These days, even a far drive to a calm, scenic place feels like a nice getaway. During a time when people are feeling confined and a need to get out for a nice day or two, I compiled some NYS attractions to consider. Just driving around upstate is relaxing in itself. Contrary to what New…
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Make the Most of Staying Home By Learning a Musical Instrument
Wouldn’t it be great to come out of this extended stay at home with a lifetime skill? Introduce a new musical instrument to your child and watch them develop talents they can use forever. Right now, we’re all looking to keep our kids – or ourselves – busy and entertained. By now, most of them…
How I’m Staying Connected to My Grandchildren
They might not be able to be close by, but I can stay connected to my grandchildren and help out my children during this time—and you can too! Are you watching from afar as your awesome children manage bustling households and wishing you could be “the extra pair of hands” you usually are? Let’s turn…
Top 14 Skills Your Child Can Learn While in Quarantine
Is your child bored? Do they need something productive to do after Zoom classes and phone shiurim? Let them continue to develop, grow, and gain confidence by learning a new skill. As an adult this time in our life, we need to survive. For all those saying, “Take advantage of the time at home, learn…
Top 7 Mostly Music Jewish Video Picks for Boys
It’s so hard to please those older boys with kosher entertainment. These picks will do the job! Your boys have finished learning with their chavrusas, said extra Tehillim, played some one-on-one on the driveway and it’s only 2 PM! You need some quiet time so the little ones can nap and you can catch up…
How to DIY a Pesach Pillowcase
Using some materials you may already have at home, you or your children can create a Pesach pillowcase that will look beautiful at your table. Crafting before Pesach! How? When? The month between Purim and Pesach often seems like one large to-do list. Yet, I always try to squeeze in a project or two to…
Young Couple Stuck at Home? Ideas of What You Can Do Together
Young couples can still make the most of their time stuck at home alone together. While most of our readers are looking for ways to entertain their young children during this bizarre time, we’ve gotten quite a few requests from a different demographic. There are many young couples who are home now with lots of…
New! Watch the Story of Pesach on Torah Live!
Hashem took us out of Mitzrayim, and he will take us out of galus too! Watch the latest Torah Live video for Pesach! The newest video from Torah Live, Prophecies Revealed, shares the lessons of emunah behind the Pesach – showing that Hashem’s prophecies always come true. Just as they came through when the Jews…
A Crafty House is a Calm House. 15% off Everything at The Craft Shop Online!
This deal is exclusive for BCP readers. Visit The Craft Shop Online and enter “carpool” at checkout. The Craft Shop Online usually supplies our schools with all the cute crafts that keep our kids busy learning while in school. But now that they’re home, we can bring the crafts in-house! The Craft Shop Online is…
Menucha Is Saving the Day for Parents – Here’s How (There’s Free Zoom Classes Too!)
First, they brought us the first-ever Jewish leveled readers. Then they gave grandparents an opportunity to excite and connect to their grandchildren via The Jewish Book Box. And, now, children can watch free Zoom classes! (Watch LIVE here). It’s education with entertainment at its best. Solution One: The Right Books! Enter BCP10 at checkout. When…