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Book Review – By Little Hands

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by little hands – Written By Elyse Rosati

ISBN-10: 1425186025 RRP $23.95

This wonderful little book was sent to me for review by Elyse as I have a 2 year old girl that loves to craft.

This book is designed to inspire parents and caregivers with pre-schooler projects that are perfect for gift giving.

These 26 projects will not only give you projects to complete but inspire you to create your own variations as your 2 1/2 to 5 yearold picks up the skills of gluing, pressing, painting and more.

With Christmas fast approaching this is the perfect book for anyone who wants their children to give handmade presents this holiday season.

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Comments

  1. I love the idea of a book for ‘little hands.’ I’m a great-grandmother & would love to do crafts again with my greatgrandchildren & grand nieces & grand nephews.

    Fran

  2. I’m a grandmother and love to encourage all tiny hands to discover the thrills of creating their own delightful crafts. There’s nothing like the joys of glue and paint! I would enjoy sharing these projects ‘By Little Hands’ very much.

  3. I would love to get my daughter into crafting! Then she would be a 4th generation crafter, I think it is necessary to craft in my family.

  5. I have a super crafty grand daughter and we do fine… but her mother could use some craft guidance with her ) and hopefully her younger brother shortly!). Would love to win this for her!

  8. Wonderful book. I have 3 granddaughers and a grandson that I’m encouraging to like crafts.

    Billie

  9. Always looking for ways to encourage creativity in the kids. This book looks delightful, and make a very nice addition to my craft book collection.

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Hanukkah Unit Studies for Kids

Learning about Hanukkah is important for people of all faiths as a reminder that December isn’t just about Christmas and that their are many other important holidays that happen during this time. Hanukkah unit studies can give you ideas for incorporating the holiday into your holiday studies that happen in December, or to use at home for learning about people of different faiths.

Homeschool Superfreak has a lot of basic ideas for how to build a Hanukkah unit study, as well as FAQs about what Hanukkah is and why it is celebrated. This list is a good stargint point but doesn’t include all the details you’ll need. For example it says you can play the dreidel game but doesn’t explain how to do that or why it’s important. (If you need that information, this post from Mama Smiles is a good source.)

Teachers Pay Teachers has lots of great lesson plans and activities if you’re willing to pay a little bit to get some good content. Two I really like are this Hanukkah PowerPoint presentation from Shelia Melton, which provides a good overview of traditions, food and the history of Hanukkah; and a virtual field trip to Jerusalem from MagiCore, which includes lots of videos showing the city and activities like playing dreidel, drawing a menorah and making latkes. It’s a Google Drive folder and also includes writing activities and more for kids in second to fifth grade.

Kids Activities Blog has some simple printables with facts about Hanukkah and things kids can color in like a Star of David, sufganiyots (jelly doughnuts) and a menorah. These are great for learning the basics.

Homeschool Giveaways has a printable ebook about Hanukkah complete with questions kids can answer after they read. This would be a good one for older kids with good reading comprehension.

NurtureStore’s Hanukkah unit study includes a printable mini book, tons of crafts, as well as math and writing activities. I love the dominoes game that’s part of the unit.

And check out our previous posts for more Hanukkah crafts and learning activities!