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"Institutions matter," or so goes the truism in political science. It's such a fundamental concept that it becomes its own joke from time to time -- bantered about by fellow nerdy academicians commenting on each others' peer-reviewed articles. Joking aside though, it's true. Hugh Heclo, a political scientist who wrote a book called "On Thinking Institutionally," says that "institutions enable us to be mindful in certain ways, exercising a particular form of attentiveness to meaning in the world.” Read More »
Contents: • Weekly roundup; Using Active Listening to access the Divine Spark in our children • New Q&A feature with Mayim Bialik, PhD • New feature - Room613 photo section • In classes this week • 4th Torah Home Education Conference • “Having A Better Marriage: A Women's Guide” a new book by homeschooling mom Rivkah Harper • Rav Kook on parshat Bo • Other announcements; weekly davening circle, blogs.Read More »
The other day I was browsing through the thousands of photos I've taken of things we've done as a homeschooling family—special events and trips, as well as ordinary moments around the house. It occurred to me that even though I have extensively documented so much of our family life, even making a conscious effort to include the mundane, my photo collection still offers only an edited perspective—basically, the good stuff. Read More »
The Night (rivka) posted Thu January 19th 2012 @ 3:36 PM
I am excited to announce that Room613 and its sister site, Natural Jewish Parenting, will be hosting a new feature with actress and homeschooling mom Mayim Bialik, PhD. Mayim will be answering readers' questions about Jewish parenting and Jewish homeschooling. Read More »
The video below is a nice presentation of an excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech, with large, clear, child-friendly captions to read along. Read More »
Anyone who knows me in real (or virtually real) life knows that I am a Facebook fan. Admittedly it took me some time to get the hang of social media (and I still don't tweet or anything else). Yet I find it a truly invaluable tool: I am privileged to have traveled far and wide in my life, both literally and metaphorically, and I love being able to keep in touch with old and new friends. Without Facebook, I would long ago have lost touch with many of them and never come to appreciate the facets and idiosyncrasies of people whom I usually only 'know' in one aspect of life. Read More »
One thing I like about homeschooling is that all of the knowledge we have accumulated in our lifetimes becomes part of our children's education. Some of that knowledge is specialized, unique to each homeschooling parent, depending on what each of us has studied or read, what we do for a living, where we grew up, and other individual factors. And some is the ordinary knowledge we, as grown-ups, take for granted. This is often the best stuff to sprinkle into conversation throughout the day, in stolen moments that might otherwise pass us by. Read More »
About twelve students attended a virtual party to help Rabbi Resnick celebrate his birthday. Words of wisdom were shared, a new fruit and other refreshments were enjoyed, and a good time was had by all.
Mayim spoke on the topic, "Eight Ways to Connect to G-d through Food." She discussesd her formative food experiences growing up, her journey into observant Judaism, and how she has combined them to enrich her relationship with G-d.
The Davening Circle is open to all Room613 members. Davening accommodates students from about age 6 and up with a flexible, open-ended approach that allows each student to do as much as they know and are comfortable with. Students use their own siddur/nusach and may extend their davening past the Davening Circle time.
