Last Chanukah, my family had a blast playing this type of scavenger hunt. Gather up the cousins and laugh all night long. The kids are on vacation from school and everyone is a family state of mind. This is the perfect time of year to spend the day doing something fun with all the cousins…
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Free Download! Chanukah Gel Pen Coloring Page
Kids and adults…get out your gel pens and spend some quality time bonding and coloring with this coloring page by Artist Esti Winter We’re smitten by everything that Esti draws. And so we’re super excited to get out those gel pens and color this masterpiece along with our kids. Keep ‘em busy for hours or…
Time for the Kids Party! Create This Festive Pom Pom Centerpiece
The kids can help you create this centerpiece…and then enjoy the festivities when their friends or cousins come over for a Chanukah party designed just for them. Once you have a fun centerpiece, the rest of the details are easy to accomplish. Have fun creating and celebrating at the table at this kids only Chanukah…
This Game is a Way Better Version of Memory
Play Face Memory at your Chanukah party and we’re sure you’ll have a lot of laughs and cheers. If you have lots of people coming to your Chanukah party, this game is going to get really challenging and exciting. And while you can definitely let the kids play on their own while the adults schmooze,…
10 Timeless Books That You Can Share With Your Own Kids
Some kids need endless amounts of reading material. But how do you know what’s kosher or not? We’ve read all the books so you don’t have to. They say a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. When my friend and I started pre-reading our children’s books 20 years ago, we never…
How do we raise healthy, confident girls in today’s society?
Girls today get so many mixed messages about health. So, how do we raise healthy, confident girls in today’s society? That’s a pretty loaded question and a very important one. It’s also a question that we’ve come to expect from parents addressing the needs of teenagers. Yet, more and more often, I am getting this…
How To Win Your Husband’s Love
We can only win by playing the roles Hashem originally intended for us. Whether a woman is married for a day, a decade, or half a century, there’s nothing she wants more than for her husband to love her. We know this not from the plethora of marriage books on the mainstream market. We know this…
I’m Really Sorry: How to Teach Your Child to Apologize Sincerely
Sorry doesn’t help if a person mutters it quickly and walks away. There are better ways to make one person feel better and the other regret it. Yom Kippur is the one majestic day of the year on which we’re absolved of all our sins. But, the Torah cautions that only one who sought and…
The Story of One Mom: Parenting My Daughter from 7,000 Miles Away
There are mothers of all types, and every bond is unique. Hear the unique story of one foster parent who forged an unbreakable bond with a daughter, even from another continent. When my friend called me up and asked me to write about unconventional motherhood, I was taken aback. Why did I come to mind?…
How Do I Get My Baby to Have an Early Bedtime?
Is late bedtime a problem in your home? Wish you knew how to get your baby or toddler to sleep on a routine schedule? When my twins were newborns, we’d do bedtime when my husband came home at night at about 10. He’d help me bathe and PJ them, I’d nurse them, and then we…
