Textbook with eleven chapters focus on the Jewish holidays from the High Holidays to Shavuot. Active and experiential approach means doing rather than just studying about the Jewish holidays. Full-color student materials help children uncover and appreciate the joy and beauty of Jewish life. An online gathering of those using and teaching this material. Includes a free teachers guide, free parent folders and a free family education manual. Plato taught, "The best way to learn how to do something new is by doing it." In Experiencing the Jewish Holidays students dont just learn about the Jewish holidays, they celebrate and rehearse the celebration of the holidays. This book is a series of experiences, a constantly moving way of mastering the acts involved in celebrating the Jewish holidays. You dont read this book-you do it. This is an active, experiential, doing-oriented approach to Jewish holidays that fuses actual celebrations with role play, cooking, eating, shaking, sounding, photographing and all kinds of activities. Set up like a scouting program, each holiday comes with opportunities. Student photography and realia help to document the journey though the Jewish year. Experiencing the Jewish Holidays is a complete program. It comes with (a) student books, (b) a parent textbook, a free online teachers guide, (d) free online parent folders, and (e) free online family education manual.Torah Aura Productions publishes books for Jewish schools and families that help celebrate our heritage and our faith. We have over 25 years of experience as the leading creator of high quality educational materials that enable Jewish children to become empowered Jewish adults. Our books guide and enhance the Jewish knowledge, spirituality and identity of children and their families, and our innovative tools bring Judaism alive in synagogues, Hebrew schools, and day schools. Torah Aura Productions was founded in 1981 by a group of innovative Jewish educators who looked out at the field of Jewish education and found materials that were shallow and dull. They started a company to create new tools for families and teachers that would be exciting and meaningful. For more than two decades, Torah Aura has revolutionized the way Jewish schools enable their students to become empowered Jewish adults, and has helped families make Judaism a meaningful presence in their homes. Some of the areas we publish in: - Torah and Bible - Talmud - Jewish teaching - Jewish parenting - Jewish ethics and values - Jewish holidays - the Jewish lifecycle - Israel - Hebrew - Jewish prayerTorah Aura Productions: Making success in Jewish education an achievable reality.