The Wonderful Weather!

The weather is a hot (or cold) topic these days!  With the amount of snow we have been having in the Northeast and beyond, why not teach your students some Hebrew words to go along with it?  Here [...]

Special Partnership with PJ Library!

  Book Teaches Young Children for Jewish Disability Awareness Month   Matan has partnered with PJ Library and  and the Jewish Special Education International Consortium to create an [...]

Passover Seder Tracker

Sometimes the Passover seder can feel a bit long. Here is one activity that will engage children and help make the seder educational for every type of learner.  In the Matan Seder Tracker, [...]

Sometimes It Gets Noisy On Purim

Social Stories are short stories written to help an individual understand and behave appropriately in social situations.  The goal of a Social Story is not to change an individual’s behavior but [...]

The Shofar Blast

Use these visuals to make a game out of the popular song “The Shofar Blast”.  Kids will love following the movements demonstrated in the pictures while singing along! Tikiyah-hands in [...]

Visual Schedule

A visual schedule is an important component for a structured classroom environment. It will assist the student in transitioning independently between activities and environments, and tells the [...]

Who Knows One?!

The song “Who Knows One” is very popular at lots of Passover Seders, but for some kids it can be difficult to keep up and remember which number goes with what. Print Matan’s visual version “Who [...]

Passover Bingo

Passover Bingo is one of our favorite ways to keep kids engaged during the Passover seder. You can give out sheets of stickers for marking the boxes on the bingo boards.  We suggest you make [...]

The Ten Plagues

Use this VISUAL GUIDE AND SONG to the ten plagues as you read about them during your family Seder.  Make sure to spill a drop of wine for each plague as it is read!