Maccabee Jamboree

A counting book describing how the Maccabees have fun during the eight nights of Hanukkah, making cards, exchanging gifts, chanting blessings, and singing songs.

A counting book describing how the Maccabees have fun during the eight nights of Hanukkah, making cards, exchanging gifts, chanting blessings, and singing songs.

A counting book describing how the Maccabees have fun during the eight nights of Hanukkah, making cards, exchanging gifts, chanting blessings, and singing songs.

Written in a warm and understanding tone, this guide takes the best in secular early childhood education and applies it to Jewish early childhood education. With extensive bibliographies as well as background information for teachers, individual chapters review developmentally appropriate practice, anti-bias education, storytelling, music, Jewish thematic units, reaching out to interfaith families, keeping kosher at school, and much more.

Linda Silver selected the titles that "represent the best in writing, illustration, reader appeal, and authentically Jewish content--in picture books, fiction and non-fiction, for readers ranging from early childhood through the high school years."--P. [4] of cover.

Judah and the little army of Maccabees fight to free Jerusalem from the cruel King Antiochus in this vibrant and action-filled rhyming version of the famous Hanukkah story.

Welcome to a special puppet show. It is about the Maccabees. Who were the Maccabbees? Let's find out.