What’s Jewish About Loose Parts?

Strategies and Lasting Impact of Wonder and Curiosity in Jewish Early Childhood Education

Judaism is inherently designed to spark curiosity and awe. This year, we have chosen to focus our professional learning for early childhood educators on myriad strategies for cultivating wonder, and curiosity through a Jewish lens.

We welcome you to join us at this workshop, or any others in our Jewish Foundations professional learning series for early childhood educators in the Bay Area.

• Topic: What’s Jewish About Loose Parts?
• Overview: This workshop invites educators to engage in a deep exploration of loose parts in Jewish early childhood education. In addition, there will be follow up opportunities for participants to continue to explore this topic virtually with our presenters. Join us to play with loose parts!
• Aimed at: Early childhood educators working in Bay Area Jewish preschool settings.
• Format: In-person workshop. Includes a vegetarian lunch, and a tour visit to the preschool at our host site.
• Location: JCCSF Helen Diller Family Preschool (3200 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118).
• Facilitated by: Karla Cianci and Mykenzie Busser, in collaboration with Abiba Bola and Niki Banffy-Nesbitt – members of the most recent cohort of the AJU Masters program. Together they wrote the book What’s Jewish About Loose Parts?
• Participant fee: $36 per participant.

Lunch will be provided. Please view our kashrut policy.

The program is full. Registration is closed.