Tag: Documentation

Celebrating Our יוֹסֵף (Yosef-Joseph) Theme

This week is a very special week! Installation week! We are preparing to share all that we have learned during our theme with our families. There is much that goes into getting ready for Family Exploration and Celebration including: painting, printing, rearranging furniture and beautifying of our spaces. We look forward to seeing the families …

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Perspective Taking with Young Children

The children in שׁוֹרָשִׁים (Shorashim– ‘roots’ for nursery) and שְׁתִּילִים (Shteelim– ‘saplings’ for kindergarten) have been busting with interpretations about the characters from our theme, יוֹסֵף (Yosef)! This week we offered an opportunity to share our interpretations of what characters were feeling, at pivotal moments of the text. The children chose the moments and the characters as …

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Celebrating Our תְּשׁוּבָה (Teshuvah) Theme

This week is a very special week! Installation week! We are preparing to share all that we have learned during our תְּשׁוּבָה (Teshuvah) theme with our families. For each age group, we create a display that tells the story of the theme as they experienced it. Here one of the educators is putting the finishing …

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Shema Journaling

This week in our שְׁמַע (Shema) theme, we introduced a new way for children document their שְׁמַע (Shema) experiences. Children in שׁוֹרָשִׁים (Shorashim– ‘roots’ for nursery) and שְׁתִּילִים (Shteelim– ‘saplings’ for kindergarten) have been journaling! Each day, we heard a new story about someone saying שְׁמַע (Shema). We played the story so we could see what it …

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A Visual Timeline of Feelings

Nitzanim v’Anafim (“Buds” for 1st-2nd grades and “Branches” for 3rd grade) has spent this week wrapping up our explorations of Genesis 13 before moving onto the next text within our אַבְרָהָם‎ וְלוֹט (Avraham v’Lot) theme, Genesis 18. We’ll work to keep all our big ideas about Genesis 13 live as we move onto the next …

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Documenting Children’s Contributions

For the past week, our new education team has been busy preparing for the upcoming year. We’ve spent a considerable amount of time talking about our values at the Jewish Enrichment Center. We value children’s unique and significant contributions to our learning community. In order to document their contributions, we record conversations and take pictures …

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