Molly Kulwin

We are just a week away from Family Exploration and Celebration! The community will come together to celebrate the amazing work our children do and all the steps that go into it. Eliyahu HaNavi (Elijah the Prophet) is our current theme. Many children in Anafim v’Alonim (“Branches” for 2nd-4th grades and “Oak trees” for 5th …

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Jan 31

Who Does It Take to Make the World as It Should Be?

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For the last couple of sessions children in Anafim v’Alonim (“Branches” and “Oak trees” for 4th and 5th grades) have been exploring what their impact, their communities’ impact, and societies’ impact is in creating the world as it should be. Wow, the ideas were so powerful. A long list was created after children participated in …

Tags: Alonim 5780, Anafim 5780, listening, partnership

Jan 16

4th and 5th Grade in Partnership

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For the next few weeks and into our new theme Eliyahu Ha’Navi, we’ll be paying special attention to listening and partnership. This week children worked in partnership with one another. Working with a partner takes different kinds of listening. What does listening look like? Sound like? Feel like? One of the ways we explored was …

Tags: Anafim 5780, Anafim v'Alonim 5780, careful listening, Hebrew, partnering

Jan 10

Exploring New Vocabulary in 2nd and 3rd Grade

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Happy New Year! How wonderful it is to be back together after break. Every few weeks we begin a new focus in our Ivrit (Hebrew) curriculum. Holiday vocabulary (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Chanukah, etc..), numbers, classroom materials, and now the focus is on colors. Children engage with the vocabulary in all kinds of ways. Special …

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Dec 13

Retelling The Story of Chanukah through Shrinky Dinks

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Chanukah

There are a number of super awesome ways we’ve been remind ourselves about the holiday and story of Chanukah. We’ve played variations of sevivon (dreidel), fun vocabulary games in ivrit (hebrew), and working with Shrinky Dinks. Yes- Shrinky Dinks. Who doesn’t like making itty bitty tiny things?! Children have used shrinky dinks to create different …

Tags: #ShrinkyDink, Anafim 5780, Chanukah

Oct 25

The Tree of Knowing Good and Bad

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As we continue our exploration of our current theme Adam v’Adamah in Anafim v’Alonim (“Branches” for 2nd-4th grades and “Oak trees” for 5th grade), many children are captivated by the Tree of knowing good and bad. In Genesis 2, we encounter the tree of knowing good and bad. Here are the versus in Genesis 2 that …

Tags: Anafim v'Alonim 5780, text interpretation, Torah

Sep 27

Getting messy in Anafim v’Alonim!

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This week children in Anafim v’Alonim (“Branches” for 2nd-4th grades and “Oak trees” for 5th grade) experimented painting with their etzba’ot (fingers). It was a hit! The children only worked with primary colors and white, such amazing mixing they did! Each session children chose a new part of the text we read. So far we …

Tags: text interpretation, yetzirah

Sep 20

Sharing techniques and building community

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This year has been off to an incredible start. If you step into Beit Anafim v’Alonim (“Branches” for 2nd-4th grade and “Oak trees” for 5th grade)! during session you’ll find children who are energized by new connections, explorations, and opportunities to create with one another. We kicked off our new theme by exploring all 7 days …

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Sep 09

….And we’re back!

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Last week we joined back together for another fantastic year in Anafim v’Alonim (“branches” for 2nd-4th grade and “oak trees” for 5th grade)! Next week we’ll start to explore our new fall theme as a kevutzah (group). This week children shared things they’re excited about for the coming year at the Jewish Enrichment Center. Some …

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May 30

Reflecting On Our Sukkat Shlomecha

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Nosei v'Ol Im Chaveiro

Earlier this year during a Saturday special session, children in Anafim v’Alonim (“branches” for 4th grade and “oak trees” for 5th grade) built a Sukkat Shlomecha (shelter of peace) just for our kvutzah (group). We discussed what brings us peace as individuals and a community. To make our space cozy, children made pillows, added blankets, …

Tags: Anafim v'Alonim 5779, building, sukkah