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Hanukkah 2019 Family-Focus Planner
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Hanukkah 2019 Family- Focus Planner

by adminupdated on July 29, 2020December 9, 2019Leave a Comment on Hanukkah 2019 Family- Focus Planner

How can it already be two weeks until Hanukkah?! Time has flown by and my kids have been begging to prepare for Hanukkah. I put together a list of new Hanukkah-related activities to try this year, in addition to some of our traditional annual favorites, and I just updated our Hanukkah Family-Focus Planner so we …

Passover 2019 Seder Planner
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Passover 2019 Seder Planner

by adminupdated on July 30, 2020April 13, 2019Leave a Comment on Passover 2019 Seder Planner

Do you have kids and are you planning a seder for Passover (just under one week away now!)? Use this Passover kid-friendly seder planner to help you get organized for the big night! I always need to jot down my plan for food, ritual items to shop for, and fun kid activities or I will …

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May this shlissel challah unlock all the blessings May this shlissel challah unlock all the blessings, the return of the hostages, health and safety, peace and lots of family time and love ❤️ Shabbat Shalom ❤️ #shlisselchallah #shabbat #shabbatshalom #jewishfamily #jewishchildren
What could be better than entering Shabbat and the What could be better than entering Shabbat and the weekend with some Israel love in the form of our Yom Ha’atzmaut Shelfie?! Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, starts the evening of Wednesday, April 30th. On this Shelfie we have, once again, the tried and true. Over the weekend the kids can explore as they wish—reading about Israel, playing matching games, making flags, doing some Israel-themed counting, and of course, getting some tactile feedback with a simple but fun Happy Birthday Israel sensory bin ❤️ Happy Birthday Israel!!! ❤️🇮🇱❤️ More crafts, activities and printables are available on our Yom Ha’atzmaut Hub, link in bio! #yomhaatzmaut #israel #jewishpride #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #jewishcrafts #jewishholidays #handsonlearning @pjlibrary
Tonight starts Yom HaShoah. We REMEMBER. And ma Tonight starts Yom HaShoah. We REMEMBER. And may our voices and actions all loudly proclaim NEVER AGAIN 💔 #yomhashoah #holocaustremembranceday #neveragain #therememberusproject @onemorecandle #jewishfamily #jewishchildren #jewishhistory
Last night, after lighting a candle for my grandpa Last night, after lighting a candle for my grandpa, we came together to create this Yom HaShoah mosaic candle tray. I already had in my mind that it would be a family project, all of us working together to create something beautiful out of tiny little pieces. I think it was especially beautiful as an act of healing and togetherness that we also needed. My goal for this little mosaic candle tray is to have something special that we bring out each Yom HaShoah, to place the yahrzeit candle on it, and light it with intention: to remember the lost lives of our adopted Shoah children, as well as all those lives that were so brutally and tragically ended during the Holocaust. To say their names and carry their history with us from generation to generation. May such atrocities never happen again ❤️ I would love to hear your thoughts—should I write out the names of our adopted Shoah children directly on the tray (we plan to add more with each child’s bet mitzvah), or just have these names written out on a piece of paper that’s next to the tray? I can’t decide! If you are also interested in adopting a child of the Shoah, we have adopted through @onemorecandle as a family and through the Remember Us Project: The Holocaust B’nai Mitzvah Project (http://www.remember-us.org) in conjunction with our kiddo’s bet mitzvah. #yomhashoah #holocaustremembranceday #therememberusproject #neveragain #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #jewish #jewishcrafts
Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, starts thi Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, starts this Wednesday night. And this year I felt like we needed to do a little more learning, exploring, and really feeling about it. Yesterday I shared the famous butterfly poem with the kids, thanks to this beautiful printout from @yadvashem @echoesreflections Echoes and Reflections. We then created our own nature butterfly prints, which really felt so in line with the poem—symbols of nature that were once had, but so horribly lost, during the Holocaust. Thanks to all the wonderful shares of new Holocaust books on International Holocaust Day, we’ve added some really meaningful, and achingly beautiful, Holocaust books to our collection. I have also now found some additional Holocaust books that look like they would be an important and helpful addition to a family’s bookshelf, as well as kid-oriented Holocaust resources, from @kar_benpublishing . This is such a horribly tough and terrible topic to discuss with children. I’m grateful for the guidance that exists. And the ability to explore these big and powerful feelings, and history, through art. I think it really does help. #yomhashoah #holocaustremembranceday #jewishhistory #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #jewish #jewishcrafts #preschoolathome #natureart
