Values in Action and Vice Versa

Temple Beth Shalom of Needham Mass, reimagined religious school to create an inclusive environment in which childrenengage in deep learn and bulild relationship while enjoying original experiences elevating Judasim as foundational for Jewish living. this article details that process.

This blog from Community Playthings, shares insights of early childhood educational consultant Jean Schreiber. Jean works at the JCC Manhattan and is also she is an instructor in the Continuing Professional Studies Program at Bank Street School of Education. This blog shares the importance of dramatic play in the development of social and emotional growth including perspective takings, risk-taking, and exploring roles. Schreiber includes beautiful examples of children's conversations and learnings to help encourage fostering SEL in your classroom setting.

Daniel Rechtschaffen created a framework to think about mindfulness in terms of 5 literacies:

physical,
mental,
emotional,
social and
global.

This workbook explores each of the 5 literacies and provides a variety of practical activites with clear directions for each activity. In additiion, each literacy activtiy comes with an explicit rationale detailing the benefits of doing that acitivity.