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4 Units Children will get to know special places in Israel and explore them with Yali. PlayRead more

4 Units Children will play these games to learn about Israel. PlayRead more

4 Units Israel may be a small country but its impact is BIG. Play these games to learn about and enjoy the country of Israel. PlayRead more

CIJE (Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education) has created a number of challenges to be completed while out of school. Arduino Circuits – Rainbow Creator (9-12 Grade) Scratch Interactive Haggadah (4-8 Grade) 3D Design – Makot Creator (6-12 Grade) Design Engineering Challenge (3-8 Grade) … and more! Take me thereRead more

Activity: Shofar Programing: It’s a blast! Description: Create a ScratchJr. program that demonstrates the three shofar blast sounds Recommended age: Kindergarten – 2nd grade Technology: Scratch Jr (app) Curriculum Links Coding: Students will learn how to: Create a simple computer program Break up programming task into parts that are inter-dependent or recursive Use control structures to specifyRead more

Activity: Code in the Sukkah Description: Create a ScratchJr. program for Sukkot that includes shaking the lulav, inviting guests to the sukkah and watching the stars twinkle Recommended age: Kindergarten – 2nd grade Technology: Scratch Jr (app) Curriculum Links Coding: Students will learn how program execution can be nonsequential by repeating patterns of instructions and using eventsRead more

Activity: Happy Birthday to the World Description: Code a Rosh Hashanah birthday card  for the world, using Scratch Jr. Recommended age: Kindergarten – 2nd grade Technology: Scratch Jr (app) Curriculum Links Coding: Students will learn how to make a program with multiple scenes in Scratch Jr Jewish Studies: Students will learn how Rosh Hashanah is considered the birthday ofRead more

Activity: “Wherever you go, I will go” Description: Code a game on Scratch Jr showing how Ruth chose to follow Naomi in Megillat Ruth Recommended age: Grades 1 – 2 Technology: Scratch Jr (app) Curriculum Links Coding: Students will learn how to copy code from one sprite to another. They will also learn how to use the Send MessageRead more

Activity: Create a maze to find the Afikoman Description: An introductory activity for learning Scratch. Students create and navigate a maze to  find the afikoman. Recommended age: Grades 3 through 8 Technology: Scratch (software), Makey Makey (hardware) Curriculum Links Coding: Students learn about conditionals, loops and events Science/Technology: What items conduct electricity? Learn how circuits work.Read more

Activity: Guess the day of Chanukah Description: Use variables to create a game where the user guesses what day of Chanukah we are celebrating today Recommended age: Grades 3 through 8 Technology: Scratch (software) Curriculum Links Coding: Students learn about conditionals, loops and events Jewish Studies: Links to Chanukah. Extend with discussion on the miracleRead more