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Ami's Chai Time.
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Kol Ami's educational philosophy —
and the West Bloomfield synagogue's
students have responded incredibly.
Congregation members created the
religious school's mission and vision
during the process, highlighting priori-
ties for experiential learning to make
Jewish learning relevant for life.
Under the direction of Margery
Jablin, school administrator, and Tiffany
Green, cantonal soloist and soon-to-be
education director, students this school
year began their Sunday mornings in
Chai Time, where all students were
introduced to the day's theme, and
where appropriate songs were intro-
duced and sung together to set the stage.
Students then selected from four to
five activities to reinforce the theme
through dancing, cooking, Hebrew
games, art projects and other content-
based hands-on projects. Examples
ranged from social action training to
creating Havdallah ritual objects to
immigration history for the family.
"I like the new Chai Time rota-
tions because you get to pick what you
want to do," said fifth-grader Eddie
Eichenhorn. "It's the perfect mixture of
fun and education:'
Self-paced Hebrew language study,
called Mitkadem, followed for grades
4-6, where small groups of students
worked at individual levels to master
the language, prayers and blessings.
Students were evaluated before moving
from level to level. Students also read
with partners each week.
The balance of the morning was spent
with teachers expanding learning via
the newly developed Chai Curriculum
by addressing its pillars: Torah, Avodah
(work) and Gemilut Chasadim (loving
kindness).
Learning Is Fun
"Gone are the old boring days where
kids get dropped off for Sunday school
and spend the next two-and-a-half
hours in a classroom:' said Paul Gross,
Temple Kol Ami co-president. "Our kids
have a high-energy, exciting morning of
Jewish learning, and they love
First-grader Emily Leary agreed. "I
learn more because I'm having fun:' she
said.
"The amount of input and interaction
the kids have in the new program has
them learning more than ever before,
without their even realizing that learn-
ing is taking place because they're hav-
ing fun," said Sandy Jessop, grades K-3
music teacher. "Even the teachers are
having more fun:'
Kol Ami is one of nine local syna-
gogues participating in Federation's
Alliance for Jewish Education's
Congregational School Innovation
Initiative (CSI2).
"Kol Ami has utilized the expertise
of its CSI2-provided facilitators and its
own educational staff to totally revamp
its educational format and offerings,
particularly with the development of
its Chai Time initiative," said Harvey
Leven, Alliance's director of CSI Squared
Detroit.