chana mentioned that she doesn't really like davening, and how she always feels like it's going to take so long, but then it takes shorter than she thought it would. (talking about shemona esrei.)
she doesn't really know what she's saying in tefila. i remember having a conversation with her about needs and what she would ask hashem for, when thinking about what things she doesn't have control over. she mentioned a lot of the individual needs covered in shemona esrei, and then wondered what the rest of the brachos were about, and we talked about communal needs and societal needs.
so tonight i said to her, "as you know, it's shemona esrei, so there are 19 brachos, so how about we go through one each day and then maybe you'll illustrate it or something." and her eyes lit up and she asked if she could do it in anime. and i was delighted that she responded in such a positive manner.
we start tomorrow. bracha one. i hope we don't run out of steam. i really would like for her to have the general subject/translation of the brachos of shemona esrei before her bat mitzva.
Purpose
I am planning to try to blog our daily chumash struggles, triumphs and activities. For grandparents, it will keep you updated on chumash progress. For parents (that's you, Ari) it will facilitate our parent-teacher conferences and give you a chance to input your opinion on how you want things handled. For friends interested in education of elementary school age children for chumash, well, there might be some of that.
How This Began
I am an Orthodox Jew and I've been homeschooling for fourteen years. Teaching chumash is one of the most important subjects, and one of the most challenging. We care so much that our children love Torah. v'shinantam l'vanecha. We want so badly for them to have the skills and the ability. Skills work is a particular challenge for homeschoolers, who have not accepted boredom as a fact of school. Or should I say it is a challenge for the mom/teacher...
My oldest "graduated" homeschool (her choice) and is in high school. When I started, I was teaching chumash to a 3rd grader, with a toddler and an infant for company. We now have one chumash learner, one preschooler, a toddler and an infant.
I largely "unschool" and when I started this blog, I was reading Alfie Kohn. Many of my posts explored this. Although I currently am not brave enough to unschool chumash, I am seriously thinking about it for the boys.
My oldest "graduated" homeschool (her choice) and is in high school. When I started, I was teaching chumash to a 3rd grader, with a toddler and an infant for company. We now have one chumash learner, one preschooler, a toddler and an infant.
I largely "unschool" and when I started this blog, I was reading Alfie Kohn. Many of my posts explored this. Although I currently am not brave enough to unschool chumash, I am seriously thinking about it for the boys.
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