Still recovering and exhausted from two Seders and Still recovering and exhausted from two Seders and the start of the work/school week? 🤪😴 I hear you! I set out this super simple after school activity for the boys that lets them review some Passover themes and practice math and counting skills. Simply roll, count and mark off the corresponding number on the sheets! The sheets are available as a free printable in our Passover Hub, link in bio. Enjoy! #passover #pesach #jewishlearning #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #jewish #preschoolathome #jewishholidays #earlymath #earlylearners
Two nights of Seder gives us more opportunities to Two nights of Seder gives us more opportunities to tell our story, be together in community, and deeply think about captivity and freedom ❤️ We always try to change things up a little bit for the second night so it still feels engaging and encourages us to explore the themes of Passover: - Different tablescape, including a different Seder plate - Different Haggadah (the @thehaggadahcollective Hug-It-Out Haggadah is so wonderful) - Different hands-on activity (the littles did a plague posting activity while we called out the name of each plague and everyone decorated peg dolls to add to our Exodus decoration) We also set up our Counting the Omer moveable counter that we made last year. Because it’s also very much ok to reuse decorations and activities that we enjoy 🙌 So appreciate the resources and supplements (@thehaggadahcollective @annaabramzonart ) to keep the hostages in our thoughts. May they be in their own homes celebrating Passover next year (and much sooner) 🙏 May we all work towards freedom for all ❤️ Chag Pesach Sameach ❤️ #passover #pesach #seder #bringthemhomenow #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #jewish #jewishholidays
Chag Pesach Sameach ❤️ Some highlights of th Chag Pesach Sameach ❤️ Some highlights of this year’s first night Seder: - My fiend joining us for the seder ❤️ - No one realizing we had forgotten to put out the horseradish until an embarrassingly long time into the Seder 🤪 - My eight year old being able to read more of the Haggadah this year - That same eight year old asking to tell the magid, the story of Passover, which he did all by himself, without looking at the Haggadah, but using our puppets and his memory. Such a kvelling moment! - My husband dancing around in the ten plagues headband - Everyone dancing around and singing and shaking their tambourines to Miriam’s song, always my favorite - My youngest’s birthday treat of matzah toffee with a birthday candle to blow out - All the beauty and tradition and kid-made creations and love that is present each time we celebrate Passover ❤️ Next year may we all be free (and please please please G-d may freedom come far sooner than next year 🙏) #passover #pesach #seder #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #jewish #jewishholidays
Introducing this year’s Plague Bags! So crazy si Introducing this year’s Plague Bags! So crazy simple and I’m all for that 🙌 I printed out the Ten Plagues from @jewishtogether 2024 Passover coloring set. I cut each one out then taped each to a pipe cleaner which I attached to a headband. We will have crayons on our Seder table already but otherwise I would drop some in the bag along with this super cool Ten Plagues Headband for the kids to pull out, color, shout out each plague name, and wear during our Seder ❤️ Easy, peasy, learning, fine skill practice, and of course, some Passover fun 🙌
If you’re looking for a wonderful way to excite If you’re looking for a wonderful way to excite and engage kids in the preparation of the Seder, inviting them to read a sweet Passover book and enjoy a snacktivity is a good start! Roadside Seder by @booksfromanna just came out this year and it’s such a lovely tale of community, creativity, perseverance and a very sweet Passover Seder (even comes with a charoset recipe!)!! The kids were fully absorbed is the story and loved the ending—[spoiler alert!] when the community comes together to make a lovely Passover Seder despite the setbacks they had incurred during the story. We paired this reading with a charoset mix-in invitation! Many families enjoy their family charoset, recipes passed down generation to generation. It’s a lovely example of l’vor v’dor. It can also be exciting to offer some changes to that tradition with different fruits (fresh or dried) and nuts and let the kids explore by mixing different combinations and of course trying them out. I set out a muffin tin with many different types of fruits and nuts with honey and apple juice on the side and let the kids mix and match and stir and taste! They recorded their mixtures on a Charoset Tracker, scoring them based on the number of smiley faces they thought the mixture deserved 🙌 It was cute and fun and tasty too! Next time I’ll remember to include some spices like cinnamon and cardamom to mix in too! Guess what—you can still order Roadside Seder in time for Passover! It can be a sweet way to review the importance of community during a Passover Seder or save it for the afikomen prize! Either way, your family will enjoy it ❤️ The charoset tracker is available as a free printable, link in bio. Perhaps it could be a fun addition to your Passover preparations or even an activity during the Seder itself! And a very important question: what kind of charoset mixture do you make for Passover? #passover #pesach #seder #charoset #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #jewish #snacktime #snacktivity
