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If you are in a blended family, your own children may not want to visit the parents of their new step-mother or step-father for Christmas or Hanukkah, especially if this is not a holiday they have celebrated. If that is the case, it is probably not a good idea to force them. Place the Hanukkah menorah out of the reach of small children and curious pets. Hanukkah candles drip less when stored in the freezer. A typical Chanukah menu sounds as though it were planned by the under-twelve crowd: potato pancakes, sweet cream cheese rugelach, strawberry-jam-filled doughnuts covered in powdered sugar, fried apple fritters, cheese-filled doughnuts fried in oil and dipped in honey, and cheese blintzes. Hanukkah comes with a long list of its own activities, and you can also develop your own. You can lead your toddlers through renditions of the dreidel song and have toddlers practice spinning the dreidel. Help reinforce giving- Put a slit in a can and decorate. Each day put gelt into the can at the end of Hannukkah donate money to charity. Use LED tea lights to create a tot-safe menorah just in time for the Festival of Lights. Do not leave children unsupervised around any kind of electrical lighting or open flame. Take an inventory of potential hazards you have in your home after decorating and pay special attention to electrical decorations. Christmas lights hung or strung across a wall or window are no exception. These may be low enough for a small child to grab before you can notice. Give your kids their own budget. Spending their own money on small, thoughtful gifts helps children to understand buying. The holidays are a great time to introduce new DVD’s and CD’s to your toddlers. Yes, Elmo has a decent Christmas DVD. It’s a nice change to the other two Elmo movies they watch every day. Make sure to keep your Hanukkah menorah on a high surface, and not too close to the edge of a table. Never leave a child alone in a room with lit candles. Frying latkes on the stove? Turn pan handles in, and don’t let your toddler get too close — hot oil can spatter. Traditionally the Hanukkiah (menorah for Hanukkah) was lit with oil, not candles, and the tradition of eating fried foods like latkes and sufganiyot comes from this celebration of oil. Lead your toddlers into their study of Hanukkah by talking about these familiar foods and the symbol of the Hanukkah. Don’t leave dreidles where children under age three can find them and choke on them. And make sure that any “gelt” you offer is safe for your children to eat. Enjoy a Hanukkah game-Chocolate Gelt Hunt. Count & hide gelt (chocolate coins). If multiple children play, put color stickers on wrappers source |
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