How can we make the leap in Jewish education from Surviving to Thriving?
Consider what it might look like to plan for instruction based on what’s strong with students, not what is wrong with students. For instance, how can instruction be planned to build on strengths such as curiosity, kindness or judgment?
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.
A New Publication: Where Jewish Education Helps Student Thrive
For more than thirty years, Jonathan Woocher was the preeminent specialist in Jewish education policy in North America. Part educator, part sociologist, part theologian, part anthropologist, and part pundit, he was unique in his role: He studied the work of our field and explained both what was and what could be.
This toolkit includes information, activities for an engaging, and educational Tu B'Shevat for your family and/or classroom.
Engage students of all ages in the themes of Tu B’Shevat with differentiated, interactive lessons that explore Jewish teachings on environmental responsibility, personal connections to nature, and the significance of trees in Jewish tradition—designed to be accessible for all learners.
A helpful collection of advice, resources, and books for children.
Resources to help children respond to tragedy through Jewish texts, arts and more.
3 activities designed for camp and camp-like settings.
A large collection of Tisha B'Av related resources centered around Social Justice.