Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Activities and Printables

I am really excited to be getting my Montessori teachers certification through NAMC. It is so enjoyable, I actually look forward to studying:)

Here are a bunch of Montessori activities I have put together for my munchkins for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. At the end of the post is a link to all the printables you see in the photos. Feel free to download and print any of them you wish for your sweeties.

Apple sorting by color, red, green and yellow

Apple fraction magnets puzzles- red, green and yellow, whole, half and quarters

Creating hexagons with popcycle sticks to create a beehive (done on the floor)

using a picture of an actual beehive with bee's as a frame of reference

Sifting yellow sand and black rice into a glass jar, pouring the sand into empty bowl once all the yellow sand is sifted

(yellow and black, color of a bee)

Simple cutting exercise, either solid paper or squares with lines and various Jewish pictures

Dress and create people for Yom Kippur in white

Simple coloring pages, printed from www.torahtots.com

Thumb tacks on a picture, great for fine motor

Hebrew movable alphabet, using just the beginning sound of different miniature objects pertaining to RH and YK

Hebrew movable alphabet, spelling out the names of different miniature objects pertaining to RH and YK

Rosh Hashanah word and picture matching cards

Hebrew word and picture match

Simple hole punching on squares with various Jewish pictures on each pertaining to RH or YK

Pouring Yellow and Black rice through a funnel, alternating to create a bee in in a glass jar

Beginning Hebrew sound match with magnets on a cookie sheet

Number match with small pegs (good for sensory as well as counting)

Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur sensory bin

contains:

a bee making 'honey'

apples, shofar

wine for kiddish

a fish in 'water' for tashlich

2 rams with horns for the kids to see clearly where a shofar is from

chicken and rooster for tashlich

gold coins for tzedaka

a lady with a siddur davening

shiny hearts scattered around indicating Ahavas Yisroel

and its all on a bed of clear glass stones

Create your own crown ('The King is in the field' and we crown Hashem King)

Pomegranate seed match- each match has a dot of the same color on the back for the child to use as control of error

(to make sure they did it correctly)

apple sorting using tongs

Using the tongs, dip a sponge in any color water, let it soak,

place in the garlic crusher and squeeze out water into any section of the empty round tray.

Can mix colors to create other colors

Here is the Link to all the Printables.

CLICK HERE

It is ONE pdf file, but you can pick and choose what you wish to print.

Hope this comes in useful and is helpful!