JTN - Jewish TV Network

If you are not familiar with the online website, Jewishtvnetwork.com during Chol HaMoed Passover would be a great time to check it out with your children.  There's a "kidz" section with videos, including a Passover special where a family of puppets travels back in time and becomes enslaved in Egypt.  Not cloying and preachy.

The website also has features for adults, with sections on lifestyles, entertainment, cooking, spirituality, etc.  Check it out and spend some time visiting, reading stories, watching videos with the likes of Elie Wiesel and Sarah Silverman, getting al the latest Israeli news, as well as a video blog by Rabbi David Wolpe.

Passover Shopping Guide: Keeping Kids Entertained at the Seder

Uh-oh! With one week to go until Passover you might be wondering how to keep the kids occupied. Here are a few suggestions and most places will deliver withing a day or two.

If getting the kids through dinner on a regular night is hard, Passover dinner is a whole different beast. The seder is long, you can see and smell the food but you aren’t supposed to eat it yet, and all the adults are drinking too much wine. Enter these invaluable little items, all Passover-approved and ready to keep the kids occupied.

1. Inflatable Pharaoh Punching Bag Pack of 3 ($27.50) Help them get out all that ancient frustration (and give their siblings a break from torment).

2. Soft Seder Set in Reusable Pouch ($18) A seven-piece plush seder set for your toddler to play with, snuggle with, and drool on as they wish.

3. Passover Coloring Placemats with Crayons ($8.95) To help keep kids content, creative, and in one place.

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Kosher for Kids Games Websites for Passover

Want to keep your little ones occupied while learning all about Passover?  Torah Tots website has loads of online games and activities for children of all ages.

 

Passover Guide for Kids

Start off with a house. Minus the Chametz. Add Matzah, wine, family members and what do you get? A Passover Seder of course!

Passover begins the evening of Monday, March 25th.

Kids: YOU play the most important role! That’s right. Every year when we retell the story of our Freedom from Egypt, we begin with the children’s questions and the story is told as an answer!

We sit down to a festive meal and do lots of different things that aren’t generally done – all to make you kids excited and curious about this wonderful Holiday!

So be prepared! Read the complete story of Passover, follow the How-To guide, surprise your family with tons of cool facts, and ask lots and lots of questions!