Teaching is not easy

When we first began our home Hebrew School, I had lots of planned activities and creative ideas for what to teach. I considered the creation of the curriculum to be the biggest issue. Well, that has turned out to be the easy part. I find that my greatest challenge is teaching, not just my children but the other two boys as well.

Teaching is a tough job! For starters, the kids are different ages and on different levels. They also have different interests. I only have 4 to worry about but imagine the teachers in the classrooms with 20 or more students. How do they reach each and every one of them?

The other mom and I have worked hard to reward the right behaviors and to address the undesirable behaviors among the kids. Sometimes we get down about how our kids behave and worry that their behavior gets in place of the learning and perhaps it has. Then again, I am so pleased with how much the kids have learned. I try not to sweat the small stuff and let them be boys. I am learning how to teach and they are learning that there are times when Mom is the teacher and needs to be treated like a teacher. Judaism is not the only subject we are learning and learning is not just kid stuff.