Tips & tools to support your homeschooling program.

Rosh Hashanah translates to mean 'head of the year' and is the Jewish New Year.  This year Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on September 6th and is celebrated with sweet symbolic food like apples and honey.  This 2 day festival marks the anniversary of human creation and the special relationship between humans and the Creator.  The Jewish calendar differs from today's Gregorian calendar.  The Jewish calendar is based on the cycles of the moon and this Rosh Hashanah is celebrating the year 5782.

Here is a traditional Rosh Hashanah verse or song to share with your children as you enjoy a sweet snack of apples and honey.

A good year
A year of peace
May happiness
And joy increase.

Rosh Hashanah is the first night of the 'High Holidays' or the 'Days of Awe,' which last 10 days. Rosh Hashanah begins with the sounding of the shofar, an instrument made of the ram's horn.  The sound of the shofar is a call to wake up and reexamine your commitment to God and to correct ways of living.

Daily Wonder Home Learning honours religious and cultural diversity. We love to share about traditions from around the world and we wish our Jewish community a sweet New Year.  Chag Samaech!!

Whether you welcome routine, or resist it, we're here to tell you why you should embrace it.

At Daily Wonder we talk a lot about rhythm and routine.  That’s because we know that young children feel a sense of good health when they are held by boundaries, including the lay-out of the day, week, month…. Children are meant to learn through play and doing until they reach high school.  This means we need to provide them with lots of activities that spark their creativity and provide space for wonder.  When they know what is expected of them children are freed up to be in the moment.  It is up to the adults to create the boundaries to free the children.
 
A friend recently told us that she was not expecting the freedom that came with building a fence around her property.  It sounds kind of backwards, that a fence creates freedom, but think about it…she has a dog that had to be tied up or managed all the time.  Once the fence went up, the dog knew how far it could go and the people trusted that the dog would just do dog things. We aren’t comparing children and dogs, but we are comparing the freedom fence to boundaries.
 
Rhythm – this is your wide level organization such as your year, when you start school, what holidays or celebrations you participate in, what time you get up each day, what time you start and end your morning lesson…
 
Routine – these are the details within your rhythm such as singing a song to begin the morning lesson, lighting a candle before story, and how you end the day.  Routines are kind of like the rules for ‘how we do things’. 

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