I am privileged and humbled to make my story, Reach for the Stars, A Little Torah’s Journey, available and hope that children, parents and teachers will find it meaningful. The publisher, Pitspopany Press, is no longer in business and the rights to the story have come back to me. The book was…
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New Songs for Tu B’Shevat
Tu B’Shevat I hope you enjoy these original Tu B’Shevat songs. I wrote these songs for children, parents and teachers to use when they celebrate and learn about the holiday of Tu B’Shevat, the “birthday for the trees”. Hag Sameach, Sylvia Tu B’Shevat is Here (The…
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NEW HANUKKAH SONGS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
I hope you enjoy these original Hanukkah songs. I am pleased to share them with children, parents and teachers as they celebrate and learn about Hanukkah. Hag Sameach, Sylvia Happy Hanukkah (“The Wheels on the Bus”) Menorah candles burning bright, burning bright burning bright, Menorah candles burning bright, HAPPY HANUKKAH!…
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Sammy Spider Books Selected for PJ Library
From a recent PJ Library post: A BELOVED JEWISH SPIDER is making two appearances on PJ Library book selections list: Sammy Spider’s First Book of Jewish Holidays and Sammy Spider’s First Yom Kippur. Both books are written by Sylvia Rouss and illustrated by Katherine Janus Kahn. For author Sylvia Rouss, it wasn’t…
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Fun Things to do at Home and at School with Sammy Spider
Sammy Spider’s First Rosh Hashanah (focus on sizes to reinforce holiday symbols as you teach size relationships, small, middle-sized, and large). Use a picture of Sammy Spider or a spider puppet. Ask children to help Sammy Spider find the smallest apple, the middle-sized challah, the biggest bowl of honey, the…
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Passover Learning Games for Young Children
Matching Game Color and cut out the Passover symbols. Glue into a file folder. Color and cut out a second set of symbols and glue to construction paper. Laminate. Have children match the symbol cards to the cards in the file folder. Variation: enlarge one set of symbols and have…
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