Kavana Kids and Family Education Programs Kavana is expanding its kids and family education programs this year to provide opportunities for more families and kids than ever before.   For more information on these programs, contact us at kavanaseattle@gmail.com. Sign-up for our A-La Carte Menu of Education Options Pay for single events Contact us to set up a consultation/discussion with one of the team members to determine what would work best for your family Vision and Mission Statement Vision Kavana’s family education programming engages children and parents in dialogue with Jewish tradition to help families forge identity and generate personally meaningful Jewish life. Mission Kavana’s family education program implements its vision in the following ways: It addresses the whole family with programs designed for children and parents to learn both together and separately. It creates desire to participate in Jewish life through experiential, hands-on, and inquiry-based learning. It cultivates self-sufficiency by teaching the rituals and skills for lifelong, personally relevant Jewish living. It provides an opportunity for families to explore Jewish values together.   It helps individuals see themselves as part of a larger community by linking learning to social action and the wonder of the natural world. By pursuing these goals together we foster a close-knit community.   Program Structure A la carte selection: We believe that, by providing these program series in an A la carte fashion, it'll meet the needs of people coming from a broad array of backgrounds and wanting different amounts of exposure to Jewish learning. Cooperative job sharing: In the spirit of being a cooperative, participants within each series will participate within a rotation of jobs helping to make each of the programs tick (ie - bringing food, staffing a station, etc...).  The roles and dates will be assigned out and then parents can then trade dates/roles as needed. High Quality at an Affordable Price: We have received a very generous grant from the Legacy Heritage Foundation to innovate and really educate without a box (nevermind being out of the box).  This allows us to offer very high quality and deeply thought out educational opportunities for a really reasonable price.   So - while our programs are down to earth and very accessible, they are very high quality in terms of the education and are very focused on the Vision and Mission stated above. Program Summary What is it? When is it? Who's it for? Costs? Prep and Practice   Sundays 10a-12p corresponding with Jewish holidays, about once per month Families with kids 2-11   $50/partners household $110/non-partners household $10/partner household for a single program $15/non-partner household for a single program Family Shabbat   9:30a-12p on the 3rd Saturday of every month Families with kids 0-11 $50/partners household $110/non-partners household $10/partner household for a single program $15/non-partner household for a single program Hebrew Immersion Playgroup Fridays 10-11am Kids 0-3 (with a parent) $50/household for partners $110/household for non-partners (series only) Havdalah Club - New!   Once a month on Saturday night Kids, 8-11 years (without parents) $40/child for partners $80/child for non-partners $5/partner for a single program $10/non-partner for a single program Moadon Yeladim (Kavana Kids Club) New! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30-5:30pm Kids, grades K-5 (without parents) See right below this grid   Moadon Yeladim pricing.  Costs shown are for the first child.  2nd child receives a 10% price reduction.  And - in all cases, we want to make sure that Jewish education is accessible to everyone - so if these amounts are not possible for you, please just let us know. Tuesdays only - $75/month for partners (x 7 months = $525) $110/month for non-partners (x 7 months = $770) Tuesdays and Thursdays - $100/month for partners (x 7 months = $700) $140/month for non-partners (x 7 months = $980) Sign-up for our A-La Carte Menu of Education Options Pay for single events Prep-and-Practice Prep-n-Practice is an approximately once month program, taking place on Sunday mornings, focused helping families prepare to practice Jewish holidays together.  It engages whole families in activities, including listening to stories, cooking, building, and arts and crafts programs.  After an introduction and whole group teaching about the holiday, family units travel to different stations to complete activities.  Prep-n-Practice concludes with a whole group activity to build community and reinforce the main ideas of the holiday being addressed.   Sept 21 -- Rosh Hashanah                and Yom Kippur Oct 19 -- Sukkot and Simchat Torah Nov 16 -- Shabbat Dec 14 -- Hannukah Feb 8 -- Tu B'Shevat Mar 1 -- Purim Mar 29 -- Pesach Apr 26 -- Yom Ha'atzmaut May 17 -- Shavout   Family Shabbat Family Shabbat is a once a month Saturday morning program, geared towards young children and their parents. It includes Shabbat songs and prayers, and activities and focused on Jewish values. Time is built in for families to be together and for children and parents to learn separately.   Nov 1 Dec 13 Jan 10 Feb 7 Mar 14 Apr 4 May 9 Hebrew Immersion Playgroup Open to children ages 0 thru 3, the program focuses on exposure to Hebrew language through games, songs and directed play.    Oct 17 Oct 24 Oct 31 Nov 7 Nov 14 Nov 21 Dec 5 Dec 12 Dec 19 Havdalah Club Havdalah Club is a once a month, Saturday evening program for children ages 8-11. In addition to eating dinner together and participating in a short Havdallah ceremony, children are challenged to engage in discussion and debate around philosophical Jewish questions through games and other fun activities. This program will teach children about Jewish thinkers, develop their own critical thinking skills, and provide a place for children to build community with their peers.   Oct 18 Nov 8 Dec 20 Jan 17 Feb 21 Mar 21 Apr 11 May 16 Afterschool Program A new educational model for after school Jewish learning with the overarching goal of providing children in grades K-5 with a deeper sense of Jewish community and identity.  This new and energetic program will include Hebrew language immersion and an arts-based Judaic curriculum.  The program will run from November through May on Tuesdays and Thursdays* and will run from 3:30-5:30pm with drop-off starting at 3pm. * - Tuesday is required; Thursday is not required, but strongly recommended.   Sign-up for our A-La Carte Menu of Education Options Kavana's Educators: Our education program is staffed by creative and accomplished professionals, working closely with Kavana partners.  Kavana has hired three professional educators to help us bring our ideas to fruition.  Darci Lewis is advising us on our educational curriculum for the family Shabbat program. Darci is Assistant Director of a Jewish early childhood school where she supervises over sixty teachers and leads both an after-school arts enrichment program and a Jewish summer camp. What most attracted us to Darci, however, was both her enthusiasm for writing a new curriculum for us that reflected our philosophy and her incredible experience – gained already at a relatively youthful age – in Jewish education. Darci will supervise two talented children’s teachers, Shannon Cruzen and Sarah Adams, who will lead the kids’ Shabbat programs. We also are fortunate to have hired Aviva Richman to design our after-school program. Aviva was one of the original teachers and developers of an award winning after-school program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, called Kesher (www.kesherweb.org), that we admire a great deal. Aviva brings a unique background in experiential Jewish education that we are excited to apply to Kavana. We hope you will join us on what we believe will be a novel journey in Jewish family education! Maxine Alloway will be leading the Prep and Practice program as well as the Havdalah Club and is spear-heading the coordination of Kavana’s overall family education programming in the coming year. She is a PhD candidate in Education at the University of Washington, with a focus on teacher learning. Prior to beginning graduate school, Maxine worked as an elementary teacher in several cities. In addition, Maxine has taught in a variety supplementary religious schools for close to fifteen years. She is honored to be working with this innovative community, as they build the foundation for providing a meaningful upbringing for many Jewish children. Copyright © 2006-2008 Kavana. All rights reserved.