I would be reading out a press release from the Department of the Obvious if I said that children did really dumb stuff sometimes. You know the things that leave you looking like a horrified Internet...
I remember thinking quite clearly one Sunday morning, a little over a decade ago, that my child doesn’t really do nature. It was the way she screamed spiderrrrr, at the harmless fly hovering around...
It seems a little odd that we all turn tree huggers in the dead of winter, so where did all this begin? Tu Bishvat, meaning the 15th of Shevat, is mentioned in the Mishnah as an important date for...
The iPad revolution introduced fun learning presented with engaging graphics and motivational sound effects. It is no accident that its wrapping is an easy interface that even non-verbal toddlers...
In Deuteronomy 10:12, Moses tells the Jewish people: "What (mah) does God ask of you?" The Talmud (Menachot 43b) explains that the word mah can be read as me'ah, meaning 100. In other words, God...
There is no doubt that Natan Sharansky's life story is one of the most inspiring Jewish journeys we all know. Ji wanted to make this and other Jewish superheroes' stories, accessible to all Jewish...
The inclusion series is for my children and any other loving people who live in our humble world. It was birthed from an onslaught of great questions and my own lack of education, which necessitated...
If anyone should be able to define what is a hero is all about it should be Christopher Reeve (1952-2004) who famously played the role ofSupermanin the acclaimed 1978 movie, and who himself...
Initially, I was reluctant to implement Ji Tap into my lessons as it frustrated me how both children and adults rely too heavily on the immediate sensory and visual feedback which technology offers....