Goal
The goal of the Gan/Aleph grades is to build a foundation for Jewish education and to
provide a rich variety of experiences in Jewish observance: holiday hands-on experiences,
the joy of Shabbat, and special days, through songs, games, artwork, and crafts. We will join the entire school in celebrating the holidays as: performing the mitzvah of leshev b’sukkah by visiting a sukkah, the fun of Hanukkah, Tu B’Shevat seder, the exchange of mishloach manot for Purim, a Pesach model seder, and Lag B’Omer sports day and family picnic. We hope to help each child find a source of significance and enrichment in Jewish living through Jewish values: the practice of Tzedakah and Mitzvot, and a love for Israel.
We would like our children to look forward to coming to school because, although they
may be unaware of it, learning can be fun and exciting. School is where she/he is valued
and has a sense of belonging, and it just “feels good” to be there.
Hebrew Language
By the end of the school year, the objective is to send our students into the Aleph class
with a good foundation in the Hebrew language. Each child should be able to recognize
and print his/her Hebrew names, recognize and know the sounds of the letters of the
Aleph-Bet, follow simple directions in Hebrew, and use vocabulary that describes
familiar context: family, foods, calendar, seasons, months of the year, days of the week,
numbers, weather and colors.
Specific Goals:
• Teach Jewish Holidays through stories, observances, customs and appropriate
brachot.
• Do arts and craft projects related to each specific holiday.
• Discuss the moral lesson derived during Bible story telling time.
• Introduce the Hebrew vocabulary through playing games.
Prayer Goals:
• Each class is started with the Shema.
• Appropriate blessings are recited before every snack.
TEXT BOOKS TO BE USED WITH THE GAN/ALEPH STUDENTS
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