Curiosity is the fuel of development

The first day of our visit has come to its end and I am feeling overwhelmed. I had an amazing experience today and I’m looking forward to all of the upcoming events. I was lucky to participate in the Jewish Early Childhood Education Conference and meet so many people of different age and nationality, all with a different background. What was really amazing was being surrounded by all those people and knowing that we all have one thing in common – we are all trying to be better and more innovative and effective in what we do with passion and love.

We grow by learning and by sharing our knowledge with others. Today gave me the opportunity to learn from people with experience and great ideas – I felt excited, curious and motivated. As we all know, curiosity is the fuel of development and the engine of achievement. Children are born with all the curiosity they’ll ever need and our job is to feed them with ideas daily, so that their curiosity would last a lifetime. We all have a unique contribution to education and it’s our responsibility to help our kids form and thicken their Jewish identity by understanding what being Jewish really means. It’s not just a special activity, it’s a lifestyle.