Tips to engage your kids with (and without) dyslexia

Incorporate music.

Play Pesach songs while cleaning so kids can learn the songs and sing along at the seder.

Spark their imagination.

Show them a video about the Pesach story so they have a vivid picture of what happened.

Familiarize them with the text.

Record yourself, or find a recording of the haggada, for your kids to listen to before the seder.

Get them in the kitchen.

Let them help you prepare some of the traditional foods you eat at the seder (charoset, karpas etc…). Use this time to chat about the seder and to answer any of their questions.

Give them ownership.

Allow your kids to pick one part of the haggada to be in charge of presenting and offer them ideas to get them started (poster, skit, game, song etc…).

Tap into their creativity.

Enlist your kids to decorate the dining room and table with a Pesach theme.

Unleash their inner diva.

Bring costumes to the seder and have your kids act out what it was like to be a slave in Egypt.

Speak their language.

Encourage your kids to read the haggada in the language they are most comfortable in.

Show and tell.

Give them a haggada with lots of pictures or in comic form. Fewer words and more pictures per page is your recipe for success.

Ease their nerves.

Have a parent read out loud while the rest of the family reads along. This will even the playing field and allow your kids to read when they feel comfortable to.

Unleash your inner diva.

Pick a costume to wear and act out the story. Don’t be afraid to be creative and use funny voices. Your kids will love it (or be mortified).

Have fun!

Be a kid again for a night and experience the story of Pesach together with your kids.