Games for Jewish Kids

Aleph Bet Toss-n-Play

• The Aleph Bet Toss-n-Play Activity Set is suitable for any Jewish kids older than 2 year. The activity set consists of bean bags, a large vinyl floor mat, detailed instructions for over 10 games and an aleph-bet hopscotch game board on the reverse side of the floor mat. While the kids are having fun playing the various activities, the games also educate them regarding the Hebrew aleph bet, encourage them to learn colors and improve their eye-hand coordination and gross motor skills.

Parsh-O

• Designed for Jewish kids over 7 years old, Parsh-O is a competitive two- to four-player card game in which players try to rack up cards representing all of the Torah parshas in the correct sequence, and the first child or team to complete the sequence wins. The set includes four card stands, four parsha reference cards and 54 parsha playing cards. The playing cards are reversible, with Hebrew and English on either side of the card. Thus kids can play in the language they are most comfortable with or they can use the cards to become familiar with both languages. Furthermore, the game instructions are in French, English and Hebrew.

Jewish Holiday Dominoes

• Jewish Holiday Dominoes are entertaining for kids of all ages and especially exciting as a holiday activity that the entire family can enjoy together. One feature of the dominoes set is that kids and families can have fun playing the regular dominoes game by arranging the pieces in creative patterns and designs to watch them all fall into eachother in a smooth succession.

  The domino pieces also have an educational function as puzzle pieces that, when put together, depict images related to various Jewish holidays and thus families can have fun matching the correct pieces together and solving the puzzles to form the appropriate holiday image.

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Apples to Apples

• Apples to Apples junior Jewish edition is an award-winning card game for Jewish kids 9 and up and for Jewish families. With an emphasis on comparisons, the game provides laughter and excitement while enhancing the kids' knowledge of Jewish themes and strengthening their thinking skills. To play this two-to four-person card game, a player opens the box and deals out the cards evenly to all participants.

  Then a designated judge displays a card and all players select a card from their stack that they think is most similar to the car played by the judge. All players throw their selected card into the center and the owner of the card that the judge picks as the best comparison wins that round. The informative comparisons cover a diverse range of people, places, things and events.