Hey there, students!

Are you ready for an exciting ICTS™ for Kids year? We offer two payment options: Full Yearly Payments or Per-Book Payments. Per-book deductions will be charged 30 days before the start of each book five times per Hebrew calendar year. If you choose the full payment option, please note that materials will still be shipped per book throughout the year. Remember, we welcome new registrants all throughout the year! You can register your kids by calling us at 1-866-867-2488. Can’t pay the monthly costs? Ralph Messer’s heart is to never turn a child away. Simply call our team, and we’d be happy to work with you to make these classes possible for all of your children. In addition to this, we have people around the community that donate to sponsor children so that they can stay in class! If you’d like to sponsor a child, click the “Sponsor a Child” button below and designate your donation to the “Children’s Division.” We’re so excited to teach your children, and we can’t wait to see them in class! Have questions? Email us at icts@stbm.org.

A Message from the Team

…From our heart to yours.

This one-of-a-kind curriculum has been made from the ground up by Simchat Torah Beit Midrash®, nominated for graphic awards, and includes educational topics that have never been readily available to the public before… until now. From all of us here at ICTS™ for Kids, thank you for partnering with us to train up the next generations for a bright future ahead! Together, we can develop a better tomorrow, and with your help, we can change the world. It all starts with YOUR kids. Let’s go on this journey together. Shalom!

I’m in the business of study in order to lead by example in my community of the future generation. In leading by example in my community, I automatically become a mentor to those around me without having to say a word.

I am privileged and honored to work with the most talented, inspired, and highly creative team of published authors, curriculum writers, and graphic designers. Our team is passionate about developing engaging and thought-provoking content to captivate and inspire the next generation! Through our ICTS™ for Kids program, we focus on teaching life-changing moral values, leadership skills, and ethics using all-original stories, workbook activities, games, and more. This ensures a fun and exciting experience for all of our young readers and curriculum participants. With several authored books, ADDY Awards, and nominations, our work is known for its insightful and practical approach to empowering both young and older people to walk forward with purpose and clarity about who they were created to be. Our impactful curriculum also focuses on teaching personal character development, wisdom, and leadership, and inspiring mindfulness skills, to name a few. This expertise has earned us recognition worldwide, instilling confidence in our readers and partners.

Hi! I work for an international company that specializes in curriculum development for both adults and children. Particularly, I have expertise in developing material for young students who are in early childhood education, elementary education, and secondary education. Our work aims to teach the upcoming generation values and ethics that they can use throughout their lives, along with providing an education for how to develop strong morals and character traits to excel in everyday life. This will result in the next generation having a firm foundation in knowing who they are, and also being able to have a clear view of their purpose in life. There is hope for the future generation! I am proud to say that, with award-winning graphics in our publications, enthralling games, and captivating stories based upon biblical, historical, and cultural content, there’s no reason that every child shouldn’t be a part of our curriculum: ICTS™ for Kids.

I work with a team of young, published writers in a college-level curriculum for Generation Alpha and the future entrepreneurs, leaders, businessmen, and businesswomen of the world. This curriculum teaches our bright, young children and youth the ethics and principles of the Torah and how to apply them to their everyday lives through simple-to-grasp teachings on their level. Through fun activities, workbooks, games, summaries, homework assignments, and our exclusive lessons laced with studies from Ralph Messer, this curriculum is unlike anything else! I am very grateful to be working with such an amazing team of writers, and I can’t wait to see the impact of our curriculum on the next generation!

Here at STBM, we believe in family. We believe that without involving the next group of upcoming adults in the community, a community can never last. We are passionate in our life’smission to give children a foundation that will launch them into a prosperous and successful future like never before.

ICTS™ for Kids is a different type of education—it’s an education that teaches children about their heart, their life, their purpose. It’s an education that won’t just fade with time. It will truly develop into a legacy.

Our kids classes are provided when adult sessions are taking place in the STBM centers near you, so be sure to find out when YOUR center is hosting an ICTS™ for Kids study lesson! It’s important to mention that, at this stage in their lives, your kids are actually making memories that will last forever. We don’t want to leave your kids out of the study while you are also learning so much… we want their memories to become just as meaningful as yours are becoming. When times get tough in their lives, we want them to be able to go back to an ICTS™ for Kids memory and say, “Yes. This is what I know for sure.”