My Passover bin is the fullest and heaviest holida My Passover bin is the fullest and heaviest holiday storage bin in the house 🤪 Once it’s opened up, all kinds of magic flows out—history, tradition, ritual items, and the sweetest kid-made crafts that I’ve saved over the years ❤️ My Seder preparation process is to write out the details on my Passover Seder Planner (yep, it’s a free printable you can find in our Passover Hub!), then I start pulling out the actual items I’ll need to set our Seder table. For us, it’s not just those ritual objects of the Seder plate, Haggadah, and Miriam and Elijah’s cups (although those are of course so important!). I also pull out decorations and other interactive objects that will help our Seder not only feel kid-friendly but kid-involved ❤️ Don’t panic if you haven’t started planning or setting things out. I’ll share some ideas on some beloved resources and kid-friendly activities in the comments ❤️ Chag Pesach Sameach! #passover #pesach #seder #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #jewishcrafts #jewishholidays
Dear Friends, if you’re like me and realize that Dear Friends, if you’re like me and realize that Passover starts in just one week, you might finally be ready to get your plan on! During my lunch break I printed out my 2025 Passover Planners, then got to work filling them out—new recipes to try, things I don’t want to forget, and some fun activities for the kids during the week of Passover 🙌 If you also find writing all the things down helpful, these two planners are available for free in the Passover Hub on our website, link in bio. Happy Planning, Happy Friday, Happy Almost Weekend and Shabbat Shalom, the happiest of all 😍 #passover #pesach #planner #freeprintable #jewish #jewishholidays #jewishfamily #jewishchildren #jewishkids #shabbatshalom
We’ve reviewed the Passover story, preparing us We’ve reviewed the Passover story, preparing us for the magid section of the Seder, which brings us to the next part of our Passover learning: the Passover Seder!!! To introduce this topic to my kiddos, I chose an easy and favorite activity, a sensory bin 🙌 I voyaged through my dark and messy pantry to find a box of leftover matzah from last year (yes, it’s a gift that keeps giving!), set out our Passover Seder Nomenclature Cards on the table top and their matching images in the bin, then tossed broken matzah pieces on top. I invited the boys to search, find, match and name the Seder images, which they did with pleasure. And yes, some noshing took place too 😂 The Passover Nomenclature Cards can be found on their own or as part of our Passover Activities Packet for Early Learners, both found in our website shop, link in bio. The first night of Passover, and our first Seder, is less than a week and a half away!!!! #passover #pesach #sensory #sensorybin #sensoryactivity #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #jewish #preschoolathome #matzah #yehudamatzos
Miriam’s Timbrel hack coming your way 🙌 We fi Miriam’s Timbrel hack coming your way 🙌 We finished our Passover story review by discussing how the Israelites finally escaped Egypt, crossing the Red Sea, and dancing in joy and freedom, led by Miriam and her timbrel. And, like almost every year, I wanted to make Miriam’s timbrel so we could enjoy shaking and dancing and feeling that love and joy. In previous years I’ve done the bean filling in the paper plates, with beans popping out through the stapled gaps or having to tape the entire perimeter of the plates. This hack makes it so much easier! Get a plastic bead necklace from Dollar Tree, tape it to the bottom plate, then staple the top plate just a few times, decorate and woo hoo: you have yourself a super easy timbrel or tambourine that can be decorated however you want and won’t have beans falling out everywhere 🙌 Let me know if you give it a try—I’ll be prepping it for 24 students for my class on Sunday!! #passover #pesach #passoverstory #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #jewishcrafts #jewish #preschoolathome #preschoolcrafts
Next up in our Passover story review was the 10 pl Next up in our Passover story review was the 10 plagues! My youngest two created each of the plagues by decorating toilet paper rolls out of odds and ends I had around the house (yes, in my never-ending craft bins 🤪) and I love them so much! We used the 10 plagues section of @thehaggadahcollective Hug-It-Out Haggadah, which is one of the haggadot we use each year for our family Seder. I want the kids to be familiar with this section of the Haggadah so that when we get to this part of the Seder, the kids will be ready and able to fully participate by calling out the names of each plague, pointing to them in the Haggadah, and finding the corresponding toilet paper roll plagues on our Seder table 🙌 Whenever we do plague-related activities we talk about the seriousness and devastation that the plagues represent. Yes, we often make our plague crafts look cutesy, which I know is a trigger for some Jewish educators, but I feel comfortable that my kids can understand the seriousness of this part of the Passover story even when visuals are cute so long as we have a discussion that helps dig a little deeper. #passover #pesach #tenplagues #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #jewishcrafts #jewish #preschoolathome #toiletpaperrollcrafts
