REGISTRATION IS NOW UNDERWAY FOR PRESCHOOL, FALL 2008.  BELOW IS A LINK TO THE APPLICATION FORM.  IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME VISIT, PLEASE CALL JAMIE AT THE SYNAGOGUE.

Director of Education: Anne Stein
Preschool  Head Teacher: Jamie Bernstein Coffey
Preschool Teacher: Susan Hurwitz                                                            

PHILOSOPHY	Parent Recommendations 2008 Registration Form
We seek to provide an atmosphere where children can learn about and celebrate their Jewish heritage. We provide a variety of experiences to promote growth in intellectual, social, physical and emotional capacities. We work toward helping a child build a positive self-image so that he/she will enter kindergarten with eagerness and confidence.

PROGRAM

Our program offers many options for the children. The basic program is three mornings a week, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Children have the option of attending a fourth morning (Tuesday) if desired. Each week the children have a Hebrew lesson in which they learn simple Hebrew words and songs. In addition, every other week, the congregation songleader, Cindy Michelassi, comes in and teaches holiday, Shabbat and other Jewish songs. Shabbat is celebrated each Friday morning with candles, challah and grape juice.

We also offer two enrichment days where the children stay until 2:45 PM. Wednesday enrichment is cooking. Each cooking session has a lesson to be learned. Often the children will hear a story and do a project connected to it. Sometimes the cooking projects are holiday related. For every lesson, the children learn some math skills by measuring ingredients and counting, whether it is teaspoons or number of items going into the bowl.

Friday enrichment is art. Here the children learn about various artists and their style of art. Each week there is a project to go along with the lesson. On both enrichment days the children bring their lunch and eat following the morning class session.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

• Hebrew vocabulary is taught and reinforced through games and song.
• Cooking enrichment teaches about food groups, measurement and cooking skills.
• Art enrichment teaches about famous artists and all styles of art.
• Hands-on nature activities are a regular part of the program. When weather permits we use our outdoor wetlands area as well as other outdoor property as a classroom.
• Music with our songleader.
• Shabbat is celebrated each Friday with a parent volunteer.
• Yearly visit to a dentist’s office for a tour.
• Special ceramic workshop and drama workshop.
• Family Holiday Celebrations.
• Foreign Culture Unit.

FACILITY

We have wonderful large and airy classrooms especially built for our preschool. Just outside the classroom door we have a spacious fenced-in playground filled with child-ready equipment, as well as a soft surface for our climbing gym and playhouse.

TIMES Wednesday - Friday 9:00-11:30 AM Enrichment classes: Tuesday 9:00 - 11:30 Wednesday and Friday -children bring lunch & stay until 2:45 PM