BETH EL’S PARENTING & EXTENDED DAY PROGRAMS

Daddies ‘n’ Darlings for Children Ages 2 – 5: For dates click here
Jewish Gym for Him and Her: Click here for information

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La La Lunch – A delicious blend of lunch and music:
Enjoy a wonderful music experience with our music specialist, Carole Peterson! For our morning preschoolers, a slightly extended day which includes lunch and a very special music program. Each child will need to bring a dairy snack lunch with a chill pack. The children will eat together and then have 30 minutes of active music with our specialist “Miss Carole.” Your child will have a blast! La La Lunch includes Carole Peterson, Minde Korman and Flora Helfand.

This program is for our morning preschoolers where they get the chance to socialize over lunch. The children will eat lunch and then hear stories, sing songs, and play either outside or in the Grossinger-Brickman Activity Center. Each child will need to bring a dairy snack lunch with a chill pack. Let’s Do Lunch staff includes: Inbal Schnitman and Flora Helfand.
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Irvit is Neat – Hebrew Language Immersion (New Class)
This class is for our afternoon preschools and is an exciting new class will help make language learning come alive! The children will learn Hebrew conversation using a variety of methods including music, games, movement, dramatic play and brachot (prayers.) After preschool, the children will be escorted to the class. Irvit is Neat staff includes: Inbal Schnitman and Jill Sejzer.
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Topsy Turvy Travel
Tuesdays
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Fee is $250
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Let’s Explore Books and More!
Welcome to the amazing world of books. From action to humorous and silly books, this class will challenge the imagination of every child! Art, projects, drama, cooking and music will also be incorporated into the class. While having fun, the children will be totally immersed from cover to cover! This class is for our afternoon preschoolers and is held on the day they have lunch in their classrooms. They will be escorted to their classrooms at 12:00. The Let’s Explore Books and More staff includes: Minde Korman and Jodi Mosk.

Thursdays
10:30 am – 12:00 Noon
Fee is $300
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Imagination Station
Junior Thespians, welcome to the wonderful world of imagination! Here, through using their imaginations, your child will discover the infinite possibilities of the world around them using creative drama, movement, and games. They may take a safari to Africa, go on a bear hunt, or swim under the ocean. Yoga and pantomime will also be a part of this class. This class is for the afternoon preschoolers. During the last half hour of the class, the children will eat their lunch. Each child will need to bring a dairy snack lunch with a chill pack. After the class they will be escorted to their preschool classroom. The Imagination Station staff includes Ben Schlan and Cori Katz. This class is for our afternoon preschoolers.
Fridays
10:30 am – 12:00 Noon
Fee is $390
Please contact Debbi Rosenberg at 847-432-2830 for registration information.
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Con’Siddur It! Get Siddur Savvy!
Please join us and see what the buzz is all about, with this special class featuring our very own……. Rabbi Michael Schwab. Relax with a hot cup of coffee and learn in a comfortable, informal, and accessible way! Registration is required. Please contact Debbi Rosenberg for information. Wednesdays beginning in January, 2009
9:15 – 9:45 am $25 per person (cost of your own siddur)

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Kids Cooking Club (New class)
Move over Rachel Ray, the Beth El little chefs will be discovering the world of cooking! While building skills in matematics and science, the children will cook delicious creations. They will also illustrate and “publish” their own cookbook! After preschool, the children will be escorted to their cooking class. The Kids Cooking Club staff includes: Inbal Schnitman and Jill Sejzer.

Let us “transport” your child to another country without trains, planes, or automobiles. Imagination will be their guide and the world their playgroup, as they travel from country to country picking up gobs of knowledge along the way. At the end of class, the children will be escorted to their preschool rooms. The Topsy Turvey Travel staff includes: Minde Korman and Jodi Mosk. This program is for our afternoon preschoolers.

Sports for Sprouts:
Join the fun in our sports class for afternoon preschoolers. This class will focus on fair play, physical fitness and sportsmanship. Boys and girls will participate in a variety of sports and games that are created to enhance skill development and coordination, while having lots of fun. During the last half-hour of the class the children will eat their lunch. Each child will need to bring a dairy snack lunch with a chill pack. After lunch they will be escorted to their preschool classrooms. So grab your sneakers and away we go! Sports for Sprouts staff includes: Ben Schlan and Cori Katz.

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Let’s Do Lunch!
Dad and preschools can spend Sunday mornings of fun together. Enjoy Jewish songs, stories, art projects, and cooking! Do you have older children in Religious School? Drop them off at their class and then join us for a great time. You may register for one or more dates. Fees are non-refundable and participants may register for one or more dates.