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Torah: Seven Faces—Seven Ways

Idie Benjamin and Dale Sides Cooperman The fall is a time of endings and beginning. The cycle of the year...

The Stories We Tell

Idie Benjamin and Dale Sides Cooperman Once upon a time, a long, long time ago…. Humans are story tellers. From...

Mitzvah—The Whole Story

Idie Benjamin and Dale Sides Cooperman What is a mitzvah? It is a word we use with children all the time....

Awesome—Watch Your Languague

Idie Benjamin and Dale Cooperman “Awesome block construction!” “Awesome cleanup, everyone!” “Awesome phone!” Awesome is breathtaking, magnificent, wonderful, amazing, stunning, staggering, imposing,...

Derekh Eretz—The Power of Please and Thank You

Idie Benjamin and Dale Sides Cooperman Adults often refer to “please” and “thank you” as the magic words. They are...

An Attitude of Gratitude—The Tzedakah Connection

Dale Sides Cooperman and Idie Benjamin  “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who...

November Is Coming! And It Is Going To Be Okay

Idie Benjamin and Dale Sides Cooperman True story. A number of years ago, before we had heard of emergent curriculum...

Wait; I’m Not Ready or Stop and Smell the Honey

Idie Benjamin and Dale Sides Cooperman Almost three years ago, TAPBB published the first “Stop and Smell the Honey.” It...

Loving the Other Israel

Idie Benjamin and Dale Cooperman Soon, we will gather with family and friends, at a Pesah seder, where we will...

PURIM—Send in the clowns

Idie Benjamin and Dale Cooperman We are writing this on the last day of Hanukkah, and only a few days...

Lollipops & Lulavim

Idie Benjamin and Dale Cooperman Imagine this scenario: It is the first day of a university early childhood curriculum course....

What Parents Need To Hear: Raising Jewish Children Makes You...

Idie Benjamin & Dale Sides Cooperman We know. We know that a child’s Jewish identity should be nurtured. We know...

Jewish In the Summer – Counting Our Blessings

Dale Cooperman and Idie Benjamin In some Jewish Early Childhood Programs, summer program can be a vacation from the Jewish...

The Fifth Question–How Do We Help Children Make Sense Of Pas...

Idie Benjamin and Dale Sides Cooperman In December, we wrote here (Seeing the Light: Hanukkah and Young Children) about being...

Richard Louv and Tu B’Shvat or It is not Jewish to Stay Inside

Idie Benjamin and Dale Cooperman The child of a certain rabbi used to wander in the woods. At first his...