Beth Israel Center is proud to provide programming for children (babies-grade 7) on Shabbat morning.  Childcare is available most Shabbatot, while the children's services take place on Shabbat when Talmud Torah is in session.

Childcare: Childcare is provided for children 18-months through preschool, from 10:00 am through the end of services. We normally have 1-2 sitters on hand to care for the children, administer snack, and accompany children to the Matchilim services for tots at 10:30.

Matchilim (Beginners):  This service meets from 10:30-11:30 in the Multipurpose room (downstairs) and is geared towards babies, toddlers and preschoolers and their adults.  Make this your child's first introduction to the Shabbat morning service: with lots of singing, movement and interactive activities and always a special Torah story.

Shorashim (Roots): This service, for students in kindergarten, first and second grades, meets in room 104 from 10:30-11:30 and then goes up to the Sanctuary for the end of services.  Our leaders provide Shabbat and age appropriate activities, including prayers, songs, stories, drama, games and more.  We use the beautiful new prayerbook “Siddur Mah Tov”, which allows meaning and spirituality to readers and non-readers alike.  Adults are more than welcome to stay with their children and participate.

Haverim (Friends)/Kehillat Noar (Junior Congregation): This class, designed for all 3-5^th graders, will meet at 10:00 in room 103 for Torah study and other activities and then continue with a spirited camp-like Shabbat service (10:40-11:30) with the 6^th and 7^th graders in the Small Sanctuary.  Full of ruach and song, this positive and energetic Shabbat setting encourages participation with intention and attention to what we are doing—building a prayer community.  After Junior Congregation, students will be brought to the Lounge to join their parents for the end of services in the Sanctuary.

Shabbat Morning Program: This 6th and 7th grade program, designed to build confident synagogue skills, is part of the Beth Israel Center Talmud Torah and follows the curriculum of that program, including an in depth study of Shacharit and the Torah service.  It runs from 9:30am to 12:00pm in the small sanctuary downstairs.

Please contact Beth Copelovitch, Education Director, at 256-7763 for more information about these programs.