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Reuse, Repurpose, Reimagine

Scrap Paper Laurie Bellet Collage created for Mayor Jean Quan with papers directly from the box. Almost every classroom I...

Tech-i-ya 1.3

Cleaning Out the Digital Hametz by Adrian A. Durlester At this time of year, as we’re preparing our homes for...

Poor Shavuot – The Other Holiday

Teaching Shavuot Idie Benjamin and Dale Cooperman For weeks now, in our early childhood classrooms, it has been all about...

Who’s in Charge?

Making Hebrew School More Like Summer Camp David Bryfman I frequently get asked the question of how to make Hebrew...

Learning, Doing, Being

Jewish Education and the Prefrontal Cortex Joel Lurie Grishaver I was at a gathering put together by the Covenant Foundation...

They Shoot Teachers, Don’t They?

Joel Lurie Grishaver Here they are again, folks! These wonderful, wonderful kids! Still struggling! Still hoping! As the clock of...

Tech-i-ya 1.2

Adrian A. Durlester Today’s Technology Tips: Wordle (http://www.wordle.net) Many of you may already be using this amazing tool. What is...

The Mitzvah of Hospitality

Idie Benjamin & Dale Cooperman Welcoming is particularly on our minds at this time of year. New and prospective families...

Reuse, Repurpose, Reimagine

From Marker to Mezuzah Laurie Bellet At Oakland Hebrew Day School, we welcome you with mezuzot that are colorful and...

End the Drop-Off Soccer Practice

Joel Lurie Grishaver Just as all parents know that Hebrew Schools are all failures; all Jewish teachers know that soccer...

Tech-i-ya 1.1 Draft 2.0

Adrian A. Durlester This is a new column aimed at assisting Jewish educators in incorporating technology into their teaching. In...

Parents Have Learning Styles, Too

Idie Benjamin and Dale Cooperman Sometimes the light bulb goes off, and we see something that has been staring us...

Combating Bullying

Joel Lurie Grishaver Over the past couple of weeks at least seven gay, lesbian, and transgender students have committed suicide...

Shabbat. Why?

Idie Benjamin and Dale Sides Cooperman It is a given that on Fridays in Jewish early childhood programs, the school...

Artfully Speaking

Shabbat Projects Laurie Bellet I enjoyed teaching at many orientation days this season. And, whenever I showed a piece of...