Back from vacation and back to our Passover learni Back from vacation and back to our Passover learning: today we continued reviewing the Passover story. We previously reviewed how the Passover story starts with the Israelites as slaves in Egypt. Today we continued with reviewing Moses’ involvement in the story. I used our 3 Part Torah Story Cards, with our Burning Bush Torah Story, to help set the scene for the kids. Then we made these adorable snakes to represent Moses’ staff being changed into a snake. The snakes are super easy to make: I cut up colored plastic straws that have been living in my craft bin for ages, then invited the kids to thread the straw “beads” onto pipe cleaners. They glued on a snake face, tongue and googly eyes and ta-da, we have a great fine motor skill activity, a visual that helps remind us of this part of the Passover story, and some new decorations to add to our Seder table 🙌 All our Passover Torah Story cards are available as individual sets, as a Passover Story Set, and as part of our Passover Activities Packet for Early Learners, all available on our website, link in bio! We LOVE Passover books but I find these 3 Part Cards helpful when exploring a targeted story, or when I want the “complete” Torah story still in a kid-friendly format ❤️ Have you been crafting for Passover? #passover #pesach #jewishfamily #jewishkids #jewishpreschool #jewishchildren #preschoolactivities #jewishcrafts #jewish #preschoolathome #animalcrafts #preschoolcrafts #finemotoractivity
Last day and a travel day, but still stopped for o Last day and a travel day, but still stopped for our traditional hike at Founders Grove. So many massive fallen trees and their root bases are just insane! Picnicked in the sun at Richardson Grove then made our way home … back to school, work, reality and Passover prep! Shavua tov ❤️ #familytime #redwoods #naturefun
Got caught in a hail storm just as we started laci Got caught in a hail storm just as we started lacing up our boots for a morning hike so did a quick pivot and started our day with some tasty treats from Cafe Brio (they were so delicious but I was sad and disappointed when I asked the cashier if they had any challah and she said she didn’t know what that was 😩), then walked off all the sweetness with our last hike in Arcata Community Forest for this trip, taking a new-to-us much less traveled trail. In the afternoon we explored the touch tank in Trinidad, then got our final ice cream of the trip 🍦Hiked down to Trinidad State Beach from the opposite side from our previous visit, where we climbed and looked at tide pools and breathed in our last ocean air of the trip ❤️ There was also this super cool blue goo that’s a type of clay that can be sculpted. Another beach goer said it could even be fired in a kiln and it comes out beautiful with a bunch of different colors from the different minerals. A made a pig, O made a ninja and M made a pinch pot. Adorable and super cool 😍 Shabbat dinner with special new rose wood candles bought in Trinidad. Walked along the Hammond Coastal Trail to watch the gorgeous sunset then took one final dip in the hot tub instead. Sad that a week on a family vacation always passes so quickly! #shabbatshalom #familyvacation #familytime #familyhike #getoutdoors
Hiked down and around Agate Beach this morning, da Hiked down and around Agate Beach this morning, dashing away from high tide 🤪 and carefully avoiding the dead, rotting seal 🤢 Then wandered around the Yurok Village at Sue-Meg in the rain before enjoying some *new flavors* of ice cream, yum 😋 We took a little refuge from the rain by exploring the Arcata Natural History Museum then hiked the Ma-le’l Dunes and scrabbled around the sand. We ended the rainy day in the hot tub 🙌 #dunes #nobadweather #humboldt #familytime
Zoo Day 🙌 The kids have been waiting all week f Zoo Day 🙌 The kids have been waiting all week for our return to the zoo. We started with a walk in Sequoia Park (and somehow found a new trail despite coming here for years and years!), then got to visit the animals. Next a super special treat: my aunt and uncle visited on their drive back to Washington ❤️ Of course we all had to get ice cream together 😉 (they were all out of waffle cones 😩). Even though it started to rain, we also had to make sure we got our big 3 in and visited Trinidad State Beach. Some tide pools (star fish!), cool rocks, and this really gorgeous coastline that makes us so happy ❤️ Early in the Pandemic we seriously looked at moving up here, making our Happy Place our permanent place (although I do have big questions of whether a special-once-a-year happy place would have the same happy if it becomes 24/7). One of our main hesitations was that the local synagogue only has a part time rabbi that visits and does services once a month. We don’t currently attend services every Shabbat … but we like having the option when we want to. And our kids are enrolled in Religious School which is a big part of our Jewish life. We feel like our synagogue connection is an important connection and community. Do you live further away from a Jewish community? Or without a full-time rabbi (more community or lay led)? Would love to hear if you feel a synagogue or larger Jewish community feels essential for your life as a Jew! #familytime #humboldt #jewishlife #zoofun #sequoiaparkzoo #trinidadstatepark
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