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GRADE 1 · AGE 6 · TRUNK Geza

My Jewish Values

Jewish storytelling. Each unit pairs a Jewish value (middah) with a story and a holiday, and children discover that value already alive in their own lives.

THE CHILD’S BOOK

13 printable chapters, 164 pages

Read the pages a child holds, exactly as they print — a painted story, the work that follows it, and one Hebrew word a chapter written by hand.

Open the book →

LOOKS BACK

Builds on the holidays children lived in PreK–K, now mining them for values.

LOOKS AHEAD

Grade 2 will move from values held inside to the tangible practice and objects that express them.

How growth is shown

SIGNATURE PROJECT

“Stories That Live in Me” story portfolio

COMMUNITY ROLE

Share a Jewish story with buddies/families

TIKKUN OLAM

Kindness and welcoming (hachnasat orchim)

The Golden Threads this year

  • I Am a Blessing

    “My strengths and my values.” Connecting personal traits to Jewish values and stories.

  • Our Beautifully Diverse People

    Stories and images audited so every child sees a mirror and a window.

  • I Belong and I Contribute

    Share a story with buddies; lead the Hanukkah candle blessing.

  • The Hebrew & T’filah Ladder

    Sounds and singing, then letters and vowels; the blessing formula.

The year, unit by unit

13 units · 24 planned sessions

  1. 1What Is a Value?Launching the year; what a middah is and why stories carry them1 sessionTeacher kit →
  2. 2Hitbonenut — New BeginningsRosh Hashanah, Noah; fresh starts and growth3 sessionsTeacher kit →
  3. 3Ometz Lev — CourageYom Kippur, Lech L’cha; bravery in new things and apologizing3 sessionsTeacher kit →
  4. 4Hachnasat Orchim — WelcomingSukkot, the Welcoming Tent; welcoming others1 sessionTeacher kit →
  5. 5Shalom Bayit — Peace at HomeJacob & Esau, the mezuzah; repair and peace2 sessionsTeacher kit →
  6. 6Kehillah — CommunityJoseph; being a good community member1 sessionTeacher kit →
  7. 7Yotzeret Or — Bringing HopeHanukkah, Sulwe; hope and each child’s unique gift3 sessionsTeacher kit →
  8. 8Tikkun Olam — Repairing the WorldMoses, Gathering Sparks; standing up and helping3 sessionsTeacher kit →
  9. 9Shomrei Adamah — Caretakers of the EarthTu BiSh’vat, Naamah; protecting creation1 sessionTeacher kit →
  10. 10Cheirut — FreedomThe Exodus, Passover; what it means to be free3 sessionsTeacher kit →
  11. 11Mitzvot — CommandmentsSinai, Shavuot; Jewish ways of doing good1 sessionTeacher kit →
  12. 12Ahavat Tzion — A Place We LoveLoving a place you have never been; what we do with a long hope1 sessionTeacher kit →
  13. 13Stories That Live in Me — CelebrationSharing the value/story portfolio1 sessionTeacher kit →

Hebrew this year

No separate Hebrew class this year. Hebrew lives inside the one class, by ear — Hebrew Through Movement, songs and the Alef Bet.

Familiarity with Hebrew sounds; singing the Alef Bet