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Auerbach Central Agency for Jewish Education
http://www.acaje.org/content/educationalResources/directories/caDirectory.shtml
A guide to Jewish artists and teachers.
 

The Association of Jewish Libraries
http://www.ajljewishvalues.org/
This is a wonderful resource when looking for books for specific values. You can find a comprehensive list of midot, values, and corresponding books, by age and grade level. There are some interesting links and a discussion board.
also: http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/publications/proceedings/proceedings2002/estrin.pdf
Is the Rainbow Fish Jewish? A discussion of secular books that reinforce Jewish concepts and values.

Brandeis University
http://people.brandeis.edu/~rkulick/
Shira Horowitz offers a program that teaches Torah to young children in a way that respects the integrity of the text as well as the developmental and individual needs of the students.

The Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York
http://www.bjeny.org/24.asp?dept=Early%20Childhood
The Department of Early Childhood Education serves 2700 Early Childhood Educators, both directors and teachers in Synagogue schools under Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist auspices, Yeshiva/Day Schools, JCC's and Y's.

The New South Wales Board of Jewish Education of Aurtralia
www.bje.org.au
The core and unique responsibility of the New South Wales Board of Jewish Education, otherwise known as Academy BJE, is to provide Jewish education to children in state and private school systems; that is, outside of the Jewish day school system.

The Board of Jewish Education of San Francisco
www.bjesf.org
The BJE of San Francisco established this site in December 2000, and it is dynamic, full of Jewish Early Childhood ideas and information. From the home page go to "For Educators" and follow the link to ECE.

CAJE
www.caje.org
The Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education, is the largest membership organization of Jewish educators in North America, offers curriculum services, outreach programming, teacher recruitment, and mentoring. It has recently added a department of Early Childhood Jewish Education and is organizing its third conference for Early Childhood and Day School educators in June 2005 in the New York area. Its annual conference, the Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education, will take place from August 15 - 19, 2005, at the University of Washington in Seattle. This year’s theme is “Excellence in Congregational and Community Learning”. Please check the CONFERENCE link to keep up-to-date on CAJE conference happenings.

Hadassah
http://www.hadassah.org/education/content/al_galgalim.html
Al Galgalim is a Jewish family education program created by Hadassah, which lets parents (or grandparents) of young children become partners in discovering the joys of being Jewish in the hands-on, pressure-free, friendly environment of small groups. During nine fun-filled sessions throughout the year, families learn how to celebrate Shabbat and the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, Hanukkah, Tu B'Shevat, Purim, Passover, Israel Independence Day, and Shavuot.

Jewish Community Centers Association
http://www.jccathisnewmonth.org/
The JCCA (Jewish Community Centers Association) has a website primarily focused on the Jewish calendar.   

Jewish Early Childhood Educators' Exchange
www.jeceducator.com
Amy Weisman is a pre-kindergarten teacher in South Florida who got tired of the lack of EC teaching sites and decided to establish her own. It is full of resources for every holiday plus reviews of teacher resources and a place for teacher exchange.

Tot Shabbat and Hot Shabbat
http://www.totshabbat.com/ http://www.hotshabbat.com/
You can find loads of Jewish music and artists to listen to on this site.

Union of Reform Judaism
www.urj.org/educate/childhood
This is the official website for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Go to the Children/Youth site and you will find a curriculum bank with lesson plans. The Parent Page has some great ideas, activities for parents to do with their children at home.

Ma'alah
http://www.jtsa.edu/davidson/melton/childhood.shtml The idea of giving the gift of Hebrew to young children is the basis of Ma'alah, the Early Childhood Hebrew Language Immersion Network. Young learners three to five years of age who are continuously exposed to Hebrew for at least half a day every school day can become fluent. They also achieve enhanced intellectual prowess and general academic growth. Knowledge and command of Hebrew deeply enhances Jewish identity.

The Kid’s Corner at JTS  
http://learn.jtsa.edu/topics/kids/index.shtml

The kid’s corner from JTS has ideas and holiday’s curricula from the Melton Center.