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2 49 15_Re: 2 questions12_caryn lipson24_caryn_lipson@HOTMAIL.COM30_Fri, 6 Oct 2006 02:18:07 +0000801_- Thanks. I didn't think to look at amazon - it's actually quite a bit
cheaper!
Chag Sameach to all.
Caryn
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>To: TORCH-D@SHAMASH.ORG
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>Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:43:48 -0400
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>i don't think so. i just got Hebrew from amazon.com without really
>knowing what i was getting. it's been fine. no, better than fine.
>it's great.
>
> :)
>k
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52 22 53_Educational Links for Succoth---Chag Samayach RUSSELL16_Russell J Hendel17_rjhendel@JUNO.COM31_Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:31:51 -0400547_us-ascii Hi
Here are several dozen links about Succoth.
Good for education at any age
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hdaysu.htm
Russell http://www.Rashiyomi.com
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75 29 16_new issue of NJP12_Yael Resnick22_njpmail@MINDSPRING.COM31_Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:51:32 -0400213_us-ascii Hi!
Just wanted to let everyone know that the new issue of Natural Jewish
Parenting is now out. More info, including the table of contents, is
available at the website.
Thanks!
Yael44_12Oct200601:51:32-0400njpmail@MINDSPRING.COM
105 37 20_Re: new issue of NJP14_Mandy Oeschger23_sailorswife@KNOLOGY.NET31_Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:48:19 -0500616_iso-8859-1 OH good good good news! I can't believe it's over 90 pages! Looking
forward to my first copy. So if I ordered a week or so ago it should be
here soon then?
Mo'edim L' Simcha,
Mandy
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143 35 18_Simchat Torah Flag12_Rena Weisman19_renaweisman@COX.NET31_Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:37:23 -0700394_iso-8859-1 This link from e-chinuch is a great flag for Simchas Torah.
I used it as an idea ...I took a big sheet of construction paper, drew a
Torah on it and then cut it "open" as shown in the attached. I used the
sheet of a mitzvos provided, as a springboard. I had my 3 year old think of
all the mitzvos she does/has learnt about and we put this "inside the
Torah". [...]41_12Oct200614:37:23-0700renaweisman@COX.NET
179 72 22_Re: Simchat Torah Flag13_Avivah Werner22_avivahwerner@YAHOO.COM31_Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:40:22 -0700275_iso-8859-1 Thanks for this idea, Rena! I did this with my 4 yo thanks to your post, but didn't have the time to be as imaginative as you were. We cut out the Torah and mitzva shapes, then pasted them onto a foam sheet and wove a thin dowel through the side as a handle. [...]44_13Oct200609:40:22-0700avivahwerner@YAHOO.COM
252 222 22_Re: Simchat Torah Flag12_Rena Weisman19_renaweisman@COX.NET31_Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:28:37 -0700418_iso-8859-1 I'm so glad you could use this idea! I've been part of this forum for about 2 years; mostly lurking, learning new things and getting inspiration. As my oldest is young, I haven't had too much to share. I'm glad I could share something helpful!
Our next big project is going to be a Parsha note-book. Nothing fancy. Something with lots of pictures. My daughter is very visual and loves to color. [...]41_13Oct200612:28:37-0700renaweisman@COX.NET
475 43 22_Re: Simchat Torah Flag14_Jennifer Moran20_jrmoran@UCHICAGO.EDU31_Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:35:50 -0500400_us-ascii Rena wrote:
> Our next big project is going to be a Parsha
> note-book. Nothing fancy. Something with lots of
> pictures. My daughter is very visual and loves to
> color.
> As we do it, if anyone would like me to share parsha
> specific ideas, please let me know.
You may already know that aish.com has coloring pages for
every parsha. They are archived at: [...]42_16Oct200612:35:50-0500jrmoran@UCHICAGO.EDU
519 39 27_Favorite Jewish kids' books14_Jennifer Moran20_jrmoran@UCHICAGO.EDU31_Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:05:14 -0500539_us-ascii Here's a thread I hope everyone will want to chime in on:
what are your favorite Jewish-themed kids' books?
I've personally found it difficult to find picture books that
meet these criteria:
1) Substantive Jewish content, preferably traditionally -
oriented,
2) Beautiful illustrations, attractive layout, etc.,
3) Convey values without being excessively preachy or overbearing,
4) Engaging, creative stories (I have an aversion to talking
matzos, crying kiddush cups, etc.)... [...]42_17Oct200617:05:14-0500jrmoran@UCHICAGO.EDU
559 64 31_Re: Favorite Jewish kids' books12_Rena Weisman19_renaweisman@COX.NET31_Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:41:53 -0700518_iso-8859-1 Jennifer,
Most of my favorite books, that are not Yom Tov related are from HaChai
publishers. One of their great authors is Dina Rosenfeld. Her books are
beautiful stories with beautiful illustrations. Topics vary widely from
yarlmulka and tzedaka to the five senses.
