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Songleading for Kiddos Course

March 26, 2025March 25, 2025Passover Songleader's Guide Songleading

Let My People Move! A Song for an Energetic Exodus

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March 26, 2025March 24, 2025Passover Passover Young Children

Make Your Own Charoset Bar

Passover Name that Tune Game

March 26, 2025February 25, 2025Passover Passover Songleader's Guide Songleading

Engage Every Generation with This Passover Name That Tune Game

Graphic banner with the text "Transform Your Tot Shabbat: 10 Books to Elevate Your Impact" next to an illustration of three books on a dark blue background.

March 20, 2025February 19, 2025Songleader's Guide Synagogue Life Tot Shabbat

Transform Your Tot Shabbat: 10 Books to Elevate Your Impact

March 26, 2025June 2, 2023Early Childhood

10 Tot Shabbat Songs for Kiddos

March 18, 2025April 19, 2023Early Childhood Shabbat Songleading Synagogue Life Young Children

Experience the Joy of Tot Shabbat: Untapped Potential

March 26, 2025March 10, 202310 Song Collection Babies Early Childhood Passover

10 Passover Songs for Kiddos

March 14, 2025February 17, 202310 Song Collection Holidays Purim Songleading

10 Purim Songs for Kiddos

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March 26, 2025February 8, 2025Synagogue Life Tot Shabbat Young Children

5 ChatGPT Prompts to Strengthen Family Engagement Strategy

Tikkun Olam means repairing the world

January 11, 2025January 11, 2025Jewish Values Songleader's Guide

Tikkun Olam: Inspiring Kids to Repair the World Through Song

Tzedakah Blessing Song

March 20, 2025January 8, 2025Early Childhood Music Education Songleader's Guide Songleading

Tzedakah Blessing Song: Explore Justice with Kiddos

December 13, 2024December 13, 2024Jewish Education Music Education Songleader's Guide

Chanukah Name That Tune

December 7, 2024October 18, 2024Early Childhood Jewish Education Simchat Torah Songleader's Guide

Man Had A Job To Do (Creation Song with Puppets)

October 6, 2024October 4, 2024Jewish Education Uncategorized Yom Kippur

Daniel Tiger Song Teaches Repentance and Repair

🎶 10 Tot Shabbat Songs for Kiddos! 🎶 Tot Sh

🎶 10 Tot Shabbat Songs for Kiddos! 🎶

Tot Shabbat is a magical and meaningful time to bring little ones and their grown-ups together through music, movement, and joy! 🕯✨ Songs are the heartbeat of these gatherings, creating moments of connection, strengthening Jewish identity, and making Shabbat rituals feel accessible—even for the youngest participants.

I've curated a list of 10 must-have Tot Shabbat songs to help songleaders, educators, and families create vibrant, spiritually enriching experiences:

🎵 Hinei Mah Tov – Dr. Emily Aronoff/ @dremilycelebrates
🎵 Bim Bam – Nachum Frankel
🎵 Hello Blessing, Bye-Bye Stressing – Dr. Emily Aronoff/ @dremilycelebrates
🎵 If It’s Shabbat and You Know It – Traditional
🎵 Shabbes Shake – @jasonmeschesmusic
🎵 Halalalalalaleluyah – @shirakline
🎵 On My Way to Shul – @debbiebrukman
🎵 Thank You God – @shirakline
🎵 God, God, God – @ellenallardmusic
🎵 Family Blessing Song – Y’varechecha – Dr. Emily Aronoff/ @dremilycelebrates

📖 Explore the full guide with song-leading tips, transitions, and ways to bring these melodies to life! [Link in bio!]

✨ Which of these songs do you love? Drop your favorites in the comments! ⬇️

#TotShabbat #JewishMusic #JewishEducation #EarlyChildhood #FamilyEngagement #ShabbatShalom

Where Jewish Joy Grows 🌸 Why do we do this? Be

Where Jewish Joy Grows 🌸

Why do we do this? Because Jewish joy starts early. 💫

Jewish Family Jams is more than a music class—it’s a space for families with young children to sing, move, connect, and celebrate Judaism together.

Sing, dance, and connect with other Jewish families in a joyful, developmentally grounded music and movement experience for kids ages 0–6 and their grown-ups!

🗓️ Sundays | April 20–May 25
⏰ 10:30 AM
📍 Rhythm & Hues, West Palm Beach
💙 This event is FREE and open to the community, brought to you by New Synagogue.

Come join the jam—and let your family's Jewish joy grow through music and connection.

🔗 RSVP: https://www.newsynagogue.org/youth/

#JewishFamilyJams #JewishJoy #JewishParenting #WestPalmBeachFamilies #JewishMusicForKids #songleadingforkiddos #westpalm #palmbeach #jewish

Behind the scenes of turning the Exodus into a mus

Behind the scenes of turning the Exodus into a musical experience kids love. 🎶✨

This customizable Passover slide deck is just one of the ready-to-use resources inside Songleading for Kiddos—my self-paced course designed for Jewish educators, songleaders, and anyone who wants to lead joyful, developmentally appropriate musical moments.

Inside the course, you’ll get:
🎵 A curated song library with suggested progressions
🎤 Strategies for engaging children and their grown-ups
📚 Educational frameworks that support both Jewish identity and spiritual development
🛠️ Planning tools + customizable templates like this one
💬 Reflection prompts and systems for building confidence as a leader

Whether you’re leading Tot Shabbat, family services, or classroom music, this course gives you the resources and support you need to share Jewish music with intention and impact.

✨ Ready to bring more joy, confidence, and creativity to your songleading? Link in Bio!

Delightful and inspirational Zoom session with the

Delightful and inspirational Zoom session with the brilliant @_elianalight_ songwriter, educator, and someone I’m lucky to call both a colleague and a friend.

Her music shows up in many of my @songleadingforkiddos courses, and every time I teach one of her songs, I’m reminded just how much heart, wisdom, and intention she pours into her work.

We’re cooking up something to support your music leadership… stay tuned for some shared magic. 💻🎤🎶

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