Breathing Space

5 yo and 2 yo have been going to their school. 5 yo loves it. She is happy to go and happy to come home. She talks about her projects, about...

We finished Sefer Breshit with 10 yo. 8 yo finished another perek with my husband. But this is not what my kids are excited about at the m...

We took off from doing formal schoolwork over Yom Tov (although 10 yo still managed to review the whole masechet Succah and read a ton of t...

Today was first day back-to-cop classes for us. I am teaching a class on geology, so I spent quite a bit of time preparing and then some ene...

So often I feel that my kids are not learning anything, and so often they remind me, in most unexpected ways, that they are learning... We...

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...

I was all organized, staying up late, writing up the plan for today. In the morning, 4 yo decided to do water experiments in the sink. ...

I was sent this video: The scientist in me called to replicate results. So I bought two types of sweet potatoes: conventional and organic...

Lately we've been having bad days. Not just a little blech, but, really bad. no good, rotten days. My husband had been on call, the baby...

Today both boys declared to be a great day. I picked up the kids from their sleepover by 9:30. On the way over, I listened to a shiur a...

This is from a nice and standard science book. Can you find the mistake?

Good things come to those who wait. I just wish inorganic substances crystallized like this!

Yesterday we went grocery shopping. Our list included ammonia and bluing. Till yesterday, I had no idea what is bluing, where to find it, a...

During most recent orthodox homeschoolers online chat, someone asked about resources for teaching science and a lively discussion ensued. I ...

You know those days when you look back and say: this is so enjoyable and I am getting so much satisfaction? Well, today was one of those. ...

I attended a homeschooling webinar this past week and one of the questions was about the science curriculum. Now, those still trigger a sma...

It's been Tishrei. There have been holidays up to wazoo. There has not been a lot of formal learning going on. Ok, there has not b...