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Homeschooling this year (2011-2012)
I am a fan of Montessori methodology. I love enabling the kids to do for themselves! So that is really what I aim for. This is an overview of my system for this year. I’ll update with what I’m using...
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Chores for kids…with simcha!
Chores are important for kids. They are part of the family, and part of being part of a family is help out! But giving the chores to kids doesn’t necessarily mean the adult in charge gets to take the...
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Sitting on your hands is hard…
This morning, ds7 and I wrote out his weekly plan (my kids get weekly assignments and then plan out when they’ll do what using this Kid’s weekly planner). He chose to set a heavy workload for himself...
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You may be wondering what day looks like in my house with my 4 kids home all day. A quick review: I have a 7 year old (2nd grade), a 4.5 year old (pre-k, some k work), a 2 year old and a 4 month old....
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Parsha project resources
I have some ideas of parsha projects here, but there are so many choices out there! Of course, Aish and Chabad have tons of things in their sites (see my parsha posts for specific links to some...
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Making matza with kids (and recipe)
Today we made matza (unleavened bread) for parshat Bo and Shabbat meals this week. We had a fun time making it, but can definitely appreciate buying it for Passover instead of having to make it...
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Beshalach: Resources and project ideas
Image via Wikipedia Beshalach: This week’s parsha picks up where Bo left off: the Israelites are leaving Egypt! Except that Pharaoh again changes his mind and chases them to the Red Sea, where Hashem...
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Not back to school – yippee!
After writing about lunch stations and routines to make the school mornings easier – here is the link if you missed it – I thought I should put together something about our back to school plans for...
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Marshmallow Bees for Rosh Hashanah
Yummy marshmallow bees! This is a fun project that my kiddos and I made to get ready for Rosh Hashanah. In case you can’t tell, baking and doing dessert-type things is my favorite! I came up with this...
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