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08 Dec Simple Ideas to Bring Hanukkah to Life

Posted at 19:20h by Sarah Reid

Playful ways to celebrate Hanukkah with your grandchild in person or at a distance.

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17 Nov Hanukkah Discovery Kit

Posted at 19:23h in At a Distance, Featured, Hanukkah, Play and Humor by Sarah Reid

This interactive guide is designed especially for grandparents and grandchildren (ages 3–8) to use together — either in person or at a distance. The kit offers ideas and activities to bring Hanukkah to life through play, imagination, and hands-on discovery. The 15 downloadable pages include:...

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27 Nov JGN Facebook Group Recommends Best Hanukkah Books for Kids

Posted at 17:51h in Hanukkah, Holidays: Jewish by Terry Kaye

A member of the Jewish Grandparents Network Facebook Group asked this question in the group and got the MOST helpful responses. My 7-year-old grandson wants to share a Hanukkah book with his public school class. The group is very diverse (think Palestinian, Hindi, Muslim, Christian)...

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13 Nov Thanksgivukkah: 10 Minutes to Connect Thanksgiving and Hanukkah

Posted at 14:53h by Sarah Reid

Thanksgivukkah is when Thanksgiving and Hanukkah coincide. Here is a 10-minute ceremony to connect the two holidays.

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01 Nov Hanukkah Candle-Lighting Blessings

Posted at 20:27h by Sarah Reid

Here are the blessings for lighting Hanukkah candles.

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09 Feb Get Cooking with Your B-Mitzvah-Age Grandchild

Posted at 17:11h in At a Distance, B-Mitzvah, Cooking and Baking, Family Stories, For Grandparents, Multifaith and Multicultural by Sarah Reid

Listen to what’s on your B-Mitzvah grandchild’s mind as you cook together.

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20 May Sephardic Holiday Customs

Posted at 14:15h by Sarah Reid

Rich Sephardic traditions can spice up your family’s holiday celebrations.

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23 Apr Exciting Imaginary Play with Your Grandchild

Posted at 15:06h by Sarah Reid

6 ways to engage your grandchild in fun and creative imaginary play.

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05 Apr Guiding our Grandchildren to Be Helpers

Posted at 13:38h by Sarah Reid

How can we pass on the value of chesed — lovingkindness — to our grandchildren?

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23 Mar Creative Art with Your Grandchild: Embrace the Temporary

Posted at 10:55h by Sarah Reid

Ways to do creative — yet temporary — art with your grandchild.

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21 Feb How to Write a Book with Your Grandchild

Posted at 14:48h by Sarah Reid

Writing stories together is the perfect grandparent-grandchild activity — not to mention a terrific workout for a young imagination.

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23 Jan Beyond the Book: Bringing Words to Life with Your Grandchild

Posted at 11:29h by Sarah Reid

Here are seven ways to activate story time with your young grandchild.

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23 Nov Together, Let’s Save Precious Resources

Posted at 17:21h in Hanukkah by Jewish Grandparents Network

As grandparents, we think about the world we are leaving our grandchildren and great-grandchildren. We face the challenges of climate change and the dwindling of precious natural resources. How can we impart to our grandchildren a commitment to repairing the world even as we spin the dreidel, light the menorah, and perhaps exchange modest gifts?

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22 Nov Making Room For Each Other In Interfaith Families

Posted at 09:00h in Family Dynamics, Family Relationships, Multifaith and Multicultural by Jewish Grandparents Network

“Grandpa, will you get your ice cream in a dish or in a cone?” my then-seven-year-old granddaughter, Amina, asked. We were walking to the ice cream parlor in the little town in Connecticut where her mother was the rabbi of the local temple. I was...

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10 Nov Counting Latkes

Posted at 15:42h in Cooking and Baking, Disabilities, Family Relationships, Family Stories, Hanukkah by Jewish Grandparents Network

“There are fifty latkes on this tray,” my 95-year-old mother says. I nod and continue peeling potatoes. My sister is frying. My niece is chopping onions. My mother spreads another paper towel on a cookie sheet and continues counting. It’s that time of year. Where...

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21 Oct 8 Ways to Make Chanukah Your Own

Posted at 08:00h by Max Hakim

Chanukah’s simplicity is what makes it beautiful. There are so many ways to make the holiday our own. Haggadot.com can help you discover eight rituals, centered around eight themes of Chanukah.

