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Book-Related Family Activities
Family reading advice
“Just me!” – Toddlers like to feel all grown-up and independent, as if they too are adults. While reading a book together, you can enjoy sharing with your toddler and strenghtening their sense of capacity: They can hold the book, point, say words they recognize, and even read the book to you or to one of their toys.
It’s Challah Time!
Challa recipe
The pictures in this book help you see the challah-making process, and understand the various stages. You too can make a dish together and photograph the process of its preparation. That way, you can be reminded of preparing it, look at the pictures together, and take pride in the delicious result.
Challa recipe
Dough:
1kg of flour
½ a cup of sugar
2 spoons of yeast
2 cups of lukewarm water
½ a cup of oil
2 eggs (optional, you can also make it without eggs)
1 spoon of salt
An egg for brushing or some oil
Method:
- Mix the flour, sugar and yeast in a large bowl.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and knead well for about 10 minutes until the dough becomes elastic and soft.
- Cover the bowl with a towel or plastic bag and leave the dough to rise until it has doubled in volume.
- Use the dough to make challahs. You can make them large or small. You can brush the challahs with egg or oil.
Bake in an oven set to medium heat for half an hour, until the challah turns golden. Enjoy!
It’s Challah Time!
Discussion – What is in the picture?
You can look at the pictures together and discuss the details in them. You may want to ask questions such as: Where is the girl? What are the children doing? Where is the broom? Where is the challah? You can return to an image you have already looked at from time to time, and who knows – perhaps you will discover some additional details?
It’s Challah Time!
QR code
Scan the QR code and learn about tips on ways to celebrate holidays and special events together with toddlers.
It’s Challah Time!
More arts & crafts, songs, and activities can be found on Sifriyat Pijama Library’s Pinterest page.
It’s Challah Time!
Inside my closet
A shirt? A swimsuit? Perhaps a dress? How about taking a look inside your closet, finding clothes you like, and saying when you usually wear them: Winter clothes, summer clothes, fancy clothes for special occasions, and all-time favorite clothes.
Why is the Zebra Wearing Pajamas?
Singing & dancing with the zebra
The verses of Why is the Zebra Wearing Pajamas? have been set to music and turned into a beloved children’s song. You may enjoy scanning the QR code, and proceed to sing and dance together.
Why is the Zebra Wearing Pajamas?
Illustrations – Zebra & friends
The zebra’s friends feature in the book’s illustrations: You could leaf through them together, find the various friends, name the animals together, and introduce them. Next, you could say the name of an animal you know, and then look for it in among the illustrations contained in this book.
Why is the Zebra Wearing Pajamas?
Why is the Zebra Wearing Pajamas?
Reading Together
You can encourage the toddlers to actively join in reading the story. They can complete rhyming words, accompany the conversation between the animals with facial expressions and proper hand gestures, and make the sounds of the animals appearing in the story.
Shabbat in the Forest
Towards welcoming Shabbat
You can ask the toddlers: What do you like to do on Shabbat? If the family has special preparations for Shabbat, it is worthwhile to tell and share them with the toddler
Shabbat in the Forest
Where Are The Animals?
The book features a bee, a turtle, an ant, a chicken, a cow and a rabbit. Ask the toddlers to identify the various animals in the illustrations in the book and accompany each animal with its unique voice or add other characteristic detail: the bee hums, the rabbit bounces, the turtle crawls slowly, and the cow is mooing.
Shabbat in the Forest
And Now - A Turtle!
How to make a turtle with the palm of your hand? Close the palm to a fist and hide the thumb inside. Call the turtle out, take out the thumb and wave it hello. You can create a bunch of turtles with all the palms present at home You can also be a turtle yourself and walk slowly on all fours. Are you tired? Get inside to rest in your “home”.
Shabbat in the Forest
Shabbat in the Forest