Follow Judy Jacks Berman and her staff at Congregation Beth Shalom in Overland Park, Kansas(a suburb of Kansas City) as they use The Vision to examine and reflect on how Jewish values are currently a part of their school culture. Watch as they try using the stories from the Ethical Behavior section of The Vision, and other resources, to improve the integration of Jewish values into their school!
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Tza'ar Ba'alei Chayim, Taking care of animals
Taking care of animals whether in the classroom or at home was a great theme in one of the 3 year old classes.
The children leaned that in the Talmud it tells us we should not buy an animal unless we can take care of it and we should feed our animals before we feed ourselves.
In school the kids experienced taking care of the classroom fish as well as some visiting birds to learn about the responsibilities of caring for our feather friends.
The children made bird feeders by stringing Cheerios on a string and hanging them on a neighborhood tree.
All the kids went to the class pet shop to purchase a stuffed pet. They will keep them in their cubbies all week-name them, feed them , play with them and take them for walks.
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