The Little Shofar June 2011/Sivan 5771 Jewish Family Congregation Early Childhood Center Newsletter Dear Parents, Let me tell you a story about a small Jewish nursery school nestled in an old temple building surrounded by tall trees, flowers and a large field of green grass. Within the sturdy walls of this structure are three brightly colored rooms: yellow, blue and green. Inside each room are two loving teachers and a class full of children busily engaged in learning, creating and conversing. Of course, you know this is a true tale about JFC Early Childhood Center. The teachers and I just returned from the Jewish Education Project professional day where we learned about using stories as a means of communication with children, parents and the community. Stories can certainly be used to educate children as we often embed cultural and moral lessons into the discourse. They can also be used to connect with parents when the teachers document the work of their young children using a narrative style with pictures and captions. Stories can even form a bridge with the community when we use publications such as newspapers to promote our activities through articles, photos and press releases. At the ECC we know how important stories are. We just had our annual “Book Swap� created and implemented by the Early Childhood Committee. At this event there were guest readers that made stories come alive for all who attended. Everyone, young and old, had a great time listening, having fun and returning home with new books to read. Although we tell many stories throughout the year, our last story is ending as our school comes to a close. Our travelogue is now over since the threes and fours are back from their trip to Israel where they flew on an El Al jet plane and landed in Tel Aviv. When in Israel the children danced Israeli folk dances, ate pita bread and humus, put their prayers in the Kotel and searched for artifacts in the Negev Desert. Our life science text was completed when we returned from our school trip to Muscoot Farm. There we watched and learned all about real farm animals. The Yellow and Blue rooms received their own private tour and everyone enjoyed a hay ride with a real tractor.
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