1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/torch-d January 2000
1 859 0_11_Susan Lapin20_suelap@attglobal.net31_Thu, 30 Dec 1999 08:16:03 -0800645_iso-8859-1 <<I am interested to hear what went into the decision to send some of the<br>kids<br>to high school, rather than continue homeschooling. Did you homeschool<br>through high school with the older kids?>><br><br>We sent the kids to high school as a joint decision with them. I really felt<br>pretty confident about doing high school English studies, but didn't think<br>that timewise we could do the Jewish stuff at home. Also things like<br>performances and extra-curricular activities from a Jewish perspective<br>wouldn't have worked. They wanted a larger social group - which Seattle<br>doesn't offer of like minded people- and [...]49_LPBBJIADABHKBEKLJEPAEEFMCAAA.suelap@attglobal.net
861 35 42_Re: Homeschoolers Day at the Jerusalem Zoo47_Israel (Ira) Friedman and Tzviya (Fawn) Brickel21_ifriedma@actcom.co.il31_Sun, 30 Jan 2000 22:20:04 +0200577_us-ascii Hi,<br>I just thought I'd let people know that the meeting at the zoo was a<br>success, although the day wasn't quite as sunny or warm as it had been the<br>day before. (Of course, three days later we were under snow! :-)<br>Ephraim didn't come (and my sons were looking forward to seeing his son)<br>but I was there, along with Sara Rivka and some new people I haven't met<br>before, both homeschoolers and those just interested. The children had a<br>marvelous time playing in the playground and making friends with the<br>rabbits and goats in the petting zoo. [...]43_30Jan200022:20:04+0200ifriedma@actcom.co.il
897 62 10_Re: Hebrew47_Israel (Ira) Friedman and Tzviya (Fawn) Brickel21_ifriedma@actcom.co.il31_Sun, 30 Jan 2000 22:11:27 +0200585_us-ascii At 10:14 PM 1/16/00 -0800, you wrote:<br>>Well, for language, you can try the Learnables, although there are two<br>>potential problems:<br>><br>>1. They might be called the "dryables" because they are kind of dry.<br><br>But if you're eager to learn, they same things that make them dry also<br>make it very easy to learn.<br><br>><br>>2. I'm not 100 percent sure about the vocab. I learned the word "ke'era"<br>>from the Learnables, and it stuck in my head. But when I asked for one in<br>>Machaneh Yehuda, and I asked for one for soup, the shopkeeper looked at me<br> [...]43_30Jan200022:11:27+0200ifriedma@actcom.co.il
960 127 16_Re: introduction47_Israel (Ira) Friedman and Tzviya (Fawn) Brickel21_ifriedma@actcom.co.il31_Sun, 30 Jan 2000 22:28:52 +0200490_us-ascii Hi Nechama,<br><br>At 07:59 PM 1/4/00 +0000, you wrote:<br>>Hello!<br>><br>>My name is Nechama Cox,<br><snip><br>>As far as why I subbed -- I want to learn more about what is out there for<br>>Orthodox homeschoolers.<br>><br>>Anyway, that is probably worlds more than you wanted to know.<br><br>Not at all! I love to hear about other people's experiences. Your husband<br>was homeschooled! Neat. Was his family observant?<br>><br>>I am looking forward to chatting with ya'll. [...]43_30Jan200022:28:52+0200ifriedma@actcom.co.il
1088 19 10_Re: Hebrew15_Shoshana Sloman19_ssloman@hotmail.com29_Mon, 31 Jan 2000 14:45:54 PST454_- I also enjoyed the Learnables tapes. The deal with the vocabulary is that<br>they use the same pictures and script for each language they have tapes for,<br>just translated into the appropriate language; so the particular words and<br>situations are not necessarily suited to the culture whose language you are<br>trying to learn.<br>______________________________________________________<br>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com [...]39_31Jan200014:45:54PSTssloman@hotmail.com