חַגִּים וְיָמִים מְיֻחָדִים

This is How We Plant a Seedling

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

You can also plant at home or in the garden: Dig a hole in the ground, place the seedling inside, tighten the soil around it, and water it. Not sure how to plant? Follow the instructions in the book…

Game: Quickly-Slowly

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

“How do you plant a seedling? Neither fast nor slow.” You can have fun with quickly or slowly: “Now we will walk… quickly. And now… slowly!” “Let’s roll our hands… slowly, and let’s roll our hands… quickly!” What else can you do quickly and slowly?

Song – “This is how we plant a seedling”

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

“This is how we plant a seedling” is a song with a melody composed by Mati Caspi. You can sing it together with movements, dance and clapping of hands.
Scan the QR code to upload the song and sing together.

Pinterest

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

Crafts, songs and activities can be found on Sifriyat Pijama Pinterest  “This is How We Plant a Seedling”..

A little advice for family reading

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

Children “read” illustrations, and notice details that do not appear in the text. You could join them while reading by looking at the illustrations too, and discovering how they add interesting, surprising details to the written story, perhaps even telling another one in lines and color.

A discussion on travel through photographs

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

Where have you traveled to, and where would you like to go? You may enjoy looking at family photos together, and reminding one another of trips you have taken, and your favorite spots to visit. Have you found a place to which you have yet to travel, and would like to go to in future?

Singing to the Sea of Galilee

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

In Hebrew, the Sea of Galilee is called Kinneret, and it is featured in a well-known song by the name of Shiri Li Kinneret [Sing to Me, Sea of Galilee]. Would you also like to sing the Sea of Galilee a song? Scan the QR code and sing along!

Who or what is in the illustrations?

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

Is it a buffalo? A fox? A sea turtle? Look closely at the illustrations and get to know animals that live in various parts of Israel. You, parents, can say the name of the creature, and help your children find it in the book. You could also suggest that your child look for more information in additional resources, and increase their knowledge on the various animals.

A game of “Land, Sea (of Galilee)”

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

Place a piece of rope on the ground and decide which side of it is the Sea of Galilee and which is the land. One player will call out “Sea of Galilee” or “Land”, and the others will jump to the correct side. You can even add names of animals, for instance, “Sea of Galilee Duck”, and then jump to the Sea of Galilee side while quacking.

Pinterest 

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

Pinterest 
Animals and places in Israel, arts & crafts and songs are available on the Sifriyat Pijama Pinterest 

A discussion on stories that “once were”

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

Following this book, you could also raise memories and tell stories that “once were” – a childhood story of yours, parents, or one told by Grandma or Grandpa about the old days.

Listening to the story

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

You could listen to the story together or separately; all you have to do is scan the QR code and… let the magic begin!

Suitable for families of Olim too.

Look how we have grown!

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

The tree grew, as did Rebecca. And how about you? Perhaps you would enjoy watching videos and looking at photographs to see how both children and parents have grown and changed. You could even discuss the kinds of actions that your children were able or unable to do in the past.

Orange sponge cake

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

Would you like to bake a cake? All you need are two eggs, one third of a cup of sugar, one third of a cup of oil, half a cup of fresh orange juice, a cup of flour (or substitute) and one teaspoon of baking powder. You could also add the grated zest of half an orange.

Mix all the ingredients in order and place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees Celsius. Bon Appetit!

פינטרסט

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

Find more inspiration and creative activity in our Pinterest page.

Reading Together

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

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.

Towards welcoming Shabbat

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

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

Where Are The Animals?

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

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.

And Now - A Turtle!

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

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”.

Pinterest

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

– Pinterest – Crafts, songs and other activities on the “The Shabbat In The Forest” book page in Sifriyat Pijama on Pinterest

Pinterest

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

Pinterest – Ideas for crafts and activities centered around the holidays, songs composed to melodies and more, are waiting for you on the book’s page in Sifriyat Pijama’s Pinterest site.

Songs for all Times

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

This book is a gift that can accompany you as a family throughout the year: on festive holidays and in changing seasons, with the arrival of Autumn and in preparation for a birthday celebration. Choose the appropriate song for each coming occasion or holiday, read it together, look at the illustrations, sing and celebrate. Poems and illustrations Read the songs together and look at the illustrations. Which illustrations attract the children’s attention?

Songs and Illustrations

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

Read the songs together and study the illustrations. Which illustrations draw the children’s attention?

You can look together at what you see in the illustration and what details appear in it.

Words and Melodies

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

Many of the songs in this book were composed to music. You can take a cymbals, wooden spoons or lids of pots and pans, and accompany the singing by playing music and dancing. Once the children are familiar with the song, you can play a guessing game: starting humming the tune, and invite the children to guess the rest and join you.

What’s Hiding in the illustration?

• Share
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

Open the book randomly, or at a favorite song, and let each person in turn name an item that everyone else must look for in the illustration: Find in the illustration: Where is the house with a red roof? Where is the pomegranate? Where are the clowns?