This blog is filled with ideas to turn everyday moments into Jewish moments, especially for families with young children.
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One traditional way to celebrate Sukkot is to build and decorate a sukkah! To “build” a sukkah on a small scale, you can make DIY edible sukkahs! Make a lot, and you can invite friends over to have an sukkah decorating party!
Children of all ages love unicorns! They’re colorful, bright, fun-spirited and full of magic! This first Shabbat of the New Jewish Year (5780) feels a little magical, so we’re celebrating by making this delicious challah.
What I love most about the Jewish New Year is the opportunity to have a fresh start. Growing up, my mom explained that Rosh Hashanah was a time when you were given a clean slate.
It's fun to extend the theme of growing and changing for the Jewish New Year by helping your children make their own butterfly wings!
The Hebrew word for butterfly is Par-Par. We thought it would be special for children to take a "butterfly" home from the butterfly garden, so it could watch over them as they grow and change throughout the New Year.
One of my favorite books for the Jewish New Year is Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar. While this might not have been written as a "Jewish book," the idea of growing and changing (like a caterpillar into a butterfly) is a Jewish theme for Rosh Hashanah.
Rosh Hashanah gives parents the opportunity to talk to our children about mistakes, and say, "I'm sorry." No one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes, but with each New Year, we can try to do better.
Rosh Hashanah is the perfect time to take your family on a "Birthday of the World" Nature Walk!
A special way to incorporate apples and honey into your Rosh Hashanah celebration is by crafting a fuzzy apple pom-pom necklace.
Cereal necklaces are a wonderful way for small children to practice their fine motor skills and celebrate a holiday!
A favorite holiday tradition is to welcome the New Year with sweetness - by dipping apples into honey! It's so much fun to explore other ways to include apples and honey in our celebration. This year, we decided to have an apple and honey picnic breakfast!
