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[rubin.golda]

Hello!
I'm now living in Israel and IY"H soon we're going back to Brazil to make kiruv rechokim as shlichim.
My husband will be one of the rabbis at a very very very `chiloni` comunity, they are so far, Hashem iaazor!
And I will be the responsible to open a gan so the kids of the slichim will have where to study and soon more and more children of the baalei tshuva...
I just have one problem. I learnd in seminary chinuch , but not for the early age, and much more, not for difrent ages, begining from a year and going up to 4.
There will be 4 or 5 children in gan...and how can I make a daily schedule for such difrent ages.
I would like some help!
thank you,
Golda Rubin

[meik1]

Hi- The key word we use at our program is a FLEXIBLE daily schedule. For exmple, if the one year old is ready to go to sleep at 10 while the other kids are ready to play outside, let him fall asleep in the carriage and  take the other ones outside. The little ones can play with puzzles with 3 big pieces while the older ones do something more complicated. The older kids can build a sand castle while the younger ones dump sand with a bucket. If you do things very hands on with manipulatives, toys, the younger ones can explore the toys as you talk about your lesson. You can find some very hands on ideas at the early childhood section of this website.What I have noticed also in my program is that the older children treat the young ones like a doll, playing and talking to them. Music is a great way to get them all together. Also, listen to the chinuch lectures of interest on this website, there are some really good ones. BHatzlochah!