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November 20, 2025November 20, 2025Chanukah Toddlers

Chanukah Name That Tune: A Fun, High-Energy Music Game for Groups of All Ages

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Jewish educator smiling with children during Tot Shabbat program at synagogue table.
May 1, 2026August 25, 2025Early Childhood Songleading Toddlers Tot Shabbat Young Children

From History to Practice: Why Tot Shabbat Became the #1 Program I Help Educators Strengthen

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October 17, 2025September 24, 2024Holidays Synagogue Life Toddlers Torah

Torah Scroll Felt Storyboard

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April 30, 2026November 19, 2023Early Childhood Music Education Songleading Toddlers Young Children

Grateful! A Song Leader’s Guide to Teaching Gratitude

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How We Got to Tot Shabbat
November 19, 2023July 15, 2023Early Childhood Jewish Education Parenting Toddlers Young Children

How We Got To Tot Shabbat

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June 22, 2026June 22, 2023Jewish Education Songleading Toddlers

10 Singable Storybooks for Kiddos

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February 28, 2023February 27, 2023Babies Early Childhood Jewish Education Music Education Songleading Toddlers Young Children

Songleading for Kiddos

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April 27, 2026October 23, 2022Early Childhood Music Education Songleader's Guide Toddlers Young Children

Calling All Animals: Jewish Movement Song for Noah’s Ark (Parshat Noach)

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September 19, 2024July 21, 2022Babies Early Childhood Rosh Hashanah Song Demo Songleader's Guide Songleading Toddlers

5 Little Apples Rosh HaShanah Song for Toddlers

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April 17, 2026July 23, 2020Babies Parenting Toddlers Young Children

Does Staying Home with my Kids = ‘Homeschool’ Now?

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Dr. Emily Celebrates nurtures Jewish identities and strengthens Jewish community by empowering songleaders and their institutions to create joyful, intergenerational engagement through music.

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Such a delight to lead with my dear friend and col Such a delight to lead with my dear friend and colleague @bwohlner in her new congregation in Gainesville, FL. Shabbat shalom, indeed!
Shabbat shalom from Temple Shir Shalom! Leading w Shabbat shalom from  Temple Shir Shalom! Leading with Rabbi @bwohlner to celebrate Shabbat/ they are so lucky to have her as their new rabbi! 💕
A toddler melts down at Tot Shabbat. A kiddo calls A toddler melts down at Tot Shabbat. A kiddo calls out at full volume during silent prayer. A parent scrolls in the back row instead of singing. Every one of those moments is information (my therapist reminds me that all the time LOL.
Behavior is communication. The kiddo who will not sit, the parent who checks out, each is telling you something: stress, hunger, sensory overload, an unmet need. When we read behavior as information and meet it with curiosity, we see with clarity/
I wrote a field guide for exactly this, for the cantors, rabbis, and educators leading young children in worship. Read Behavior Is Communication on the blog, link in bio.
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