This program for 4-5 year olds is gently taught through Music, Drama, Arts and Crafts and Creative Play. Holidays: Basic Knowledge of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Hannukah, Tu B’Shvat, Purim, Pesach, Lag Ba’Omer, Shavuot, Yom Yerushalayim, and Yom Ha’Atzmaut The children will enjoy celebrating holidays; learning synagogue and home rituals,having fun with class friends singing and dancing. Each Holiday is taught through the lens of the ethical values of: Honoring Parents, Sacred Time, Sacred Space and Friendship. Foods are symbols: Why we eat the foods we do. Shabbat: The Erev Shabbat (Friday night) home Ritual of Blessings and Songs for Shabbat including Shabbat Shalom. Torah: Creation, Noach, Baby Moses, Joseph, 10 Commandments Tfillah (Prayer): Shma, Modeh Ani, Ma Tovu,Torah Torah, Oseh Shalom. Hebrew Language: Vocabulary related to Holidays, colors, family, places in the school, synagogue, the seasons, colors. Tzedakah: Understanding the importance and meaning History/ Israel: The Post Pesach Special Unit will Focus on Beaches in Israel: The Mediterranean Sea, The Dead Sea, The Kinneret, The Red Sea. |