Breathing Space

I finally finished reading " Daring Greatly ". There is a passage that haunts me, from the beginning of the book when she talks ab...

A few weeks ago, we participated in the Shabbos Project. Originally meant as a Shabbat to encourage your non-observant Jewish acquaintances ...

We were passing an Indian consulate this afternoon when 12 yo asked me what is a consulate. I explained that it is an official representatio...

This week I came across the article regarding lack of standards and testing in Judaic learning . I read it with interest and then shuddered:...

"Mommy, can you turn on Star 94?" Where we live, this is the cool radio station, playing top 40 hits. It's more like same ten ...

This is the time of year when people pick out curriculum and resources, so I wanted to share which publications we subscribe to, and which o...

Friday night, 10 pm. A very tired mommy is tucking the kids into bed. 8 yo: "How do you divide a not even number in half? What happe...

On Friday, I had a conversation with my sister about kids and she asked me, point-blank, wouldn't 9 yo be better off in school? I said t...

Homeschooling is a rough journey: there are no familiar signposts, and so much of the time is spent either reinventing the wheel or blazing ...

There is this beautiful example of getting ready for Shabbos early going around: have your table set and all the preparations finished by ch...

Yesterday, we had one of those homeschooling days that look so good on paper and make people want to homeschool their kids. I had a dental a...

See these angles, studiously working together each in their workbook? No, this is not a posed photo, but it lasted a total of four minutes. ...

a fish names gefilte I spoke too soon about waiting for next year to have a meaningful Yamim Noraim ( Days of Awe). We went to shul, b...

I could have peeled those eight potatoes in five minutes. But 7 yo and 3 yo were in charge of getting me the potatoes, and then they wante...

I was on an organizing kick, which led to a huge mess on the floor. I was pulling out all the books that the boys are not using from their c...

A few days ago our local listserve had a request for people to help with the eruv mailing. It was for stuffing and stamping envelopes. I fig...

Yesterday was a momentous occasion in our household: we pulled off a movie night! Our friends were making aliyah and gave us a whole bunch o...

When I started unschooling, I was quite anxious about Judaics. This week my kids lovingly proved me wrong. 9 yo pulled out Selected for You...

I have to leaf my way through Kedoshim now. How did we end up from Toldot in Kedoshim?  Yesterday 9 yo came up with an idea for a large p...