Monday, September 15, 2014

Rosh Hashanah for Kids

From TorahTots.com

Torah Tots CalendarThe month of Tishrei (around September and/or October) is the busiest time of the year for Jewish holidays. In the month of Tishrei, there are a total of 12 days of Yom Tov, 7 of them Yomim Tovim on which Melacha (work) is not permitted.

These Yomim Tovim include the days known as the "Yomim Noraim," (High Holy days), the most important holidays of the Jewish year: Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. Four days after Yom Kippur comes the Yom Tov of Sukkot.

You'll find out a whole lot more plus many activities to do with your kids, such as making a Family Tree, greeting cards, coloring pages, online games and puzzles.

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Monday, September 8, 2014

KabbalaToons - the Aleph Bet

With school starting back in session, your children may be learning to read Hebrew. Help them with this series of videos on each letter from Tzivos Hashem KidsTzivos Hashem Kids! from Chabad.org



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Monday, September 1, 2014

I Never Thought I’d Let My Son Watch TV–Until Now

By Debby Levine for Raising Kvell

Watch TVI love television. I always have. I love to talk about TV with friends, I love to rewatch shows I haven’t seen in years, and now with services like Hulu and Netflix, I love catching up on shows I missed the first time around. I don’t usually have much time for TV, but while recovering from a C-section this past February, I watched almost the whole 10-year run of “How I Met Your Mother” while caring for my newborn. Hundreds of episodes, probably.

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Monday, August 25, 2014

I Tell My Daughter Looks Don’t Matter But I Know They Do

By Lela Casey for Raising Kvell

My daughter sat on the floor watching me get dressed. She was wearing her brother’s ripped t-shirt and her hair was bunched into a knotty knob on her head.

“That’s a pretty dress, Mama.”

Her eyes shone when she looked at me, tiny mirrors that reflected my face back to me in rainbow colors.

I shimmied out of the dress and tossed it on the growing heap of not-quite-right outfits.

“Thanks, honey. But pretty clothes aren’t what’s important, right?”

“Mmm hmmmm.”

“What is important, baby?”


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Monday, August 18, 2014

Akhlah

AkhlahWith school already started in some communities and about to start in others, can Hebrew school be far behind?

Get a jump on refreshing your child's Hebrew and Jewish studies with this fun website, Akhlah.com.

There are all sorts of fun things such as Hebrew Word of the Day; Jewish Quiz of the Day, Jewish Hero of the Week, and much, much more.

There's information on the torah portions, holidays, history, Israel, letters and puzzles. All kinds of fun things to do with your child. You'll learn a lot too.

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Monday, August 11, 2014

A Kind Stranger Helped My Kids During a Tel Aviv Air Raid

By Dona Inselberg for Raising Kvell

A Kind Stranger My Israeli husband and I, along with our kids, made aliyah two months ago. Our new neighborhood, a sleepy suburb of Tel Aviv, has been disrupted several times a day by the sound of a long piercing siren. Our 3-year-old twins, born and raised in New York, refer to the sirens as “a big fire truck,” but this time was different.

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Monday, August 4, 2014

When Your Worst Parenting Fear Comes True

By Carla Naumburg for Raising Kvell
Worst Parenting Fear
Since the moment I found out I was pregnant for the first time, I have been terrified of stairs. My anxiety about falling down a flight of stairs peaked after my first daughter was born, and looking back, I see now that it was just one symptom of the post-partum anxiety I didn’t realize I was suffering at the time.

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