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Students will taste apples with honey while learning about this traditional Rosh Hashanah custom. Discuss the symbolism of sweetness for the new year. Have students draw pictures of their favorite apple varieties and write (or dictate) wishes for a sweet new year.

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Play recordings of shofar sounds and teach students about this important Rosh Hashanah instrument. Have students practice making different horn-like sounds and create their own 'shofars' using paper towel tubes decorated with art supplies. Discuss the different shofar calls: tekiah, shevarim, and teruah.

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Create a classroom 'resolution tree' where students write or draw their hopes and goals for the new year on paper leaves. Attach the leaves to a large tree branch or poster board tree. This connects to the Jewish concept of teshuvah (returning/improving oneself) during this time.

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Engage students in making play dough challah or decorating paper plate challahs. Explain why challah is round during Rosh Hashanah (symbolizing the cycle of the year). Students can use yellow paint, glitter, or brown paper strips to create realistic-looking round challah breads.

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Students create beautiful greeting cards using art supplies with traditional Rosh Hashanah symbols like apples, honey, pomegranates, and shofars. Teach simple Hebrew phrases like 'Shanah Tovah' (Good Year) and 'L'Shanah Tovah U'Metukah' (For a Good and Sweet Year). Cards can be given to family members or school staff.

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Read aloud picture books about Rosh Hashanah such as 'Sammy Spider's First Rosh Hashanah' or 'The Hardest Word' by Jacqueline Jules. Encourage students to act out parts of the story and discuss the characters' experiences celebrating the holiday.

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Picture Books That Celebrate Rosh Hashanah | Parenting Tips & Advice

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Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the start of a new year and is a time for people to reflect. Here are seven picture books to share the stories, traditions, and themes of Rosh Hashanah with all families.

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Use real or artificial pomegranates to explore the tradition that pomegranates have 613 seeds (representing the 613 mitzvot). Students can practice counting, sorting, and basic math skills while learning about this Rosh Hashanah symbol. Create patterns and graphs with the seeds.

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Create a memory matching game using computers or printed cards featuring Rosh Hashanah symbols and traditions. Include pairs like: apple/honey, shofar/sound waves, round challah/year cycle, pomegranate/seeds, etc. This reinforces vocabulary and symbol recognition.

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Use classroom computers to take a virtual tour of synagogues around the world, focusing on how different communities celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Students can observe different traditions, architecture, and customs. Create a simple comparison chart of similarities and differences.

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Teach students about the Tashlich tradition where people throw breadcrumbs into water to symbolically cast away mistakes. Create a classroom version using a large blue cloth as 'water' and paper 'breadcrumbs' where students can write or draw things they want to improve about themselves.

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Introduce students to Hebrew numbers 1-10 and practice writing them while discussing the Hebrew calendar and the significance of Rosh Hashanah being the first day of the Jewish year (1st of Tishrei). Use art supplies to create colorful Hebrew number charts.

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Students work together to create a class cookbook featuring traditional Rosh Hashanah foods. They can draw pictures of dishes, write simple recipes (with teacher help), and include the symbolic meanings of foods like fish heads, carrots, and dates. Compile into a digital or physical book.