You may be asking yourself, “What makes this children’s course different than any other curriculum or kid’s camp?” Let us first give you the simple answer: Having a solid, biblical education is one of the most important parts of a young, growing child’s life. “Without a good foundation,” we often ask ourselves, “what kind of person will they become?”

Our president and founder has spent 45+ years of his life teaching people of all ages and backgrounds about the fundamental ethics and biblical morals that can produce an elevated lifestyle, which eventually leads to a changed life. All of those teachings—6,500 and counting—have been recorded and documented over decades. So, why is this important to mention? To develop the ICTS™ for Kids courses, the STBM Children’s Division has taken all of those years and hours of teachings, as well as the ICTS™ master classes, and condensed and simplifiedthem to fit inside of this single course for YOUR children.

We’ve developed—from scratch—all-original STBM workbooks, games, crafts, activities, storybooks, hands-on sensory projects, lesson animations, online interactions, classroom dialogues, team-building exercises, character classes, culture classes, principle studies, physical education segments, reflection lessons, language studies, history education classes, trade development sessions, and historical field trips (…just to name a few), because we really want your kids to receive a valuable and life-lasting education here at STBM.

It’s true, your young generation has the ability to live up to their maximum potential, so why not allow that to start growing and developing now? Nothing is more important than your little ones. So, what do you say? You can start your family’s journey to new heights in their relationship with God, other people, and themselves, by registering your children for ICTS™ for Kids today.

Writing children’s curriculum for STBM is more than just a job for me; it’s a chance to dive into the boundless realms of creativity in biblical education! In my role, I’m not only testing the limits of my creativity, but I also get to infuse my personal passions (especially poetry) into the content. It’s incredibly rewarding to see how these elements come together to spark the joy of learning in young learners. The opportunity to influence and inspire the next generation through writing is both a privilege and a responsibility that I embrace wholeheartedly.

Together with a wonderful team, my role is to enrich the world by shaping children’s futures through education. This work fosters order, healing, love, and peace, empowering individuals and their generations to make a lasting, positive impact on society.

I am part of a team that develops Torah-based children’s curriculum. Through interactive lessons, stories, and activities, our aim is to make learning about biblical values a meaningful experience while conveying complex principles in age-appropriate and engaging ways. Our curriculum combines creativity with impactful lessons that will shape the world of future generations.

I work with a team of writers who have devoted their lives to the generations coming after them. It is truly honoring and inspiring to contribute to a line of work that will last for a lifetime! I love being able to take highly-skilled material and break it down in a way that really clicks for kids. It’s in these young stages of their lives that they need to be trained up in the way that they should go, and I have no doubt that this curriculum presents a start for that way. However, we know that we aren’t the only ones pouring into your kids’ lives! We need you, too! Together with YOUR support we can ensure that every kid has the opportunity to learn about the God of Creation, and with that learning, they will discover the most beautiful and rewarding things themselves.

For me, writing and developing curriculum is not only a privilege and one of my deepest passions, but it’s also a way to communicate the blessings of the God of Creation, even down to the generations who are not yet born! With every word we put on paper, every graphic we design, and every book that we print out, the students have an opportunity to grow a deeply-rooted connection with God inside of them. It can be the most difficult task, at times, trying to break down life concepts for kids, but in the end, it comes down to one thing: your children NEED it. I do this because it goes beyond me; I do it for them!

Today, kids are looking for something to live for, something to hold on to, something to walk through life with. They are looking for an answer to their questions, and that is found in a Book that will exceed time! This Book was held dear by Moses, King David, and God Himself; this Book is God’s Word. I am blessed beyond words to be working with the most talented team of children’s curriculum developers. Every day is an exciting challenge that pushes us to our limits and causes us to reach deeper into our lives to express God in the world. Although we are writing and developing this curriculum, it won’t go anywhere if we don’t have YOU helping us implement these foundational concepts into the classrooms and STBM centers across the globe. Building a foundation for this up-and-coming generation will take an entire community, and it starts with you! Thank you for all of your support!

If you’d like to register your kids, head to stbm.org and hover over the “ICTS™” drop down. Then, select the “ICTS™ for Kids” tab and click on the “Register” button. You can also call our team at 1-866-867-2488, and we’ll be happy to sign up your family from our end.

