(If you’re new to the challenges, check here for the intro and list.) TAXES: Now that 2011 is over, and you should have received all of your tax information, it’s really time to get to work! This year, Passover (April 6-14) falls just before tax day (April 15) – and do you really want to …
February 2012 archive
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Shabbat shalom!
This week has been busy, with about 40 additional children coming in and out of the house for a few gatherings. And they were all homeschoolers. We went through the knees of 2 pairs of pants (touch/ kind-of-tackle football with kids ranging from 5-12), dozens of cookies (mostly leftover from my Hanuka party cookie bar), …
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BIG update for Torah Home Education conference
The 4th Annual Torah Home Education Conference will be held in the Baltimore area on Sunday, May 6 and the schedule is packed with great speakers and topics that are sure to give every current or prospective homeschooler something to take home and actualize! This is the only conference geared to Orthodox homeschoolers in the …
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Mishpatim: Resources and Ideas
This week’s parsha is full of laws: of the indentured servant, the penalties for murder, kidnapping, assault and theft, civil laws, loans, the conduct of justice by courts of law, treatment of foreigners, the observance of the festivals, the prohibition against cooking meat with milk, and the mitzvah of prayer. And more, of course. Altogether, …
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52 Week Challenge Week 7 Part 2: Games and Toys
I posted about how to keep things organized in Part 1. But how do you get there? This is something there really is no shortcut to doing. You should start by going through what you have now for toy storage and emptying it all out. I prefer to do this with no kids around, but …
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52 Week Challenge Week 7: Games and toys
(If you are new to the challenges, you can read more here.) This week’s challenge is a real hot spot for many parents. (If you aren’t a parent, it can still be hot spot – just maybe a little less!) You may be able to find them scattered throughout the house: in kids’ bedrooms, the …
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Gift card trick (AKA Operation: Keep your money!)
Gift cards are great. They are easy to give and seem a little nicer than cash. You can give them from afar instantly! And stores like CVS are giving out gift cards with certain purchases in recent promotions. Just like cash, right? It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Just not to you. The problem: …
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Emergency Shabbat meals kit (freezer/cupboard version)
As I posted about here, I recently was hospitalized and didn’t get to prep anything for Shabbat. Now, we could have had Shabbat meals from whatever we could find or tried to organize things to go buy the whole thing, but it was nice to have my emergency Shabbat meals set aside. We pulled the …
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Yitro (Yisro): Resources and ideas
Yitro This week’s parsha picks up after the Israelites leave Egypt and cross the red sea (in Parshat Beshalach): Moshe meets up with his father in law, Yitro, and his wife and sons. Yitro, a great thinker of this time, advises him to set up a system of judges and courts to administer justice. And …
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Tu B’shevat reminder and ideas
Tu B’shevat is coming! Tu B’shvat is the new year for the trees, and it’s Tuesday night and Wednesday (2012). It’s not a holiday that has prescribed observances, although eating fruit and making the “‘ha’aitz” bracha are common, and some people do “shehechianu” on a new fruit. It basically celebrates the awakening of the earliest …
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