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Welcome to the blog section of Room613.
Here we'll be sharing some thoughts about Jewish homeschooling,
out of our unique experiences and perspectives. Kids are welcome to blog too!
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  • » Rivka Writes (rivka): I'm seven years old and I love to write and draw. I will post some of my poems and stories, along with my illustrations. These are my own work and no one edits them except me!
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  • » A Learning Experience (Yael): Ups and downs in the life of an imperfect homeschooling mom
    • Coasting...: In our family, we are officially in end-of-the-year mode. We have been for a long time already—I think this feeling of coasting started when we had that crazy-warm weather a few months ago. The kids started to spend more time outside, and I g... [more]
    • Two more questions posted on Ask Mayim page: More of your questions (and Mayim's answers) are now posted in our "Ask Mayim" column. Click to go to the Ask Mayim page! What would you like to ask Mayim Bialik about raising children the natural way, juggling family and work, homeschooling, ... [more]
    • Ask Mayim kicks off with first Q&A: You can now read the very first question and answer in our monthly "Ask Mayim" column. Click to go to the Ask Mayim page! What would you like to know about how Mayim Bialik homeschools, raises her children, juggles family and work, or infuses ... [more]
    • Occasionally Amazing: 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 extensive... [more]
    • New Q&A feature with Mayim Bialik: 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 ho... [more]
    • For Martin Luther King Day / Readeez math & reading videos: 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. In our family, we've just discovered Readeez and their catchy songs for l... [more]
    • Fountains of Knowledge: 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 u... [more]
    • It’s going to be a big year for science around here: I love this part of the homeschool year, when there’s a stretch of a few months between holidays and we can actually get some momentum going. I tend to add on “layers of learning” as the year progresses, and my kids start spending... [more]
    • A little thing that made my daughter smile at the universe: About an hour ago, I was reading the latest installment of my local homeschooling e-mail list. Someone had posted about a field trip idea: the Butterfly House in Grafton, Massachusetts, where there are chrysalises forming right now—and soon t... [more]
    • The Royal Wedding's Hidden Meaning: Nothing happens by coincidence. So it's not by chance that an estimated one quarter of the world's population (that's several billion people) put aside whatever else they would have been doing and tuned in to watch the royal wedding a few days ago.... [more]
    • Our flowers are growing (video!): After my kids planted their flowers, we took a photo each day (besides Shabbos). The daisies are on the left, sunflowers on the right. In the background you can see evidence of the crazy weather we've had in the Boston area this past month. Snow... [more]
    • Spring hasn't quite sprung... but it will!: The calendar told us it was the first day of spring (Purim day!). There was even a warm, sunny day sandwiched between the cold ones. So when I saw some cute flower-growing kits for sale at my local CVS, I bought a few for my kids as a way to welcom... [more]
    • Looks like fun... check out this writing contest for kids: I just learned of this opportunity for children 13 and under and thought I would share! This is an essay contest sponsored by Mandarin Library Automation, with a nice prize of a Barnes & Noble NOOK (e-reader) both for the winning writer and his... [more]
    • Relax… they really are learning!: Every few weeks, I have bouts of panic that maybe my children are missing out, maybe there's something I should be doing that I'm not, and maybe—gasp—maybe they're not learning anything! Now it's true that by homeschooling, my kids a... [more]
    • Homeschooling Perk #1: Snow Day!: We got an inch or two of snow yesterday here in the Boston area—nothing special, except that it was the very first snowfall of the winter. School wouldn't be cancelled for it… but, hey, we're not in school! [image removed] So this mo... [more]
    • How do you stop this crazy thing?!: I believe that kids innately want to learn and don't need external motivators to learn—particularly when what and how they learn is largely in their own hands. But I have run into a problem: I can't get my kids to stop learning and go to bed!... [more]
    • Reflecting on the 2nd annual homeschooling conference: It's been a few weeks since the Second Annual Torah Home Education Conference in Baltimore, and I finally have a moment to gather my thoughts while simultaneously having both hands free to type. So here I am to tell a bit about the conference and w... [more]
    • Half of infinity is still infinity: One recent night, I was saying goodnight to two of my children, and my homeschooling heart fluttered with joy when my five-year-old daughter whispered, "Mommy, I love you infinite." Then my nine-year-old daughter said, "And I love you half of in... [more]
    • On being a weathervane, or an altimeter, or a thermostat: I can't decide on a metaphor, but this is what is on my mind as I start this blog: things keep changing. Just when you think you know which way the wind is blowing, it changes direction and you have to adjust your sails... Or, fill in your own de... [more]

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