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PREK–KINDERGARTEN · AGE 3–5 · ROOTS Shorashim

My Jewish Year

The cycle of the Jewish year. Children experience the holidays as they come, building belonging, joy, and the felt rhythm of Jewish time — the foundation the whole journey rests on.

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

This is the beginning of the circle — the child’s first home in Jewish time.

LOOKS AHEAD

Grade 1 will take the holidays children have lived and draw out the values inside them.

How growth is shown

SIGNATURE PROJECT

“My Jewish Year” keepsake book

COMMUNITY ROLE

Weekly tzedakah practice; sing at a family T’filah

TIKKUN OLAM

Collecting food and tzedakah

The Golden Threads this year

  • I Am a Blessing

    “I am special and I belong.” My-family and my-name pages.

  • Our Beautifully Diverse People

    Meet Jewish children who look and live differently, as a matter of course.

  • I Belong and I Contribute

    Weekly tzedakah; sing at a family T’filah.

  • The Hebrew & T’filah Ladder

    Hebrew Through Movement; the Alef Bet by ear.

The year, unit by unit

13 units · 22 planned sessions

  1. 1Welcome & Our Class KehillahBuilding a warm classroom community; ‘this is my place’1 sessionTeacher kit →
  2. 2Rosh HashanahA sweet new year — apples & honey, shofar, round challah3 sessionsTeacher kit →
  3. 3Yom KippurSaying sorry and starting fresh; tashlich1 sessionTeacher kit →
  4. 4Sukkot & Simchat TorahWelcoming guests in the sukkah; dancing with the Torah2 sessionsTeacher kit →
  5. 5Tzedakah (November focus)What tzedakah is and ways to help (also woven in weekly)1 sessionTeacher kit →
  6. 6ShabbatCandles, kiddush, challah, rest — our special day3 sessionsTeacher kit →
  7. 7ChanukahThe festival of lights; chanukiah, dreidel, the oil story3 sessionsTeacher kit →
  8. 8Tu BiSh’vatBirthday of the trees; planting and caring for the earth1 sessionTeacher kit →
  9. 9PurimBeing brave like Esther; costumes, groggers, mishloach manot2 sessionsTeacher kit →
  10. 10PassoverThe journey to freedom; the seder plate and matzah2 sessionsTeacher kit →
  11. 11ShavuotReceiving the Torah; the joy of learning and kind rules1 sessionTeacher kit →
  12. 12Israel's BirthdayA country has a birthday; the flag is a tallit1 sessionTeacher kit →
  13. 13My Jewish Year CelebrationAssembling and sharing the My Jewish Year keepsake book1 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.

Hebrew Through Movement; Jewish-life vocabulary; sounds of Hebrew; the Alef Bet by ear