Families with children, ages 6-11, can explore Shabbat on their own terms with Shabbat Interactive.
This online game helps children make meaning of all the core elements of Jewish identity and is a great resource for educational family time. Usually $9.99, Shabbat Interactive is available free through the Behrman House Online Learning Center this year.
Shabbat Interactive is a nine-module interactive experience that lets children discover Shabbat by creating a digital book to show each day of Creation (with an option to print it out); hear the Ten Commandments in Hebrew and English to discover why we light two candles on Shabbat; virtually set a Shabbat dinner table (they first clean up digitally!); solve a candle-lighting puzzle; learn all the Shabbat blessings including Havdalah; find clues to create an online oneg "pizza," and much more.
In the first three modules children discover the history of Shabbat:
- The first Shabbat (Creation)
- Shabbat in the Ten Commandments
- Shabbat in the Desert
In the other six modules children explore the traditions of Shabbat:
- Preparing for Shabbat
- Candle lighting
- Welcoming Shabbat
- Celebrating Friday night
- Enjoying Shabbat (board game)
- Saying goodbye to Shabbat (Havdalah)
Jewish Interactive is a non-profit organization that creates interactive Jewish programs to make Torah more relevant, accessible, and alive to Jewish educators, children, and parents globally. Shabbat Interactive is originally priced at $9.99, but with Behrman House you can access it FREE in the Online Learning Center or though your individual Behrman House account.
Do you know families with young children searching for a child friendly, educational Shabbat prayer book? Check out the Jewish Book Council's latest review of Siddur Katan: Shabbat Prayer Book for Families with Young Children here.
