Fall '07 Jewish Early Childhood Courses
Education 40223A
Building a Jewish Life: Concepts and Curriculum in Jewish Early Childhood Education
Lyndall Miller, M.A.Ed., M.A.J.Ed., M.S.Ed.
This course focuses on pedagogic approaches that convey Jewish concepts to young children in the most developmentally appropriate and personally meaningful manner. The course will also consider the roles of the classroom environment, the school community, and parent education in successfully transmitting and maintaining a passion for Jewish learning.
Education 30225
Mitzvot, Moral Development and Classroom Management in Jewish Early Childhood Education
Instructor: TBA
This course focuses on pedagogic approaches that convey Jewish concepts to young children in the most developmentally appropriate and personally meaningful manner. The course will also consider the roles of the classroom environment, the school community, and parent education in successfully transmitting and maintaining a passion for Jewish learning.
Education 30226/Bible 30107
Teaching Torah to Young Children
Miriam Feinberg, Ph. D.
Participants in this course will develop greater comfort and competence both with learning narratives from the Torah and transmitting them authentically to 3 to 6 year old children. A theoretical rationale as well as methodologies for presenting concepts of God, Mitzvot, Jewish holidays, values and Israel found in the narrative context will be integrated into the course. Criteria for selecting appropriate stories will be presented along with storytelling techniques and a range of creative experiences that bring the stories to life in the classroom.
Contact the Jewish Early Childhood Education Coordinator:
Lyndall Miller, M.A.Ed., M.A.J.E.D., M.S.Ed.
215-635-7300 ext. 183
Email Lyndall Miller