Rena W.
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Subject: [TORCH-D] Favorite Jewish kids' books [...]41_17Oct200619:41:53-0700renaweisman@COX.NET
624 252 31_Re: Favorite Jewish kids' books14_Laya B Jackson17_tolife18@JUNO.COM31_Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:28:03 +0200414_us-ascii Here's another idea:
http://www.breslov.org/ordering/index.php?categoryID=11
Breslov Research Institute has picture books of Rebbe Nachman stories.
The link above to their website gives a one line explanation of each
story. (and it's nice to buy from such a great company and their
shlichut in this world) These are all stories that Rebbe Nachman told to
adults rewritten for kids. [...]39_18Oct200606:28:03+0200tolife18@JUNO.COM
877 212 31_Re: Favorite Jewish kids' books14_Laya B Jackson17_tolife18@JUNO.COM31_Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:11:56 +0200588_us-ascii The first book that pops into my head is "Gershon's Monsters" (Kimmel)
which is a great picture book themed for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur (via
Tashlish). The main character throws his sins into the sea, but never
really does tshuva so it create a sea monster which threatens to consume
his children (which he so longed for, got a blessing from a rebbe for,
and was then warned by the rebbe about the day he'd lose these precious
blessings)! It's got wonderful illustrations and was engaging enough for
a whole range of ages. We had tons of guests for [...]39_18Oct200606:11:56+0200tolife18@JUNO.COM
1090 99 31_Re: Favorite Jewish kids' books15_Rachel Gurevich25_rachel.gurevich@GMAIL.COM31_Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:05:47 +0200687_ISO-8859-1 Hello,
You're right, it is difficult to find quality Jewish literature...
One of my FAVORITE picture books, which is for I'd say ages 4/5 to adult, is
The Lost Princess, illustrated by Dovid Sears, based on Rebbe Nachman's
story of the lost princess. Published by the Breslov Institute.
http://www.breslov.org/ordering/productdetails.php?productID=40
It's apparently out of stock, but you may want to try your local Jewish
bookstore. It's worth looking for, I LOVE this book. The pictures are just
beautiful, and the story is well written and inspiring. My kids love it, and
I love it, for different reasons. It always makes me [...]47_18Oct200612:05:47+0200rachel.gurevich@GMAIL.COM
1190 29 48_[BULK] Re: [TORCH-D] Favorite Jewish kids' books14_Jennifer Moran20_jrmoran@UCHICAGO.EDU31_Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:13:00 -0500348_us-ascii Great suggestions, thanks!
Does anyone have recommendations for treatments of "Bible
stories", especially ones I can link to the parsha? It's so
tricky to do these well. The picture books either take all the
life out of the story, making it dry as crackers, or else
they're too violent or scary for a little kid... [...]42_18Oct200611:13:00-0500jrmoran@UCHICAGO.EDU
1220 27 10_Mazal Tov!6_Zohari20_najova@EARTHLINK.NET31_Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:31:54 -0600364_US-ASCII We are happy to announce the birth of our fourth child, a girl named Baila
Nechama. Mom and baby are well and everyone is adjusting to the new
dynamics at home.
PS- Check out my blog at http://www.jewish-homeschooling.blogspot.com to
see what we have been up to. It's just a beginning. I hope to update it at
the end of this week. [...]42_23Oct200616:31:54-0600najova@EARTHLINK.NET
1248 39 17_Re: Teen pen pals12_caryn lipson24_caryn_lipson@HOTMAIL.COM31_Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:57:55 +0000446_- Hi,
My daughter is interested in "meeting" other homeschooling girls. She's 13
and would be in eighth grade if she were in school (she was til middle of
6th grade). She has no homeschooling friends and the girls she's friends
with push the school route.
Her name is Tova and her email is xtigergirlx@gmail.com. Please put
"homeschooling" in the subject so she'll know or email me and I will forward
it to her. [...]46_26Oct200610:57:55+0000caryn_lipson@HOTMAIL.COM
1288 25 14_coloring pages15_Bara Loewenthal26_bara@BTGENTERPRISESINC.COM31_Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:44:45 -0600565_iso-8859-1 Hi all
I came across this website when searching for coloring pages for Parshat
Noach. I personally love Brett's paintings so this was a great find for me.
