Online hebrew school
Do you live too far from a religious
school for your
child to be educated in a
classroom environment?
Or are you unsatisfied with your
child's current religious school
education?
Do you miss parental involvement
in your child's
Jewish learning?
Do the fights over conflicting
activities and carpooling
drive you crazy?
Does your child like learning via
the computer?
Introducing the world's first and
only internet based
Hebrew school, for children ages 8-13. This
program utilizes information
available on the web, plus much
of our own creation,
in a curriculum organized by us.
It assumes parent-child
engagement and cooperation in the
learning process,
as they work through
the material.
-The latest direction in Jewish
education is geared
toward family involvement.
-The secular university is moving
much more in the
direction of independent
learning as well as learning via
the web.
This article from the Chicago
tribune
recently helps explain:"one theme is a shift from a
passive model of
absorbing a lecturer's words to a
more active one
where lecturers guide
and measure, but students learn
the material more
independently.
"In a traditional course the
faculty are doing all the work and the students
are watching," said Carol Twigg,
president and CEO of the National
Center
for Academic Transformation, which
is working with hundreds of
universities
to improve giant courses.
"In a redesigned course,
students are doing the
work and faculty are stepping
in as needed."
Our programs is based on students
learning under parent
supervision,
outside of the traditional
classroom, with support of a
teacher and tutor available to
assist.
-We also take advantage of the
revolution in communication-the
resources
on the web, as well as the prolific Jewish educational
resources our Rabbi has created
on the web.
We are also cognizant of the
overwhelming challenges
families today
face in juggling all the family
needs. This program
allows the student and parents to
work at
their timetable and largely avoids the need to shlep.
-At the same time, there appears
to be less family
interactive activities today, and
especially
centered around Jewish living.
Many parents did not grow
up Jewishly or had very little
Jewish
educations, so this will achieve
multiple benefits.
This wil prove beneficial on both counts.
-Most importantly, evidence seems
clear that standard
religious schools in
their current format, achieve
little, and may even be
counter productive. This view
enjoys wide support
among Jewish educators. We believe childfren will learn
and retain more, and enjoy it more since it means
more parent time and,
interaction, uses a "cool" medium, and can be done at
the families discretion
time-wise, obviating many
conflicts.
How it works
1. We send you the program via
email. You purchase
the extra books needed from us.
You supervise your
children's progress for each
step.
The curriculum is
based on a monthly
pattern.
.
A tutor is assigned
to your family. You can contact
them as needed to help
with questions or elaboration.
When you
have finished a unit, send in
the required work.
The teacher and aid are ready to
help. If you live away,
the assistance will be by phone
and internet.
Requirements for enrollment and
ongoing participation
We have a Hebrew component built in. For those who would like supplemental hebrew work,
we recommend this site
http://www.hebrewonline.com/About-Hebrew-Online/CourseList.asp
for Modern or Biblical Hebrew, and adults or children.
EXCELLENT SITE FOR ADDITONAL INFORMATION ON ANY SUBJECT
http://www.jewfaq.org/toc.htm
Bar Bat Mitzvah program
We offer ONLINE Bar/Bat Mitzvah Training.
Special resource
http://www.jewishfamilycongregation.org/b'nai_mitzvah.htm
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