Why? After 25+ years of being involved in kriah, teaching and remediating, I have seen tremendous joy that successful reading can bring. I have also seen the pain. The pain of a child struggling, feeling unsuccessful in school and in Jewish life. For example, the 11 year old child, who was brought to me after years of frustration and did not want to go to shul because he couldn’t read. If you would have been with me when his father bent down to kiss him on his forehead, too choked up to speak when he heard his son fluently read a full page of tehillim, you would understand my passion.
Over the years, baruch Hashem, I have been able to experience many such moments. However, I want to reach so many more children. With Hashem’s help, in collaboration with a team of educators and lots and lots of children, I have developed material and strategies which have been successful both in a classroom setting and private settings. It is my dream to share it on a larger scale. We need to have quality curriculum and methodologies that can teach all types of learners, and that is what I hope to provide.
Why Now? Many have reached out to me in the past few weeks, as schools have been closed, asking for help. After speaking to parents and educators and seeing the urgent need, I have decided to make my “one-day-in-the-future” plan, NOW. Even if this website does not contain all the grand plans I hope that it iy”H will one day contain (with video demonstrations and all!), if what I am putting up now helps even one child, then it is worth it!
Requests welcome: If you want something specific that you don’t see, you are welcome to request it. I will prioritize adding requested material. (I have a lot of material on file waiting to be “fitted-for-release” and it all takes time. If I know someone needs it now, I can release it as is.)
I hope you find this website helpful. If so, it would mean so much to me if you let me know! You can e-mail me at info@Ziggawat.com or post questions/comments in the article comment sections.
Sincerely,
Ahuvi Weinberger