Raising children in love and faith
Isn’t it fun to test out different senses with activities, like our kids’ sense of smell with these Tu B’Shevat Montessori Smelling Bottles? We’ve done a blind-folded Smell This! Seven Species experiment before (and it was great!) but this year I wanted to do something a little more formatted and focused. The idea behind Montessori …
My preschooler has recently shown a big interest in numbers and counting so I thought a wonderful Tu B’Shevat inspired counting activity would be to create a Tu B’Shevat Nature Spindle Box. We are completely play-based over here but if a child shows an interest in something, there is always a way to make it …
This week we had lots of fun creating 8 DIY Montessori-Style Toddler Activities with a Hanukkah Twist! All these activities can be easily made at home, often with recycled materials. They all encourage lots of skill development that is important for your growing toddler. And they all have a Hanukkah twist so that you are …
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 …
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 …
Since we are heading down the last two weeks of Counting the Omer, which leads us to the holiday of Shavuot, I decided to review the holiday with my kiddos by playing with our Shavuot Montessori-Style 3 Part Cards. This year Shavuot starts the evening of May 16th. It celebrates the receiving of the 10 …
