Kindergarten Curriculum
Welcome to our Kindergarten class at Beit Sefer Shalom! Your child will attend school on Sundays from 9:00am-12:00pm. Like all of our classrooms, the Kindergarten curriculum is customized for this age group and organized into the core areas of Jewish education listed below.
- Focus on Shabbat
- Introduction to Judaism, holidays and symbols
- Blessings for food and drink
- The Sh’ma
- Intro to God and prayer
- Introduction to value of Hebrew language
- Simple Hebrew greetings
- Singing in Hebrew
- Shabbat blessings
- Four Questions
- Introduction to Tzedakah
- Introduction to God and prayer
- Creation
- Adam and Eve
- Matriarchal and patriarchal stories
- Moses, Noah, Jonah
- Introduction to Israel through songs and crafts
- Focus on Akko
- History through the arts
- Lessons on empathy and managing anger
- Themes in Hanukkah, Purim and Pesach
- Mitzvot of Hachnasat orchim and Tzaar baalei chayim
