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Early Childhood Education and Summer Camps
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Deutsch Early Childhood Center (DECC)
Deutsch Early Childhood Center of Temple Israel offers a variety of programs for parents and their children from age one through pre-kindergarten. Programs include a two day, three day, or five-day program, a Kid's Morning Out program and a Parent/Child class. In addition, optional programs such as Early Drop-off, Lunch Bunch and Extended Day are available.
DECC is committed to an educational philosophy that stresses kindergarten readiness and enhancement of a child's self-esteem through play, positive discipline, and social interaction. The children begin their Jewish education through interaction with our rabbis and cantor and the celebration of Jewish holidays with songs, prayers and feasts.
The staff at DECC is composed of teachers and specialists with many years of early childhood experience. The teachers follow a Project Construct curriculum which promotes learning and development by engaging children in activities that inspire experimentation and that stimulate them to recognize new problems and invent new solutions. Specialists meet with the children on a weekly or every other week basis with a focus in music, movement and science. The bright and cheerful facility at DECC offers an environment that is stimulating, fun, and safe for the child.
In addition to wonderful classrooms our facility includes a sensational indoor Muscle Room (designed to enhance gross motor skills) and a large, updated, exciting outdoor play area. DECC is accredited by the Missouri Board for Voluntary Accreditation of Early Childhood Education Programs.
For more information please call 314-432-8076 or e-mail glieberman@ti-stl.org
Programs
| Parent/Child | Serves toddlers ages 12-20 months by September who come with a parent or caregiver one day per week. Meets on Wednesday and Friday. | Young 2 or 3-Day Class
| For children age 20 months by July 31.
Meets on Mondays Wednesdays, and Fridays for children selecting three days and Mondays and Wednesdays for children selecting two days. | | Older 3-Day Class | For children age 2 1/2 (30 months) by July 31. Meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. | | 5-Day Class | For children age 3 by July 31. Children must be toilet trained. | | 5-Day Pre-K Class | For children age 4 by July 31. Entering Kindergarten in the fall of next year.
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Optional Programs
| *Lunch Bunch | Available each day for all students except those in Parent/Child classes. They bring a lunch, and stay and play until 1:00 p.m. Children need not be toilet trained | | *Extended Day | Afternoon programs ending at 2:45 p.m. are available each day of the week. Children bring a lunch and then participate in activities and free play. Children attending Extended Day Programs must be toilet trained. | | *Science | Science on Monday afternoons, taught by two of our teachers, features hands on experimentation. It teaches the powers of observations, charting, and critical thinking while introducing the children to the wonders of science. | | *Cooking | Tuesday afternoon cooking classes create a warm, "homey" atmosphere where the children learn math skills as they weigh and measure while creating delicious treats to eat. | *Enrichment
| Available Wednesdays for children in the 5-Day and Pre-K classes. Children participate in special, planned enrichment activities like the study of art and artists or learning about fairy tales, fables and myths or studying celebrations in our country and other countries and so much more. Limited space is available. |
*Sports and Games
| Taught by 2 pre-school teachers, this class teaches children co-operation and fosters camaraderie while reinforcing listening and sequencing skills as children learn to follow directions and wait their turns. This class is available only during first semester. | | *Stretch Your Skills | Available Thursday afternoons during second semester for pre-kindergarten children only with play and focus on enhancing skills needed for kindergarten. This program begins in January. | | *Computer Kids | At a slightly increased cost, children are pulled out of Friday extended day classes to play and learn on computers, furnished and taught by an outside computer specialist. | *Kid's Morning Out
| A drop off program for children ages 1-2 1/2 years on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Limited space available. | *Early Drop-Off
| Available to parents who need their children to arrive at school between 8-8:50 a.m. The children are left in a teacher's care. Advanced sign-up is required |
| *Minimum enrollment of 8 required for all programs.
Programs subject to change.
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Enrollment in Optional Programs:
Afternoon Programs
Science, Cooking, Enrichment, Sports and Games, Stretch Your Skills and Computer Extended Days are from 11:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Sign-up and payment is by the session and a check must accompany the completed registration form.
Lunch Bunch
Lunch Bunch is from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Select the days in a month that you would like your child to stay and send this information along with a check to school before the start of each month. In the event of illness, you receive credit to apply toward another Lunch Bunch.
Kid's Morning Out
Sign up for Kid's Morning Out is by the month or by the semester. Payment must accompany your request specifying which days your child will attend before the end of each month. In the event of illness, credit will be received and applied to another day.
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| Judah the Lion, close friend of Rabbi Shook, visits the Deutsch Early Childhood Center (DECC) |
Day Camps
The Rabbi Mark and Carol Shook Camp
Named in honor of our Senior Rabbi and his wife, this beautiful facility on the main campus is home to the summer day camps of Temple Israel.
- Chaverim Program is a six-week camp experience, perfectly geared to the young pre-school age child. Housed in the school building, camp operates rain or shine, making the best use of air-conditioned classrooms and outdoor play areas. Campers enjoy swimming in the in-ground Sam and Ida Silk Pool, lots of camp spirit, sing-a-longs, Friday Shabbat lunches and many camp activities including arts and crafts, movement, music, science and nature, sports and games as well as themed weekly events. The camp is run by an experienced staff of adult teachers and teenage counselors. Children from age one to age five attend camp. Our older campers have the option of staying until 3 p.m.
- Elonim Program is open to students entering first through fourth grades in the fall. Children may be signed up for three or six weeks of camp. The tree-shaded camp ground includes the in-ground Sam and Ida Silk Pool, hard-surface play areas, multi-purpose recreational field, woods, the Henry and Berdye Blatt Playground and the Laurie Shanfeld Flag Circle. Our campers are met with a warm, nurturing camp environment, where Jewish values become part of camp life. We endeavor to enhance the talents and skills of our campers by offering well rounded, exciting, and enriching programs and activities.
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| Campers display their creations of Noah's Ark |
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Congregation Temple Israel
#1 Rabbi Alvan D. Rubin Drive - Ladue Road at Spoede
St. Louis, MO 63141-7670
Voice: (314) 432-8050 Fax: (314) 432-8053
e-mail:
writeus@ti-stl.org
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