Lionden Landing

While this is part three of my review it is of number one importance in our studies. We may skip science or math but not these. As the traditional school year draws to a close, many of our homeschool friends are excited to be finishing school and discussing when to restart. We school year round and I cannot imagine any other option because how could we possibly take a break from Parsha study or prayer? Tefillah Brachot before eating, Bedtime Shema and Shacarit each morning including, in order: Modeh ani - upon awakening Mah tovu Asher yatzar Elohai Morning Brachot (as written in our ArtScroll siddur- not ideal but the best compromise) Shema/Vahavta Amidah (we are still working on this one. Only the first brachot is done out loud and in Hebrew, other parts are in English or silent) Aleinu Hebrew Reading / writing - I have ordered Sha'ah Shel Menucha Alef Bet Primer but I may end up saving it for a year before using it. We will probably just continue with our more unschool...

Now that Froggy is 3, we started Torah Study. We are using My First Parsha Reader . It was the only Parsha study I could find that was geared towards preschoolers. The language is more silted than regular books or even the bible story books we have. It took some convincing initially to get Froggy to sit for the reading but we persevered. My goal is to read each parsha at least three times. So far we have made that. The questions at the end of the parsha have not been useful thus far. I think they may prove more engaging and relevant when we do the series again next year. We have delved deeper. For instance, in Noach, there is no mention of the rainbow. As well, with Babel we talked about how bad ideas sometimes get a hold and crowd out the good ideas and how we have to help make sure the good ideas get heard. After completing two full weeks, I am finally starting to see results. Only now is Froggy starting to ask about the stories. And what does she ask about, not Lech Le...