CAJE Early Childhood Publication- Early Childhood Publication

Jewish Values for Growing Outstanding Jewish Children
“Joseph’s Coat of Many Colors”: In fulfilling the mitzvah of Talmud Torah, the children at the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle in Seattle, WA, learn Bible stories. This collage representing Joseph’s coat was made by a kindergarten student at the school.	Table of Contents Teaching Jewish Values in the Early Years: An Introduction by Lorraine Sandler Inviting the Sacred into the Classroom by Nina J. Mizrachi A Comprehensive Skill Building Approach to Jewish Values: Social and Emotional Learning and Caring Early Childhood Classrooms by Jeffrey S. Kress and Maurice J. Elias Curriculum Design: A Challenge to Early Childhood Educators by Nachama Skolnik Moskowitz and Rachel Raviv Jewish Foundation - Values and Mitzvot by Maxine Handelman Bikkur Holim -- Nursery School-Style by Fern Amper Jewish Early Childhood Education: The Spiritual Component by Ruth Pinkenson Feldman Learning Hesed: Community Service in a Kindergarten Classroom by Ilana M. Blumberg Jewish Nature Experiences for Early Childhood Education by Gabe Goldman Talking to Little Children About God by Saul Wachs Faith and Prayer in Early Childhood by Rivka Behar Secular Books with Jewish Values by Heidi Estrin Lomedim B’Yachad: A Prototype for Ongoing Family Learning by Francine Lavin Weaver and Eliyahu Krigel
This publication was produced under the direction of CAJE’s Early Childhood Department, which is underwritten by the generosity of the Children of Harvey and Lyn Meyerhoff Philanthropic Fund, the Jim Joseph Foundation, the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, the Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation, the Ben and Esther Rosenbloom Foundation, and Temma and Alfred Kingsley.