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Adat Shalom preschoolers sing at the school's Arts, Beats & Treats event.
Jaden Bachrach, 5, likes his molecule.
Gabe Vieder, 3, and his mother, Stacy, dance together.
Sydney Ruskin, 5, with her guitar
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Honored visitors are welcomed by the children of Akiva.
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he Adat Shalom Synagogue Early
Childhood Center (ECC) was
buzzing with excitement March
10 as the children performed a musical
concert and put their artistic talents on
display.
The theme for this year's family program
was a take-off on the summer's Arts, Beats
& Eats Festival held in Royal Oak. The
ECC's version was called Arts, Beats &
Treats.
The program at the Farmington Hills
school opened with the children singing
and marching in with Adat Shalom Hazzan
Daniel Gross and musical director Robin
Goldberg. The entire performance had the
audience wanting more.
The program continued with an art
exhibit displaying several pieces of origi-
nal artwork from each child, ages 2-6, in
the ECC. Works included papier mache,
abstract paintings, clay work and self-
portraits.
Meanwhile, Joe Cornell Entertainment
worked its magic with music and nonstop
dancing.
A Scholastic Book Fair and coffee
bar kept parents involved, while others
indulged in an ice cream bar.
The successful event is destined to
become an Adat Shalom ECC tradition. 7
Shelli Liebman Dorfman
Contributing Writer
B
y the time a multigenerational group of more
than 100 students and guests converged on the
multipurpose room at Akiva Hebrew Day School
on March 18, they had been planning the visits for nearly
seven months.
"For Rosh Hashanah, the children sent cards to their
`special people' and included 'save the date' cards for
Grandparents Day': said Lisa Parshan director of the
Early Childhood Center at the Southfield-based school.
Guests — also including aunts, uncles and other hon-
orees — arrived from as far away as Las Vegas, Florida,
New York, New Jersey, Toronto and Chicago.
The annual event, organized by Rosa Chessler of
Southfield, was highlighted with a film of the students
depicting the story of Purim and a sing-along of Shabbat
and Purim songs led by the school's music specialist,
Galina Feldman.
On tables coated with paint-globs, glitter-glue and
baking flour — much like on the hands of the kids —
students decorated spice boxes and braided challahs to
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Ariella Gottfried, 3, of Southfield enjoys the
program with her grandparents, Shelli and
Stuart Epstein of Florida.
Ellen Morgan, 5, and her siblings Matthew, 2, and Halley, 4, of
Southfield, enjoy a snack with their grandparents Dr. Stu and
Judy Morgan of New Jersey and Bernard and Judy Shanzer of
New York.
be baked for the upcoming Shabbat.
"We love having guests come into our school
and interact with our children': Parshan said. "When
parents come for performances they are sometimes anx-
ious: Will their child perform? Will their child behave?
Grandparents are especially special because they are
there to interact, observe and be entertained." PI