Early Childhood Center News

Kindergarteners have spent an incredible year learning Hebrew, and they celebrated the amazing accomplishment of having learned the entire Hebrew alphabet! At their otiyot (alphabet) party, they played...

ECC students had their final session of GrowTorah, their Judaic Studies program in the garden! In the final meeting, the students learned about the week's parsha, Parshat Behaalotcha. They discussed how Bnei Yisrael complained about the maan that Hashem...

Kindergarteners proved how much they've grown when they threw special celebrations for their families! At the Kindergarten Celebrations, each class presented a concert full of singing in English, Hebrew, and even sign language, as well as choreographed...

Pre-K students received a dazzling visit from "Mummies and Masterpieces," all about the Torah and Torah crowns! They examined pictures of a famous Torah crown (keter) and Torah finials (rimonim) housed at the Metropolitan Museum of...

The ECC has been a whirlwind of end-of-year parties for each class! Families attended many of them and shared in the excitement, listening as the children performed renditions of "HaTikvah" and...

Pre-K students have received “community helper” visits from parents, teaching the students about their careers. One student’s father talked with the children about caring for the elderly in nursing homes and...

ECC students are reviewing all the Hebrew they’ve learned this year, by participating in fun activities with their Hebrew-speaking puppet, Bentzi! For example, they played the “mystery food” game, where each...

In preparation for Yom Yerushalayim, Nursery Varod students learned all about the holiday and got into the spirit. Their class put a live video of the kotel on the SMART Board so that everyone could feel a special...