http://www.janbrett.com/activities_pages_artwork.htm
Enjoy
Bara
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1314 76 18_Re: coloring pages14_Malkie Swidler18_malkie18@GMAIL.COM31_Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:30:45 +0200494_ISO-8859-1 While we are on the subject of great websites, my son is really enjoying the
pre-algebra site:
http://www.learningwave.com/abmath/
It's called Absurd Math, and it's a wonderful game where you need to solve
pre-algebra problems in order to progress. We do it together (he's learning
pre-alg from it, and eventually we'll fill in any missing pieces) and we
have a blast figuring out the problems. At first, I did them with him, now
I'm just a consultant. [...]40_26Oct200623:30:45+0200malkie18@GMAIL.COM
1391 41 14_Atlanta visit?13_Kerith Earlix17_kerith@EARLIX.COM31_Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:01:53 -0700376_US-ASCII Hello! My family and I (husband, 1-1/2-year-old son and 3-1/2-year-old
daughter) will be visiting Atlanta November 23-December 3. We are
considering moving to Atlanta, and would love to meet and talk with a
homeschooling family sometime during our visit. We plan to be lifelong
homeschoolers. E-mail me privately if you're available to meet with us. [...]39_29Oct200622:01:53-0700kerith@EARLIX.COM
1433 60 18_Re: Atlanta visit?14_Bill Bernstein27_billbernstein@BELLSOUTH.NET31_Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:18:38 -0600671_ISO-8859-1 I'm not volunteering him or anything, but no visit to Atlanta would be
truly fulfilling without meeting list member Larry Beck and his family.
He brews a wicked beer, btw.
Bill
Kerith Earlix wrote:
>Hello! My family and I (husband, 1-1/2-year-old son and 3-1/2-year-old
>daughter) will be visiting Atlanta November 23-December 3. We are
>considering moving to Atlanta, and would love to meet and talk with a
>homeschooling family sometime during our visit. We plan to be lifelong
>homeschoolers. E-mail me privately if you're available to meet with us.
>
>We are planning to explore a few other Jewish communities [...]49_30Oct200608:18:38-0600billbernstein@BELLSOUTH.NET
1494 60 18_Re: Atlanta visit?14_Rebecca Harper22_hudabecca@RAINMALL.COM31_Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:14:08 -0700628_utf-8 Hello, we just moved from Denver last summer, so if you would like to know
some information, I would be happy to help you.
-Rivkah
Kerith Earlix writes:
> Hello! My family and I (husband, 1-1/2-year-old son and 3-1/2-year-old
> daughter) will be visiting Atlanta November 23-December 3. We are
> considering moving to Atlanta, and would love to meet and talk with a
> homeschooling family sometime during our visit. We plan to be lifelong
> homeschoolers. E-mail me privately if you're available to meet with us.
>
> We are planning to explore a few other Jewish communities [...]44_30Oct200609:14:08-0700hudabecca@RAINMALL.COM
1555 65 18_Re: Atlanta visit?16_Brenda Goldstein19_lioness31@CA.RR.COM31_Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:14:42 -0800548_us-ascii We're planning to visit Atlanta, also, in January (hello, Larry!), for
the same reasons that you are (to find a more affordable community). We
also plan to visit Denver, as well as Dallas. I would consider
communities in colder climates, as well, but my husband has always lived
in a warm climate, and would be afraid to live in a cold one. Also like
you, we would probably make a decision within the next year or two. We
have a 3 1/2-year-old son, and plan to continue homeschooling (we're in
LA now).
Brenda [...]41_30Oct200610:14:42-0800lioness31@CA.RR.COM
1621 108 14_Making it work6_Zohari20_najova@EARTHLINK.NET31_Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:54:08 -0700405_ISO-8859-1 Dear Friends,
It seems like my mazal tov announcement may not have gone through to
everyone last week. We are so happy to have welcomed our new baby, Baila
Nechama, on 18 Tishrei. This puts the total to four kids and one mom at
home full time and teaching. The first few weeks had their ups and downs
with adjustments, but today seems to be our first day back on track. [...]42_30Oct200611:54:08-0700najova@EARTHLINK.NET
1730 25 9_Mazal Tov0_27_billbernstein@BELLSOUTH.NET31_Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:15:23 -0500456_ISO-8859-1 On behalf of the whole list I wish Shoshana a warm and hearty mazal tov, with many wishes for simcha and nachas from the new addition.
