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Why Not?

Written by: Noga Algom / Illustrated by: Gilad Soffer / Publisher: Am Oved

Distribution: March 2021

From the moment she was born, little fox asked question after question. All the questions she asks are important to her, and she wants an answer to each and every one. Who will reply? And what is the perfect answer? Is there such a thing? A book which suggests the best way to absorb wisdom and knowledge – ask lots of questions!

 

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The vixen is always asking "why?", as many children often do. The world gradually opens itself to them, their curiosity is aroused, and often expressed by asking "why?". What grown-ups take for granted seems new to them, as they strive to know and understand more and more. Asking questions is also ...

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Why Not?

Written by: Noga Algom

Illustrated by: Gilad Sofer

 

Dear Parents,

The vixen is always asking "why?", as many children often do. The world gradually opens itself to them, their curiosity is aroused, and often expressed by asking "why?". What grown-ups take for granted seems new to them, as they strive to know and understand more and more. Asking questions is also part of our culture and tradition: for instance, on Seder Night, the youngest members of the family are encouraged to ask: "Why is this night different from all other nights?"… Being curious about the world is a way of learning, as Nobel Physics Prize laureate Isidor Isaac Rabi explained in response to being asked whether attending heder had helped him become a physicist:

Every time I returned home from heder, my mother asked me not "What did you learn?" but "Did you ask a good question today?"

[And you shall choose life, Professor Ephraim Katzir]

 

 

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פעילות בחיק המשפחה

  • Discussion – Parents ask "why?" What sort of questions would you like to ask, and of whom? This may be an opportunity for both parents and children to share the questions that interest them the most. You could also raise questions that you would have liked to ask Shu the Vixen and Tut the Snail.
  • Being creative – The question box What can we do with all the questions waiting to be answered? How about preparing a special question box, decorating it, and filling it with all the questions you find so intriguing. You could write them down on some notepaper and put them into the question box. Anytime you like, pick one, and look for the answer together.
  • Question games Why at home? – Go around the house collecting "why?" questions about everything you encounter. Questions about friendship – inspired by Tut and Shu's friendship, you may enjoy asking: What do you think about Shu's friends' behavior? Has a friend of yours ever gone far away, or have you ever left a friend behind? Who were your parents' friends when they were younger? What did they play or like to do together? What does your child like to do when their friends are around? Questions about pictures – You may want to look at a picture together, and try to think of as many questions as you can to ask about it. You could then go out searching for the answers to your intriguing questions. You may even enjoy challenging yourselves, and looking for questions to an answer you already know: look at the picture (for instance: a gift, blue, moon), and instruct your child to think of a question to which this detail in the picture is the answer.

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