Families with Young Children

Welcome! COS is a vibrant place to share and enjoy with your youngest family members. We have a variety of opportunities for infants, preschoolers, or early grade-school children and a significant adult to learn and have fun together. Programs featuring music, movement, art, and stories are designed to be your child’s introduction to Jewish life at our congregation and to create connections with other families.

SCHOOL-YEAR PROGRAMS

Shirei Shabbat

Friday 5:30 p.m. [Families with Toddlers through Kindergarteners]

Join Rabbi Kay to welcome Shabbat with music and movement after a quick nosh.

No charge, but RSVP requested.

Shabbatlettes

Saturday 11 a.m. [Families with Toddlers through Kindergarteners]

Join families to celebrate Shabbat with singing, prayer, story, and movement. At the end of the program, children are invited to the bimah in the main service as Rabbi Kay hands out chocolate candies during the Aleinu prayer. Then families can join the congregation for the Kiddush lunch.

No charge, but RSVP requested.

Mishpacha Sheli

Tuesday 9:30 a.m. [Families with Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers]

Join Nina Fine every other Tuesday for music, dance, arts & crafts, and story time around a Jewish theme. Snack is provided.

$7 for non-COS members; free for COS members. 

Mitzvah Makers!

Sunday 9:15 a.m. [Families with Toddlers and Preschoolers]

Join Shula Levy for a morning of activity and fun around the theme of doing Mitzvot. Stories, crafts, singing, movement, and snack are included.

No charge, but RSVP requested. Open to the community.

Kibbutz Ohev Family Edition

Wednesday 5:00–6:30 p.m. [Families with Preschoolers through Grade 2 not currently enrolled in Hebrew School]

Join Vicky Countess and Sharon Weil as we learn to love our bodies, the earth, each other, and Israel through crafts, stories, cooking, and gardening. Pizza dinner included.

$8 per family for COS members; $18 per family for non-COS members.

DON’T MISS OUT!

► Additional information about our programs for Families with Young Children can be found on the Congregation Ohev Shalom Families with Young Children and the Ohev Shalom Youth and Family Facebook pages.

► If you would like to receive e-mails or sign up for reminder texts, contact Amy Geboff, Director of Youth and Family Education, educator@ohevshalom.org.