A lesson plan for grades K-2 focusing on the mitzvah of Bal Tashchit. Students will learn the meaning of this important mitzvah, and connect it to Tu BiShvat through the use of poems, drawings, hands-on activities, and discussion questions.
More Tu BiShvat lesson plans are available from Behrman House through this link (scroll down to "Judaics").
Mensch-ify is an alternative learning program that is held twice a month for families with children in Pre-K to 6th grade. It is a developmentally appropriate program, built upon the parent-child co-learning experience, that combines stories, songs, art, movement, and play to provide families with the tools they need to live a Jewish life that works for them.
Daniel Rechtschaffen created a framework to think about mindfulness in terms of 5 literacies: physical, mental, emotional, social and global. This lesson plan explores the 5 literacies though a Jewish lens.