Elul- Helping our Kids connect to Hashem

Its that time of year again, where we teach our kids about The King in the Field and how Hashem is so accessible to all of us during this month.

We read stories and color pictures but how do we actually teach our kids how to connect to Hashem when He is so close to us?

This was something I was personally struggling with and after speaking with someone very wise and close to me, she suggested I write a letter to Hashem. Thank Him for all the things I am thankful for. Tell him what you are doing to connect to Him. Ask Him for what I need. And don't be shy about it.

It sounded a bit strange at first, but I did it. And it felt amazing.

And so I figured, why not give my kids the chance to do it, on a very simple level.

I made a template for them and we all sat down this morning and discussed ways to connect to Hashem. They all got their paper and for about 20 minutes were very deep in thought writing down or drawing (depending on their age) what they were thankful for, what they are doing to make Hashem proud and then their personal requests. I told them it was their private letters and gave them each their own folder to keep it in. I made a bunch of copies and decided to use these this month, before we daven.

They really enjoyed it and I think they really felt the connection in a very real way.

Click Here to download and print out my template or you can make your own.

Happy Elul,

Always,

Elul Coloring Page

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Shavuah Tov,

Always,

FREE Elul Homeschool Preschool Curriculum

My Elul Activity Pack

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Elul Calendar Numbers and Name

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Elul Do-a-Dot

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Games and Activities from around the Web

Pin the Shofar on the Ram  

How a Shofar is Made

Make a Mitzvah Chart

Art Projects from around the Web

   Make your own Shofar  

Shofar Lacing 

Tzedakah Box Craft  

Elul Bulletin Board  

Baking Idea's

Honey Shofar Cookies

Bake Mini Honey Cakes to give out

Music and Songs

 Mitzvah Island

Sarah, pick up the Dime!

Great Books on Mitzvot

Have Fun and Happy Elul!

Always,

 

~~Happy Elul~~

Here is the calendar we use- its a regular classroom calendar but I made Hebrew letters for the Hebrew dates with Shofars for Elul

Click here to download the Hebrew letters to print for your own calendar

as well as an Elul Do A Dot coloring page

We also mark down what the moon looks like at the different times of the month- very easy to make, I used sticky foam to make ours

A friend sent us some foam shapes for Rosh Hashanah, so we made a Shofar collage and used the 3 primary colors and ultimately mixed them to make other colors, it came out really cute

Once the color mixing began, we were on a role- heres a super easy yet awesome color mixing activity. You just need a drop of food coloring with water and leave it to your little Einstein to create their own colors!

Just a little snack the munchkins prepared themselves. They were so proud of themselves that they made their own orange juice. Make sure to get sweet juicy oranges. These were so juicy, each orange filled an entire glass with juice.

We have some great activities planned for Elul, stay tuned~

Chodesh Tov,