The JEC Early Childhood is alive with the sounds of children playing—and learning through play! Each activity is carefully designed to be a fun and open-ended experience. Morah Lani Krausz, the early childhood director of the JEC, bases this practice on her years of graduate school training and early childhood teaching experience. She explains that children at play are in fact children at work—but they are relaxed, and “comfortable enough to learn and process information.” Whether in the context of exploring our world through binoculars to learn about parshat Bereishit or playing a game featuring numbers, “Children are empowered to ask questions and delve deeper into topics.” From the start of her tenure in this role, early in the summer, Morah Lani has invested in creating a program that furthers this vision. The JEC Early Childhood takes the best of all educational philosophies and blends them into the most developmentally appropriate and worthwhile program.