Beth Sholom Early Childhood Center

Everywhere you look, and smell, you get a sense that Chanukah is near!  From cooking latkes to painting with dreidels, all of our classes are enjoying the activities that involve the upcoming holiday!

An important segment was shown this morning on the Today Show about preschoolers and screen time. 

The study found “an association between increased screen-based media use and lower microstructural integrity of brain white matter tracts supporting language and emergent...

We've been so lucky to have nice weather during Sukkah building time and the beginning days of the chag.  Our children spent lots of time watching our maintenance team build the shul's sukkah.  Some classes sketched what they saw being built while others picked up the...

In the days leading up to Rosh Hashanah, the children have been exploring all items and concepts related to the holidays.  From measuring their height in apples to blowing the shofar, there has been a lot of rich learning going on here at the ECC!

YES!  A helicopter landed today in the BSCTT parking lot for Transportation Day!  It was amazing, loud, windy and exciting!  Here are photos from the day and videos of the landing and take-off below.

It was beautiful weather today for our kids to be outside celebrating Lag B' Omer.  After having snack outdoors with roasted potatoes, the children enjoyed biking around the parking lot, throwing balls, playing basketball, hula hoop, frisbee and more!  One class even m...

 We had another great week of playing with boxes instead of toys.  With creativity and imagination the children produced some amazing structures.  Here is a look at our classroom during Box Week!

Today, in celebration of Israel's 71st birthday, the ECC took a "trip" to Israel.  We took a "flight" on ELAL to see visit many different sites around the country.  We sang songs and enjoyed waving our flags!  Having everyone dressed in the colors of the Israeli flag,...

In every classroom around the school you can see the children learning about Pesach.  From making afikoman covers to tasting matzah, the sights, sounds and smells remind you of the upcoming holiday.  Here is a look at what we've been doing for the past several weeks:...

It's that time of year again!  We set up our matzah factory for business yesterday and the children learned all about making their own matzah.  From kneading the dough to rolling it out; to poking holes and watching it bake; the children enjoyed being covered in flour...