Gan- Early Childhood Curriculum

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Curriculum for students from 12 months to Pre-K.

Gan-Early Childhood

Toddler

Preschool

Pre-K

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Toddler

Social emotional development

  • Plays cooperatively with peers

  • Recognizes feelings 

  • Develops age-appropriate self-help skills

Cognitive development

  • Uses language to express feelings and desires

  • Responds appropriately to language (follows directions, answers questions etc.)

  • Chooses a favorite book

  • Match shapes and colors 

  • Puts objects in categories 

Jewish identity development  

  • Learn Torah stories 

  • Participate in simulated trip to Israel

  • Immersive Hebrew language experiences focused on songs and games

Preschool

Social emotional development

  • Initiate cooperative play with peers

  • Recognizes feelings

  • Develops age-appropriate self-help skills

  • Master and follow classroom routines and procedures

  • Follow multi-step directions

Cognitive development

  • Demonstrate curiosity

  • Make personal connections to stories

  • Memorize and repeat rhymes and songs

  • Develop phonemic awareness

  • Count to 10 and use objects for simple addition and subtraction

Jewish identity development  

  • Learn torah stories

  • Develop a sense of Jewish values

  • Learn and recite blessings

  • Immersive Hebrew language experiences focused on songs and games

  • Actively participate in holiday and Shabbat celebrations

  • Connect to Israelis and Israeli culture in school and in the broader community

Pre-Kindergarten

Social emotional development

  • Initiate cooperative play with peers

  • Recognizes feelings 

  • Develops age-appropriate self-help skills

  • Master and follow classroom routines and procedures 

  • Follow multi-step directions

Cognitive development

  • Demonstrate curiosity 

  • Make personal connections to stories 

  • Memorize and repeat rhymes and songs

  • Develop phonemic awareness 

  • Count to 10 and use objects for simple addition and subtraction

Jewish identity development  

  • Learn torah stories 

  • Develop a sense of Jewish values 

  • Learn and recite blessings

  • Immersive Hebrew language experiences focused on songs and games 

  • Actively participate in holiday and Shabbat celebrations

  • Connect to Israelis and Israeli culture in school and in the broader community