My son came home extremely excited a few weeks ago from nursery school. He had just received an omer calendar that he thought was particularly cool. Not only that, but he wanted to fill it out RIGHT NOW. Scratch off the correct day of the Omer and continue to use it until Shavuot. He started to describ how he needs to use a coin. As he was spea ...
Omer CD case calendar for Older Kids
This is a take on the Omer CD case calendar for older kids. You may or may not recall that I posted an Omer calendar project to help kids count towards Shavuot, for pre-school aged kids that used recycled cd cases. I also provided a template for that calendar as well as for another type of Omer calendar. A while back my daughter was celebrating her b ...
Popsicle Stick Torahs
Yet another very simple Torah project. Simple Popsicle stick Torahs. This idea was made according to the direct specifications of my three year old. You may choose to be more elaborate and more creative in your crafting. We have other Torah crafts that might interest you. You can make pastry dough Torahs, and even a Har Sinai project. Do you ...
Simple Mini Torah cookies for the Holidays
We made these Torah cookies for Simchat Torah but they are equally good for Shavuot which celebrates Matan Torah, receiving the Torah. They could also be an easy addition to the traditional first grade "mesibat chumash", or the party that acknowledged that the students have started learning the book of Genesis (Bereshit). The cookies have a little ci ...
Accessing the Torah with Jewish Interactive
As part of the Mitzvot Unplugged Series we are happy to welcome a guest post from Nicky Newfield, Corinne Ossendryver, Miriam Eljas and the Jewish Interactive team. Jewish Interactive is a non-profit organization, founded in South Africa, whose mission is to create interactive Jewish programs, using modern technology, to make Torah more relevant, acces ...
Holiday I Spy
Around Rosh Hashana my son and I made Holiday I Spy layouts. This is one of them. It may be of use pre-Pesach.
Mitzvot Unplugged Roundup
This is by no means a comprehensive roundup. This post focuses on topics that are not typical for inclusion in teaching about values. Nevertheless, they are topics which definitely need discussing. And from the perspective of your own family values, rather than via mass media. I am always looking for additional links. Please do continue to submit links ...
The Living Torah
As part of the Mitzvot Unplugged Series, we are happy to have a guest post by Ilana Masri from JewishHomeschoolNYC.blogspot.com. As a homeschooling family, we feel privileged that we have a seemingly endless amount of hours each day to focus on our children's character development. We address Jewish values in a twofold manner. We use the weekly par ...
Mitzvot Unplugged Welcome
I'm very pleased to welcome you to the first ever Mitzvot Unplugged Series. The series developed as a conversation in my head and then with my kids. As my children get older I think more and more about how to inspire and develop their own desire to be good people, love of Torah and desire to do mitzvot. I know that much of that is role modeling and work ...
Mitzvot Unplugged
From Lag BOmer to Shavuot I will be hosting a blog series called Mitzvot Unplugged. The main theme of the series is teaching tiny tots/kids/young adults Jewish values in a creative way. I am pretty excited about this series, and about the people who have already agreed to participate in the series who range from creative bloggers to organizations to ...