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13 Oct Children’s Books and Disability: Looking in the Mirror

Posted at 19:40h by Max Hakim

For disabled children, books featuring other disabled people — mirrors — where kids see and read about people similar to them helps them identify with the characters and can play a role in boosting self-image. These books convey the positive message that there are many children like them.

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10 Oct The Benefits of Playful Learning

Posted at 14:47h by Max Hakim

Imagine a child and caregiver playing together with blocks on the floor. The child places a block and the caregiver neatly stacks another block on top.

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03 Jun Create Your Own Family Cookbook

Posted at 11:55h by Sarah Reid

A bit about our own family background: Bubbie Ida Paperny, Ron’s maternal grandmother, lived in the kitchen. She also loved in the kitchen. She loved when her four daughters helped her cook up a huge family Shabbat or holiday meal.

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18 May Miriam’s Dance Party: A Passover Project

Posted at 15:08h by Marc Hathorn

Art plays an important role in Judaism. Artisans are mentioned in the Torah in relation to making beautiful textiles and ritual objects of precious stones and metals for the Tabernacle and Temple.

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18 May Folk Art: Micrography

Posted at 14:51h by Marc Hathorn

Micrography is a centuries-old Jewish art form using tiny written words to make decorative pictures. A highly skilled micrography artist might write the entire biblical book of Jonah in the shape of a whale or the book of Esther in the shape of a crown.

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03 May Recipes for Memories

Posted at 21:44h in Cooking and Baking, Family Relationships, Family Stories, Holidays: Jewish by Jewish Grandparents Network

Food and fun, kitchens, and dining room tables. When we grandparents cook with our children and grandchildren, we not only share our favorite foods. We share our values, our traditions, our stories, and most importantly, our love.

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08 Dec Simple Ideas to Bring Hanukkah to Life

17 Nov Hanukkah Discovery Kit

27 Nov JGN Facebook Group Recommends Best Hanukkah Books for Kids

13 Nov Thanksgivukkah: 10 Minutes to Connect Thanksgiving and Hanukkah

01 Nov Hanukkah Candle-Lighting Blessings

09 Feb Get Cooking with Your B-Mitzvah-Age Grandchild

20 May Sephardic Holiday Customs

23 Apr Exciting Imaginary Play with Your Grandchild

05 Apr Guiding our Grandchildren to Be Helpers

23 Mar Creative Art with Your Grandchild: Embrace the Temporary

21 Feb How to Write a Book with Your Grandchild

23 Jan Beyond the Book: Bringing Words to Life with Your Grandchild

23 Nov Together, Let’s Save Precious Resources

22 Nov Making Room For Each Other In Interfaith Families

10 Nov Counting Latkes

21 Oct 8 Ways to Make Chanukah Your Own

13 Oct Children’s Books and Disability: Looking in the Mirror

10 Oct The Benefits of Playful Learning

03 Jun Create Your Own Family Cookbook

18 May Miriam’s Dance Party: A Passover Project

18 May Folk Art: Micrography

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Family Room Destinations

08 Dec Simple Ideas to Bring Hanukkah to Life

17 Nov Hanukkah Discovery Kit

27 Nov JGN Facebook Group Recommends Best Hanukkah Books for Kids

13 Nov Thanksgivukkah: 10 Minutes to Connect Thanksgiving and Hanukkah

01 Nov Hanukkah Candle-Lighting Blessings

09 Feb Get Cooking with Your B-Mitzvah-Age Grandchild

20 May Sephardic Holiday Customs

23 Apr Exciting Imaginary Play with Your Grandchild

05 Apr Guiding our Grandchildren to Be Helpers

23 Mar Creative Art with Your Grandchild: Embrace the Temporary

21 Feb How to Write a Book with Your Grandchild

23 Jan Beyond the Book: Bringing Words to Life with Your Grandchild

23 Nov Together, Let’s Save Precious Resources

22 Nov Making Room For Each Other In Interfaith Families

10 Nov Counting Latkes

21 Oct 8 Ways to Make Chanukah Your Own

13 Oct Children’s Books and Disability: Looking in the Mirror

10 Oct The Benefits of Playful Learning

03 Jun Create Your Own Family Cookbook

18 May Miriam’s Dance Party: A Passover Project

18 May Folk Art: Micrography

03 May Recipes for Memories

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