What is your favorite place? Is it at home? Is it nearby? Or is it far away from home? You could share with one another: What your special place is, what you like about it, and what makes it special to you.
You can find good things everywhere; every place has some grace. Take turns choosing a place, whether near or far, in Israel or elsewhere, real or imaginary, and having the other participants ask questions about it to discover what makes it so wonderful.
What is happening near your home? Go on a short walk outside, and try to find out how you could do good in your own surroundings: How about picking up wastepaper and placing it in the recycling receptacle? Or offering people waiting at the bus station a drink of water? Or setting up a street library with your neighbors?
Toddlers “read the illustrations”. Looking at illustrations teaches toddlers to pay attention to detail, while exposing them to art. You could occasionally ask questions related to the illustration, such as: Where’s the fly? What is the chameleon doing?
While reading, you may want to draw your toddlers’ attention to the main color that appears in the text and illustration. Even if your toddlers do not know the name of these colors yet, they would be delighted to look at the colorful illustrations.
Would you like to have a chameleon that changes its color? Please scan the QR code, print the drawing of the chameleon out on a transparency, and see how it can become colorful, spotted, or even checkered.
Do you have a red ball? What else is red at your house? You may enjoy saying the name of a color, and looking for items of this color together around the house: A cucumber, houseplant, and what other green item can you find?
“I crawl on all fours and change colors like a… chameleon!” take turns deciding on an animal which the parents act out and the toddlers follow suit: “We’re lions, let’s roar!”, “We’re puppies, let’s bark and wag our tails!”
What gives you pleasure for free? – You may want to take a look at the illustration in which the wise man presents all the good things in our world that are given to us for free, and share your opinion of them with one another – Do you also enjoy them? And which other things that are given for free do you like?
The Peddler and the Baker (Literally in Hebrew: Pleasure’s All Ours)
A girl and boy appear in many of the illustrations in this book. You may enjoy looking for them as you leaf through it, and thinking of reasons why the illustrator chose to add them to the illustrations together.
The Peddler and the Baker (Literally in Hebrew: Pleasure’s All Ours)
Would you like to make challah? A recipe is waiting for you on the final pages of this book. Bon Appetit and enjoy the wonderful aroma that will fill your home.
The Peddler and the Baker (Literally in Hebrew: Pleasure’s All Ours)
You may want to discuss Cyril and Tevye’s choice: Why do you think they chose not to use all the gold? Did that surprise you? Why, in your opinion, did they decide to invest the gold in schooling?
The goat is by Cyril and Tevye’s side throughout the book. You may enjoy looking for the goat in the illustrations: What is it doing? What is its connection to the family? How about trying to tell the story from the goat’s point of view? What happens to it as the book progresses?
Gather several small gifts that you would like to give your family: A drawing, greeting card, or item. Take turns hiding your gifts and having the rest of your family look for the treasure using clues: “Near and far”, “hot and cold”, or arrows placed around the house.
האזינו לפס הקול של הספר! If you scan the QR code, you will be able to hear the soundtrack of the story. You can listen to it together at home, while traveling, or anytime and anywhere you choose.
The Bus Stop 
The Peddler and the Baker (Literally in Hebrew: Pleasure’s All Ours) 
Seven Good Years 
שִׂיחָה
מִשְׂחָק
סִרְטוֹנִים
לָצֵאת הַחוּצָה
סִרְטוֹנִים
קְרִיאָה
קְרִיאָה
יְצִירָה
לָצֵאת הַחוּצָה
מִשְׂחָק
הַשְׁרָאָה
שִׂיחָה
שֵׁמַע
יְצִירָה
בִּשּׁוּל
סִרְטוֹנִים
שִׂיחָה
שִׂיחָה
מִשְׂחָק
הַשְׁרָאָה
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