Raising children in love and faith
This Happy Birthday World! Sensory Bin is a super fun way to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, since birthday-related themes, decorations and activities acknowledge that Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the world in a way kids can understand and, of course, have a great time with. What You’ll Need Flour Oil Sprinkles Number candles (5783 for …
This year we created another super simple Rosh Hashahanh set up with this Apple Picking Sensory Bin, but added a fun extension twist by including apple counting cards to practice those math and counting skills. Learn about the Rosh Hashanah tradition of picking apples and practice math in a fun way? Always a cause for …
We do lots of apple and honey activities in preparation of Rosh Hashanah and this Messy Apple and Shaving Cream Honey play was a super fun way to talk about the tradition of dipping apples in honey, and getting our hands dirty at the same time! Dip your apple into some messy shaving cream honey …
Today I set up this simple Coin Transfer activity to supplement our Jacob’s Family is Reunited Torah story learning for the week. This was such an easy way to review the part of the story where Joseph instructs his servant to return the money the brothers brought back into their bags, as well as help …
When I prepared our Joseph, Potiphar and Jail 3 Part Cards I knew I wanted to do a Consent and Kids Activity as part of our learning about this Torah story. During our reading of the cards Monday, my daughter said “That [Potiphar’s wife actions of attempted romance with Joseph then turning on him when …
I know I said that ice cream isn’t everything about Shavuot, but that we would still be doing a lot of activities with it and here’s one more from today: Shavuot Puffy Paint Ice Cream Cones. This is such a fun art process and allows for creativity and sensory exploration. It’s also the longest I’ve …
This is the year for Shavuot ice cream sensory bins for my family and they absolutely loved the second one we tried, the Shavuot Pom Pom Ice Cream Sensory Bin! I wanted something delightfully colorful to bring some brightness to our day, our week, and our world! This definitely did the trick and the jumbo …
There is definitely way more to Shavuot than dairy and ice cream, but activities with ice cream always bring excitement to the people in our house so I really looked forward to sharing this Shavuot Cloud Dough Ice Cream Sensory Bin with my littles today. And it did not disappoint! Cloud dough is such a …
Our Lag Ba’Omer Bonfire Salt Art is another wonderful opportunity to combine a favorite activity with preparing for a holiday. It’s also a super simple set up, always a plus! We absolutely love salt art and watching colors spread so we were all entertained as we enjoyed this craft together. What You’ll Need Cardstock Glue …
I made this DIY Lag Ba’Omer Bonfire Sensory Tray for the kids last year but we were all excited to take it out again this year and enjoy some simple sensory fun! What You’ll Need Cardboard, two pieces (I used pieces around 9 x 14) Scissors Sharpie Glue gun Food coloring or paint in red, …
