Play from our High Holiday Activity List 🍎 What You’ll Need 2 cups cornstarch 1 cup water Yellow …
A Rosh Hashanah Symbols Felt Wall is another super easy hands-on Rosh Hashanah activity that can add a meaningful discussion about the holiday, its symbols and traditions, all while having fun playing! You can leave it out and the kids can return to it throughout Elul to reinforce High Holiday learning. What You’ll Need Felt …
A super easy, fun, and delicious-smelling Rosh Hashanah activity is Rosh Hashanah DIY Honeycomb and Bees Playdough Stamping! With Rosh Hashanah just under a month away that means we are excited to start engaging in High Holiday crafts and activities so that the kids can have fun learning through play 🤗 This morning we started …
I made this Rosh Hashanah Apple Number Counting Board to help my first grader with her counting, sorting, and pattern skills and have another chance to review the apple theme of Rosh Hashanah! This Rosh Hashanah Apple Number Counting Board was easy to set up, although it did involve a lot of gluing, and has …
Rosh Hashanah Apple Stick Matching Activity for the High Holidays this morning! Egg carton crafts are so great because they use recycled products (yay for the Jewish value of bal tashchit!) and have so many possibilities. This Rosh Hashanah Apple Stick Matching Activity was easy to set up, helped my kids practice their fine motor …
This morning we had some Tashlich Sensory Science Experiment fun! During the kids’ morning break from distance learning, we popped outside and read the PJ Library Rosh Hashanah book Tashlich at Turtle Rock. This is a sweet book that talks about the ritual of Tashlich in words kids can understand and relate to. I love …
With Rosh Hashanah just a month away it means it’s time for our High Holiday 2020 Round Up! The High Holidays are a time for rebirth, renewal, rejuvenation, repentance, and HOPE! It’s also a fun time to play with apples and honey, think about how tashlich can be explained through play, and enjoy thinking about …
Summer seemed to fly by for my family and now school has started, Elul has started, and it’s almost the High Holidays! My kids and I created a kid-friendly High Holiday activity list so that we can prepare for the High Holidays. Our goal is to perform one activity from this list a day, starting …
