Birkat Chaverim
My daughter made this Birkat HaIlanot, Blessing on the trees, which is said starting in the Jewish month of Nissan, in school one year. I thought it was a cute and simple idea and so I am sharing it here. Basically all thats needed is the blessing on the trees and allow the children to decorate it as they wish. I am not going to go into a treatis ...
What types of activities do you do as you prepare for Passover? We have an assortment that we like to choose from, and with my smaller fry, I tend towards Montessori activities. One Passover Montessori Activity that we've enjoyed is transferring water between kiddush cups. My kids always enjoy water drop activities and can do this for a long time. Thi ...
Usually I review books in English here but this time I am reviewing three children's books in Hebrew. These are all about Rabbis some more and some less familiar. The first Hebrew children's book review, is for בשירה אל הרב צבי יהודה (In a convoy to Rav Tzvi Yehuda) by Rachel Slyter (illustrated by Naama Lahav) publisher: Hemdat Hadarom with Hemed (R ...
This was a great project and I loved making the Jonah magnet project, although we did not quite do it the way I had envisioned it. Maybe another time. Jonah Magnet Project Basically this is a moveable Jonah in a moveable origami boat and a little paper map or drawing of water and something that would represent the city of Nineveh. The boat has a metal ...
Here are some useful resources for the three weeks or to use on the 9th of Av: Erica Brown's In the Narrow Places - useful for all ages. The Kavanot for each day of the three weeks can be explained in a simpler manner for younger children and it is useful both to think about serious concepts and discuss the issues of the three weeks. Kamtza and Bar ...
As the end of the year approaches, are you looking for some ideas for teacher's gifts? We are always looking for ideas, and here are a few from our site: Photo book Kid made pens Kid made pencils Chalk or Crayons Soap Popsicle molds (or healthy popsicles) always go over well too as do thank you notes from your child.
My daughter has been mentioning that her school, which is not in walking distance, is having learning at ten at night for students at the school for Shavuot, including for the first graders. She wanted to learn Torah too so I told her she could use the two "Every Picture Tells a Story, Volume One: Bereishis" and "Every Picture Tells a Story, Volume Two: ...
For Mitzvot Unplugged, we enjoy all types of creative tools for learning. Here are additional "technical" aids in learning from Kol HaSefer. There is a reason ganim teach kids songs when learning. Besides being fun, songs often make it easier to remember material or things that kids need to memorize. Kids also enjoy being able to choose songs they ha ...
My daughter, aged seven, decided to add her own question to her homework this week. And so, she wrote in her notebook: What are the names of Jerusalem? I liked her question and asked her to see how many names she could come up with. There are actually seventy. I think this is a fun activity or at least an educational activity that can be fun. What ...
This is an addendum to A View from the American Guild of Judaic Art’s Mentor Program, Flora Rosefsky's post about mentoring in the American Guild of Judaic Art program. For background, the American Guild of Judaic Art's started a Judaic Visual Arts On-Line Mentoring Program. The program is open to students in grades 7-12. Flora Rosefsky spoke about m ...