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Life Is Our Classroom
choose what she wants to learn. For example, I asked her Accelerating the Pace of Change ©WWW
what halachos she wanted to study, and she chose hilchos
lashon hara, so that is what we are doing this month. When Evidence-Based Treatment for Children and Adolescents
I asked her what she wanted to learn in home economics, Anxiety, Behavior, Depression & Trauma
she said she wanted to learn how to strike a match and cook Parenting Techniques with Proven Results
with fire, so that is what we are learning now. We probably
have an hour and a half of school in the morning and an Momentumcounseling@outlook.com
hour and a half of school in the afternoon.” 443-756-4648
Matt Bernstein has set up a complete educational pro- Evening and Sunday appointments
gram for his son. He has three different rebbeim with whom
he learns, either in person or via Skype, and gets to choose BOYS CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES
what he wants to learn, which make it much more palatable
to him. “In school, my son would be lost in the classroom,” FREE A 347.871.1621
says Mr. Bernstein. “He is able to do much better with a one-
on-one relationship with his rebbe. He studies algebra with a SOOHNVIOEPRRPDI$NE5R0GS
professional algebra teacher, also online. Although we are
calling this home schooling, the truth is that my son is often n 1614 AVENUE M, BROOKLYN NY
not doing his work at home. Most days he comes with me to
my shared work space and does his school work there.”
Rena Baron loves home schooling her daughters. “My son
is in school, so I do not feel responsible for his education, but
I feel the awesome and amazing responsibility of being the
sole educator of my daughters. I only really sit down and
teach them for about 20 minutes a day, but we fly through
the material, because I am teaching them one on one, and I
know what they already know.” Indeed, many home school-
ing parents point out that they can cover a day’s full of mate-
rial in a fraction of the time it takes in a classroom full of chil-
dren with differing abilities, because the teaching is geared
precisely to their child’s level.
I asked Rena if her husband is involved in the home
schooling as well. “No,” she quipped, “but he is the fundrais-
er.” She adds, “There is so much material available to home
schooling families. We have great text books, and many of the
museums in the city have special programs for homes
schooling families. My children are eager to learn and many
times take the initiative and ask me to teach them something
new. For example, we have a game about the states that the
girls enjoy so much that they beg me to teach them about
new states.”
Independence and Creativity
One of the benefits of home schooling is fostering independ-
ence and creativity in the children. Both Tsippy and Rebecca
talked about the skills their children are learning at home.
“Being at home all day allows time to learn real life skills,”
Tsippy explains.
“For example, Tova, does her own laundry. She collects her
laundry, puts it in the washing machine, and after I help her
sort through what belongs in the drier and what gets hung
up, she puts away all the clothes. She also cooks some dish-
es. She knows how to prepare salmon and how to make
lemonade, macaroni, and pancakes.”
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choose what she wants to learn. For example, I asked her Accelerating the Pace of Change ©WWW
what halachos she wanted to study, and she chose hilchos
lashon hara, so that is what we are doing this month. When Evidence-Based Treatment for Children and Adolescents
I asked her what she wanted to learn in home economics, Anxiety, Behavior, Depression & Trauma
she said she wanted to learn how to strike a match and cook Parenting Techniques with Proven Results
with fire, so that is what we are learning now. We probably
have an hour and a half of school in the morning and an Momentumcounseling@outlook.com
hour and a half of school in the afternoon.” 443-756-4648
Matt Bernstein has set up a complete educational pro- Evening and Sunday appointments
gram for his son. He has three different rebbeim with whom
he learns, either in person or via Skype, and gets to choose BOYS CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES
what he wants to learn, which make it much more palatable
to him. “In school, my son would be lost in the classroom,” FREE A 347.871.1621
says Mr. Bernstein. “He is able to do much better with a one-
on-one relationship with his rebbe. He studies algebra with a SOOHNVIOEPRRPDI$NE5R0GS
professional algebra teacher, also online. Although we are
calling this home schooling, the truth is that my son is often n 1614 AVENUE M, BROOKLYN NY
not doing his work at home. Most days he comes with me to
my shared work space and does his school work there.”
Rena Baron loves home schooling her daughters. “My son
is in school, so I do not feel responsible for his education, but
I feel the awesome and amazing responsibility of being the
sole educator of my daughters. I only really sit down and
teach them for about 20 minutes a day, but we fly through
the material, because I am teaching them one on one, and I
know what they already know.” Indeed, many home school-
ing parents point out that they can cover a day’s full of mate-
rial in a fraction of the time it takes in a classroom full of chil-
dren with differing abilities, because the teaching is geared
precisely to their child’s level.
I asked Rena if her husband is involved in the home
schooling as well. “No,” she quipped, “but he is the fundrais-
er.” She adds, “There is so much material available to home
schooling families. We have great text books, and many of the
museums in the city have special programs for homes
schooling families. My children are eager to learn and many
times take the initiative and ask me to teach them something
new. For example, we have a game about the states that the
girls enjoy so much that they beg me to teach them about
new states.”
Independence and Creativity
One of the benefits of home schooling is fostering independ-
ence and creativity in the children. Both Tsippy and Rebecca
talked about the skills their children are learning at home.
“Being at home all day allows time to learn real life skills,”
Tsippy explains.
“For example, Tova, does her own laundry. She collects her
laundry, puts it in the washing machine, and after I help her
sort through what belongs in the drier and what gets hung
up, she puts away all the clothes. She also cooks some dish-
es. She knows how to prepare salmon and how to make
lemonade, macaroni, and pancakes.”
u 410 358 8509 u 59
