Raising children in love and faith
Today I wanted to teach the kids a little bit about a kibbutz and these special communities in Israel so I set up a Kibbutz Harvest Sensory Bin. It’s another super simple set up and concept but with awesome learning opportunities for Jewish learning + age differential skill development! My daughter read off the short …
One of the Passover Seder traditions our kids look forward to every year is the plague bags I give them during the naming of the 10 plagues portion of the Seder and I really hope they will like these new Passover Playdough Loose Parts Plague Bags I made for them this year! Each year the …
We absolutely love using sensory bins to learn about Jewish holidays through play and this Passover Story I Spy Sensory Bin was the perfect way to review the Passover story through sensory exploration and, of course, lots of fun! All you need is two of each of the 10 symbols of the Passover story you …
All four of my kids had such a great time playing with our Release the 10 Plagues Sensory Activity! I had such a great time watching them have fun and learn about the ten plagues at the same time! And, of course, any sensory play is a wonderful tactile experience that we all enjoyed (especially …
Today we lit up our Passover story learning with Burning Bush Salt Art!!! This was another really simple set up but with such a fun process, beautiful results, and a meaningful learning experience! What You’ll Need Cardstock Glue Sticks Salt Liquid watercolors in yellow and red Paintbrush and/or pipette Putting It Together Gather some sticks. …
Loose parts play is such an amazing open-ended, creative opportunity to explore and have fun which is why I was so excited to invite my kids to create their own Purim Loose Parts Crown Decorating as another way to celebrate Queen Esther and Purim! What You’ll Need Loose parts (you can buy a beautiful set …
My kids love making groggers for Purim and I love changing up the kind we make each year so this year we had fun making Grogger Process Art! This activity combined process art with the creation of a (temporary) grogger. My kids loved making it, shaking it, then seeing their artwork revealed. Read your favorite …
We love playing with sensory bins but setting up a sensory tray is a nice change, especially when it’s with one of our favorite sensory bases, salt, like with this Purim Salt Tray! Read your favorite Purim book and add whatever Purim symbols you have around the house and you have a really fun, meaningful …
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 …
One of my kids’ favorite Hanukkah activities is playing dreidel (of course!) so they were really excited to see and play with this Dreidel Sensory Tray! It’s easy to set up, you can add whatever additional Hanukkah or dreidel items that you want, then invite your kids to play and explore to their dreidel delight! …
