Developmentally appropriate
Children learn through play, concrete materials, repetition, movement, story, and sensory experience.
About Tarbut Education
Israel Education Should Feel Joyful, Rich, and Possible Through Play
Tarbut Education creates developmentally appropriate materials that help young children connect with Israel through play, story, discovery, and everyday cultural learning.
Tarbut Education creates joyful, hands-on Israel learning experiences designed for how young children learn best: through play, story, discovery, and meaningful connection.
Our work brings Israel into the daily lives of young children through tactile, joyful tools. A story can make a distant place feel personal. A game can turn Israeli symbols into language, memory, and conversation. A map can turn geography into curiosity. A small discovery can become part of a child's identity.
Tarbut Education is rooted in early childhood pedagogy, Jewish cultural life, and the conviction that educators and families deserve resources that are beautiful, practical, and easy to use.
Founder
Romina Naparstek
Founder and Early Childhood Educator
Romina created Tarbut Education to help educators and families introduce Israel in a way that respects how young children learn: through play, wonder, relationship, repetition, and hands-on discovery.
Born and raised in Buenos Aires and shaped by her years in Miami, Israel, and California, Romina brings together early childhood education, Jewish learning, and the sensory language of food and culture. Romina earned her Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from Florida International University and a Master's degree in Jewish Education from Gratz College. Her work reflects a simple belief: children build connection through the things they can touch, taste, hear, repeat, and share.
Through Tarbut Education, Romina designs story, game, and map-based tools that make Israel feel close, joyful, and meaningful for young children, families, and educators.
Why It Matters
Early Childhood Is Not Too Early
It is the moment when children are forming language, trust, curiosity, and early connections to culture, identity, and place.
Joyfully Jewish
Israel education can be warm, playful, culturally rich, and connected to everyday Jewish life rather than limited to special occasions.
Simple to use
Educators and families need tools that feel intuitive, beautiful, flexible, and ready for real classrooms and homes.
Built for belonging
The goal is not memorization alone. It is helping children feel that Israel can be close, knowable, and part of their story.
Get in Touch
Let's Bring Israel to Your Community
Whether you are an educator, school director, camp leader, parent, partner, or funder, Tarbut Education would love to connect.