Birkat Chaverim
We went to Beit Avi Chai for their sukkah happening and they have a cool sukkah up where the walls are made of recycled bags. Thought I would share- I'm thinking about doing this next year :) The model sukkah exhibit had a number of interesting sukkah's, including several which touched on the social protests (I have been waiting for people to start t ...
Given the connection between water and the holiday of Sukkot, I want to share some links for water science experiments. Experiments Experiment about rain puddles The Homeschooling ideas blog has an erosion experiment, as well as, other interesting water experiments. The erosion experiment can be tied in to the story about Rabbi Akiva and the rock. ...
These came about by accident but were fun and take about five minutes. 1. Honey paste After reading that honey and cinnamon paste are good for coughing and laryngitis, we made a simple paste completely by experimenting on quantities. Then we tasted it. Its sort of like a mild hot tamale candy and is also good on bread and as a tea. I can't tell yo ...
I came across this a while back and thought it would be a nice project for Rosh Hashanah. Click to get to a pretty apple garland from Roots and Wings blog.
I found a list I made a while back of ideas for Rosh Hashanah. It goes something like this: Make apples out of marzipan, cupcakes that look like apples, pomegranate syrup, photo of bees (not sure why this is on the list. Any suggestions besides the honey connection?), Make honey comb using bubble wrap (I'm sure I saw this somewhere- maybe savyima?) ...
Cheese glorious cheese... And butter. Dairy is associated with the holiday of Shavuot and making cheese and butter is not a very difficult project to do with children of all ages. This post includes a number of recipes for cheese as well as how tos based on our experiments with making butter and cream cheese. To Make butter: Take some cream and place ...
In honor of Yom Yerushalayim I wanted to put together resources on Rabbi Aryeh Levin, the prisoner's rabbi and one of the first people who were brought to the Kotel in '67. He was a very special man, respected for his humility, care of others, charity, treatment of others, how he valued others and his lack of concern or need for respect from others. ...
What is the story with a bow and arrow on Lag BaOmer? There is a custom to play with bows and arrows on Lag BaOmer. Clearly this has nothing to do with hunting, given that hunting with bow and arrow is clearly out for people who keep kosher. This custom seems to have more than one reason which are symbolic rather than practical. See, for instance, the d ...
In honor of Yom Haatzmaut- a game for the younger set. Use die to roll various parts and take the opportunity to teach about the first prime minister of Israel. I purposely left it vague since you'll know more whether your child/ren should get a more comprehensive overview or just become familiar with name/face. To download game: Build Ben Gurion ...
This is a chalk project for Yom Haatzmaut. The connection being Hebrew letters, blue and white letters, as well as a useful activity when you are out in the park bbq-ing. We have found these to be useful when we go to the park with friends. How We Did It Here's an example of blue and white packaged chalk (Mem and Tet for Mazal Tov Medinat Yisrael ...