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Hey there, students!

Are you ready for an exciting ICTS™ for Kids year? We offer two payment options: Full Yearly Payments or Per-Book Payments. Per-book deductions will be charged 30 days before the start of each book five times per Hebrew calendar year. If you choose the full payment option, please note that materials will still be shipped per book throughout the year. Remember, we welcome new registrants all throughout the year! You can register your kids by calling us at 1-866-867-2488. Can’t pay the monthly costs? Ralph Messer’s heart is to never turn a child away. Simply call our team, and we’d be happy to work with you to make these classes possible for all of your children. In addition to this, we have people around the community that donate to sponsor children so that they can stay in class! If you’d like to sponsor a child, click the “Sponsor a Child” button below and designate your donation to the “Children’s Division.” We’re so excited to teach your children, and we can’t wait to see them in class! Have questions? Email us at icts@stbm.org.

  • Infants

    We provide equipped rooms to accommodate babies and nursing mothers

  • Coloring pages and story time

    Ages 1–3 (3 year olds that are not potty trained)

  • Ages 3–4.5 (3 year olds that are potty trained)

    Coloring pages, story time, and character classes to learn sharing, being kind, helping others, etc.

  • Hands-on projects, sensory projects, character classes, and physical education

    Ages 4.5–5

  • Ages 6–8

    Workbook activities, story time, and games

  • Lessons, homework, and crafts

    Ages 9–10

  • Ages 11–12

    Classroom dialogue, team building, and principle studies

  • History lessons, note-taking, and group projects

    Ages 13–15

  1. Students who have had a fever of 100.0 degrees Fahrenheit or above within a 24-hour period of a scheduled ICTS™ for Kids class are not allowed to join their class.
  2. Students who have vomited, had diarrhea, and/or a rash within a 24-hour period are not allowed to join their class. If a student vomits in a class or has diarrhea, the parents will be notified and the student will be dismissed from class.
  3. If a child has visible markings from a previous virus infection of chickenpox or another virus, they will not be allowed in the department until all markings and symptoms of the virus are gone.
  4. All students must keep their shoes on at all times while in the building.
  5. In the event of misbehavior or an accident that occurred in the classroom, the Children’s Department front desk will have a form filled out with the date and time regarding the incident. The form will be discussed with the teacher and parent(s), then filed in the Children’s Department records.
  6. Phones and electronics are not allowed to be used in class. If this becomes an issue, children with phones or electronics may be asked to deposit their items (attached to their tag numbers) in a basket that will be held by the Children’s Department front desk. All phones and electronics can be checked out after class.
  7. For a full list of Children’s Department Rules and Regulations, please see the Children’s Department front desk at a center near you.
  1. In the event that a student is sick or is having difficulty (medically), the hall monitor and guardian(s) of the student will be notified, as well as an on-site medic, for assistance. The teacher will stay with the student until the guardian(s) of the student has arrived or if the student is incapable of communicating on their own.
  2. Guardians who choose to leave medication with the Children’s Department front desk must write a permission slip to allow the administration of medication(s) to their children. All medications will need to be labeled with the student’s name, date, last time administered, and dose that is allowed to be given by the guardian(s). All medications will be reported to the medic on duty for the day. Medication(s) administered by the teachers will have the date, time, the amount/dosage, and the name of the teacher who administered it to the student, written down and placed inside of a plastic ziplock bag with the medication. In the event of an emergency, the Children’s Department front desk will be notified, along with security and the guardian(s) of the student, and 911 will be called.
  3. Fire, lock-in, and lock-down drills are conducted quarterly with all of the classes. The head of security will teach and review with the kids how to respond in emergency situations.
  4. The Children’s Department front desk will be notified if a student is being dismissed from a classroom or being picked up by their guardian(s). Both the student tag and matching guardian code will be checked and confirmed before allowing each child to be dismissed from class. If the student has lost their name tag or if the guardian has misplaced their code, the Children’s Department front desk will have to verify the guardian’s (or guardians’) driver’s license(s) before the student can be dismissed. Guardians will be escorted to the classroom if the class is still in progress.
  5. Children will not be allowed to enter the outside play area without being escorted by a teacher and a security member.
  6. For a full list of Children’s Department Safety Information, please see the Children’s Department front desk at a center near you.