Category: Early Childhood
M’Dor L’Dor: Pre-K Students Connect with Friends From Kensington Club
October 23, 2023 by
“Everybody always wins!” says Pre-K teacher Lisa Davis jubilantly as she collects Bingo cards. She’s describing the special way they play Bingo with seniors and Pre-K students. Her description is not only an accurate description of game play, but also the value proposition for this intergenerational exchange – everybody wins. Beginning in Fall 2022, students in […]
Pre-K Project Fosters Academic Learning, Social-Emotional Skill-Building, and Habits of Mind
February 9, 2022 by
Our Pre-Kindergarten class engaged in an investigation of identity and the interplay between identity and feelings. As the project progressed, the children reached higher levels of thinking, honed academic skills, flexed social-emotional skills, and gained a stronger sense of self and community. The open-ended exploration began with guiding questions prompting the children to identify, name […]
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Kindergarten Changemakers Present 3 Kindness Projects
February 3, 2022 by
Kindergarten students embarked on a multi-disciplinary research project exploring an essential question: How can we be changemakers who promote kindness in our community? They were guided by such questions as : What is our responsibility as Jewish citizens to help others in our community? Is there a difference between having a desire to help and […]
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Multidisciplinary Exploration of Rock Creek Park
January 28, 2022 by
First grade proudly shared the extraordinary final projects from their in-depth and multifaceted learning of Rock Creek Park this week. Parents and guests at Chagigat HaLomdim (Celebration of Learners) also got a window into the learning process and the children’s journey over the course of their semester-long exploration. The hands-on project ignited the children’s curiosity […]
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Pre-Kindergarten Students Create a Remix Video Using Sign Language
December 14, 2021 by
Milton’s Pre-Kindergarten class made an adorable music video based on a remix that went viral all over Israel! The remix began as a mask message for the bus announcement system (the Hebrew words are “Please, mask on” and “There is no available seats on this bus”.) It became so popular that a lot of people […]
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First Graders Share Their Learning in Hebrew and English at Chagigat HaSiddur
June 9, 2020 by
At Chagigat HaSiddur Part I, Milton first grader discussed – in Hebrew and English – their favorite person in the Torah, their favorite tefilah (prayer) and their favorite chag (holiday). Kol Hakavod to the first graders and Mazal Tov to all our first grade families. We were honored to celebrate this milestone with so many […]
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Kindergarteners Dream, Design the Milton Friendship Festival
January 2, 2020 by
Kindergarten re-imagined their Bayit Patuach (Open House) event by launching an interactive event for visiting families that the children dubbed the”Milton Friendship Festival.” In Kindergarten, the overarching theme for the year is community. The teachers decided a study of friendship would be a meaningful way to take a closer look at our community and would […]
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Multi-Disciplinary Exploration of Identity in Pre-K
January 2, 2020 by
Identity has proven to be a meaningful entry point to children in early childhood as it gives them opportunities to recognize, identify, experience, and celebrate the many components of what make them who they are. Our Pre-K teaching team worked with intention to create meaningful, multi-disciplinary opportunities engaging the children to make connections across the […]
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