For the past 18 years, The Living Torah Museum has brought Torah to life for hundreds of thousands of visitors. Now, bring it into your own home with these enriching DVDs you can now stream online! Recently, the principal of one boys’ cheder told Rabbi Shaul Shimon Deutsch, founder of The Torah Living Museum, “You…
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How to Stay Sane With Your Kids Home All Day
Are things crazy right now or what? As a homeschooling mom (who also works!), I spend all day, every day with my kids and I know it can be crazy hard. To keep siblings from tearing each others’ eyes out To get the laundry folded and food on the table To not binge on the…
Is Your Child’s School Conducting Online Classes?
If you usually like to limit the devices in your home…but find you have a temporary need now that school is online in many places—this affordable tablet may be the solution. It’s $35! Although it’s great for kids to be able to continue their learning while home via online sessions, what’s a family to do…
Making Ice Cream: Science, Fun, and Food Combine in One Great Summer Activity
Science can be fun – and delicious! Experiments involving food are the best kind, and the one we love the most is making our own ice cream! What you’ll need: Whole milk or heavy cream Sugar Chocolate syrup or vanilla extract (or other flavorings) Ice Salt Sandwich size resealable bags Gallon size resealable bags A…
Sneaky Ways to Give Your Kids a Bit More Knowledge – Part 3
Fill their minds with informative, engaging, and enlightening…books! Obviously books play a large part in educating our children. But there are some out there that are more fun to read than others. There are lots of novels that teach history, science, geography and many other topics while entertaining your child. They’re learning without even knowing…
Sneaky Ways to Give Your Kids a Bit More Knowledge, Part 2
Globes let kids explore the world—and they’re fun! Globes. Every home should have a good one. It holds the answers to so many curious questions. Why is it so much warmer in Florida? How come it’s already night at Savta’s house? Where do polar bears live? How could it be summer in Australia when it’s…
Sneaky Ways to Give Your Kids a Bit More Knowledge – Part 1
All 50 States and Their Capitals? The Periodic Table? The Presidents of the U.S.? Your kids can soak all that knowledge up, and more. Our kids learn a lot. With a dual curriculum from preschool through high school, there is so much information taught to them daily. But with that very full curriculum, some of…
We’re Racist and We Didn’t Even Realize
How the Prejudice in Our Community Comes Back to Hurt Us “And now we’re going to count the way cleaning ladies count! Uno, dos…” My kindergarten-age daughter learned to count in Spanish and this was how morah introduced the new skill at graduation. Many of the mothers simply laughed. The subtle insinuation that all people…