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Jewishly Series

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Jewishly Series

Learning
Jewishly Series

Are you looking for new and innovative approaches to Jewish educational materials?

Do your students and parents demand that religious education be timely, worthwhile and challenging?

Do your religious school teachers insist that learning goals be teachable, realistic and authentic?

The Colton Group has developed a series of teaching aids for the modern Jewish educator and for the modern Jewish teacher.

Parent and Child Learning Together

8 Easy to teach learning units

Just Completed-
Two Newly Revised & Enlarged Teaching Units!
Bar and Bat Mitzvah Teaching Unit
and
Post Bar/Bat Mitzvah • Pre-confirmation

A must for every school!

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Parents and students benefit from studying together Jewish values and expectations in the religious school setting.

The first seven master learning units in The Growing Up Jewishly, parent and child learning together series, are unique instructional programs. These units lead directly to an eighth unit, a Post Bar and Bat Mitzvah/Pre-confirmation unit that is designed for the student only. There are no more than three units and three lessons in each master unit outlining what is to be taught, and how it is to be taught.

Students and parents will enjoy lessons that are timely, worthwhile and challenging. Busy teachers will appreciate lessons that are teachable, realistic and authentic. Emerging young Jewish adults will welcome the independence of finding their Jewish commitment by themselves.

These are short and concise learning units designed to be presented in no more than six to nine lessons as opposed to the year long curriculum plan.

These teaching units focus on precise goals, use fast paced educational methodologies and are cognizant of student response.

When these Teaching Units have been used, there is a positive correlation between successful parent and child family learning. In addition, attendance at family worship services and the willingness of a family to make a post Bar/Bat Mitzvah commitment have increased.

These Teaching Units Include:

Grade One Judaism in God’s House
Child and parent explore and find Judaism together in the synagogue.

Grade Two Judaism in Our House
Child and parent explore and find Judaism together at home.

Grade Three My Judaism is Special
Child and parent develop a partnership with God.

Grade Four Life-Cycle Moments
Child and parent share the ideas, concepts and sensitive moments of Jewish life-cycle rituals together.

Grade Five Jewish Ethics
Jewish ethics – right and wrong – child and parent choose together.

Grade Six Praying
Understanding why we pray–child and parent find relevance in prayer together.

Newly Revised & Enlarged!
Grade Seven Bar and Bat Mitzvah
Both student and student/parent programs exploring the feelings, emotions and expectations of a family celebrating Bar and Bat Mitzvah together.

Post Bar/Bat Mitzvah • Pre-confirmation The Three Things
The results of this unusual program enable the student to say:
(1) Judaism’s theology is unique, (2) I am proud of my Judaism,
(3) I want to make a commitment to Judaism.

Jewish Teacher Resources

2 Easy to use teaching tools

These teachers’ aides are designed as desk ready references for the Jewish teacher. Keyed to subject areas found in religious school curriculums, sacred texts, holidays, prayer, life-cycle events, ritual and Israel these texts provide the teacher with definitions of pertinent terms and an explanation of key concepts.

These Teacher Resources Include:

A Jewish Teacher’s Lexicon
A listing of functional and applied definitions of Jewish terms in English and Hebrew that every Jewish student should know. Each Jewish student should be able to assimilate, recognize and apply Jewish terms, phrases and markers.

A Jewish Teacher’s Instant Reference
Provides concise and succinct information relating to the subject areas found in religious school instructional programs: sacred texts, holidays, prayer, life-cycle events, ritual and Israel. The Jewish teacher needs to be familiar with basic Jewish ideas and concepts that enrich specific curriculum teaching areas.

Jewish Impact Units

9 Easy to learn units

Each unit in this series focuses on subject matter areas that are deemed crucial learning areas by Jewish educators. Jewish Students are asked to explore concepts that are difficult but essential to Jewish education.

Students explore primary materials and deal with scenarios that are challenging and thought provoking. Students learn to identify with Judaism and Jewish values in positive and lasting ways.

Each Teaching Aid is teacher user friendly.

Each Teaching Aid is parent/student user friendly.

Each Teaching Aid meets the highest standards of Jewish education.

These Teaching Units Include:

Grade Three or Four I’m Jewish
Students develop a positive Jewish identity.

Grade Four or Five I’m Celebrating
Students study the meaning and value of Jewish life-cycle rituals.

Grade Five or Six I’m Choosing
Students learn to make moral and ethical decisions.

Grade Five or Six I’m Praying
Students investigate the essence of praying.

Grade Five or Six Jewish Concepts of Life and Death
Students are encouraged to develop a positive life value and approach death knowing that human life is not meaningless.

Grade Four and Up Holy Days, Festivals, Historical Commemorations and Fast Days
Students learn about the spiritual, moral and religious values of each Jewish observance.

Intermediate Grades Torah: What Every Student Should Know
This Unit concentrates on realistic goals that are that are essential in Torah study.

Intermediate Grades Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and Eretz Yisrael
This unit discusses the reasons for anti-Semitism with emphasis on the Holocaust and the State of Israel.

Intermediate Grades and Up Answers That Students Can Use When Questioned About Judaism
What is it that you are not able to answer about your Judaism that you wish you could?

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