A Purim Workshop

In honor of Purim, one of our classes of 3-year-olds held a Parent-Child PJ Library Workshop, with Sammy Spider's First Purim as the theme. The workshop began with storytime, which gave the parents and their children a chance to learn Jewish values and holidays together. There were Purim crafts, the children stocked their mishloach manot baskets, and finished off with a delicious hamantaschen snack in their classroom.

Here's a quick synopsis of the book: The Shapiro family is getting ready for the exciting holiday of Purim. Young Josh is making a grogger (noisemaker) to take to a celebration at the synagogue. Sammy Spider wants to join in the fun, but his mother reminds him, "Spiders don't celebrate holidays; spiders spin webs." Sammy's can’t help himself and gets caught in Josh’s grogger. Will Sammy escape and get home to his mother?


For more Purim activities, check out The PJ Library's Purim website. (PS: PJ stands for pajama!)

About The PJ Library: There is a library based in Western Massachusetts that you don't visit; it comes to you. The PJ Library (PJ for Pajamas) is a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation in partnership with local Jewish communities. Its goal is to support the Jewish journeys of families raising young children. Knowing that families read together in the quiet moments before bedtime, when kids are in their PJs and getting ready for sleep, the program's founders thought, "Why not make these moments Jewish moments"? The PJ Library program mails free, high-quality Jewish children's books and music to families across North America on a monthly basis, helping them explore the timeless core values of Judaism.