On a related note, this list goes to many people. Sadly, not all of them want to see an email from one individual to another with a simple mazal tov wish or other personal note. With a heavy heart I must advise members that a message intended for one person is better sent off list to that person. [...]49_30Oct200617:15:23-0500billbernstein@BELLSOUTH.NET
1756 58 18_Re: Atlanta visit?10_Larry Beck19_larry@BECKFORCE.COM31_Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:39:48 -0500543_us-ascii Hello Kerith and Brenda,
We would love to see y'all (or anyone else) when you are here in Atlanta. We
have been here for 13 years [we are originally from LA too - as in
"California" not "Lower Alabama" (:-) ] and have been homeschooling for 12
of them. The Atlanta Jewish community is very friendly and a good moderate
size. Georgia is very easy on homeschoolers. The weather is mild and the
politicians are conservative. In short it is a nice place to live. I will
email you off list with contact info. [...]41_31Oct200607:39:48-0500larry@BECKFORCE.COM
1815 76 18_Re: Making it work16_ZagorskyGoldberg28_zagorskygoldberg@VERIZON.NET31_Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:40:14 -0500373_iso-8859-1 Making it workHaving found myself twice having "school-age" kids and a new baby, we found that it works best to just call it a "unit study on pregnancy/birth/newborns" :). Yes, there is a lot more of "fluff" that happens in my kids' work around that time, but, heck, there are years and years to do schoolwork and not so very much time to enjoy a new baby. [...]50_31Oct200607:40:14-0500zagorskygoldberg@VERIZON.NET
1892 64 18_Re: Making it work13_Avivah Werner22_avivahwerner@YAHOO.COM31_Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:27:52 -0800419_iso-8859-1 I think we moms need to give ourselves a break and not be apologetic that the tempo of life changes for our older kids when we have a new baby in the house. There is lots to gain in life, lots of learning that happens, and lots of that isn't quantifiable. It doesn't mean it isn't valuable, even more than filling out worksheets. (Well, that isn't saying much since worksheets have so little value! :)) [...]44_31Oct200606:27:52-0800avivahwerner@YAHOO.COM
1957 39 23_Kindergarden Curriculum12_Rena Weisman19_renaweisman@COX.NET31_Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:55:00 -0800380_iso-8859-1 Good Day Everyone,
I'm sure this question has come up before so if anyone can tell me how to
search the archives, I would be happy to do that.
I'm trying to be pro-active and am doing some research on Kindergarden
Curriculums for my oldest daughter. (The intention is to start one in
August - or realistically, after the Chagim, next year.) [...]41_31Oct200612:55:00-0800renaweisman@COX.NET
1997 152 18_Re: Making it work14_Malkie Swidler18_malkie18@GMAIL.COM31_Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:32:22 +0200586_ISO-8859-1 When my son was seven, his youngest sister was born. He was already reading
"cat", "dog" and "car" type words, but not much more. When dd was born and I
had two under two, anything resembling "formal schooling", which was already
not very formal and didn't at all resemble schooling, went straight out the
window. I figured, "fine, nothing will happen for the next two months. It
doesn't matter, there is nothing that has to happen today, anyway." And I
tried to be there for him, but not around our usual crafts and experiments
and all that stuff. [...]40_31Oct200622:32:22+0200malkie18@GMAIL.COM
2150 66 18_Re: Making it work12_Yael Resnick22_njpmail@MINDSPRING.COM31_Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:39:42 -0500520_us-ascii Malkie,
Thank you so much for sharing this. This is one of the best
homeschooling (unschooling) stories I have ever heard!!!
My son sounds very similar to your son.... He is now 9 and didn't
click with reading until "late" -- also on his own -- and come to
think of it, he spent a lot of time looking at catalogs!!! Although
it wasn't quite as dramatic as your son's story.... Hm...... maybe we
can package a bunch of catalogs in a box and call it the Catalog
Curriculum... [...]44_31Oct200616:39:42-0500njpmail@MINDSPRING.COM
2217 100 27_Re: Kindergarden Curriculum14_Malkie Swidler18_malkie18@GMAIL.COM31_Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:19:53 +0200353_ISO-8859-1 Stick with the random stuff. Kindergarden curricula tend to be... too much
of the wrong thing. There are so many studies showing that early academics
provide no benefit to the child. The right thing is scissors, clay and a
library card (this is pretty much the best formula, come to think, for at
least the next five years). [...]40_31Oct200623:19:53+0200malkie18@GMAIL.COM
2318 102 27_Re: Kindergarden Curriculum14_Jennifer Moran20_jrmoran@UCHICAGO.EDU31_Tue, 31 Oct 2006 16:47:04 -0600635_us-ascii Dear Rena,
It sounds like you're looking for a pre-packaged curriculum,
which I cannot help you with. But I'll tell you what we're
doing, for much less $$ than a formal curriculum. (We just
started these activities because my son turned into a "big
kid"--overnight, it seemed--a couple weeks ago.)
Reading: We just started using Teach Your Child to Read in 100
Easy Lessons. So far, we are enjoying it. We are keeping the
lessons *very short* and *very positive*, to fit with his
developmental stage. I'm also making a few simple
reinforcement sheets for him on the computer.
The [...]42_31Oct200616:47:04-0600jrmoran@UCHICAGO.EDU