In the Levana class, we are learning many different things everyday that you can read about in this blog. We learn how to celebrate Jewish holidays, how to share, how to adjust to a classroom routine, and how to get along with others. Embedded in our curriculum, too, is our desire to instill Jewish values into everything we teach in our classroom and share with the children.
One of the most important aspects of our daily routine, is to take care of ourselves and our classroom as we transition from activity to activity. There are learning moments in each transition, one of which is cleaning up our classroom space to get ready for whatever is coming next. Our students learn the Jewish values of "Shmirat HaGuf" taking care of ourselves and "Shmirat HaTeva" taking care of our environment, as they learn to put toys away, wash their hands, or clean our tables to get ready for snack.
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| Ellen puts kitchen items away as we get ready for circle. |
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| Samantha S. puts the books she was reading back into the book basket. |
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| Lindsey, Samantha L., and Harold wipe the table before snack. |
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| Hayley puts the game away when she's finished playing. |
I LOVE how you have described the guiding principles in terms of the Jewish values Shmirat HaGuf- taking care of ourselves and Shmirat HaTeva- taking care of our environment. I think we should all adapt that language. Makes it much more powerful of a concept to think about it in those terms.
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