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What Is Jacob’s Ladder Farm?<\/b>
Jacob’s Ladder Farm is a woman-operated business (see my profile at www.saramalka.com<\/a>). I focus on connecting kids and adults to their literary background and family roots by offering exciting opportunities for hands-on contact with nature and her crafts. When this contact is guided in a respectful and appreciative way, we see tremendous character (midot<\/em>) development, personal growth, and self-esteem.\u00a0Jacob’s Ladder Farm programs highlight the success with which we can teach when learning is multi-sensory, nature-based, creative, and hands-on.<\/p>\n

Why “Jacob’s Ladder Farm”?<\/b>
Besides being named after husband Jacob Laderman, the farm’s name alludes to the Jacob’s Ladder mentioned in Genesis 28:12. This ladder had four rungs, says the great Jewish sage and physician Rambam (Maimonides), according to The Call of the Torah: Genesis II<\/em> by Rabbi Elie Munk (Feldheim Publishers, 1980, p. 614). The four rungs correspond to the “four stages which thought must pass through in order to reach God…starting from [the world of action and natural phenomena] and culminating in the vision of the absolute,” writes Rabbi Munk (pp. 614-5). He explains that the “four successive stages correspond point by point to the process by which nature teaches us.” (p. 614-5).<\/p>\n

Although much schooling emphasizes learning “about” things instead of “with” things (thought without doing), this technique may not work with today’s urbanized children, who may lack basic nature-play and experiences of bygone eras. That’s why our visitors don’t just feed an animal; they experience its personality and partake of its bounty. Too, many children simply need hands-on activity to forge neuro-pathways in the learning brain. That’s why our visitors don’t just watch demonstrations, they create; and in creating things, they create themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n

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What Is Jacob’s Ladder Farm?Jacob’s Ladder Farm is a woman-operated business (see my profile at www.saramalka.com). I focus on connecting kids and adults to their literary background and family roots by offering exciting opportunities for hands-on contact with nature and her crafts. When this contact is guided in a respectful and appreciative way, we see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":124,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"What Is Jacob's Ladder Farm?<\/b>\nJacob's Ladder Farm is a woman-operated business (see my profile at www.saramalka.com<\/a>). I focus on connecting kids and adults to their literary background and family roots by offering exciting opportunities for hands-on contact with nature and her crafts. When this contact is guided in a respectful and appreciative way, we see tremendous character (midot<\/em>) development, personal growth, and self-esteem.\u00a0Jacob's Ladder Farm programs highlight the success with which we can teach when learning is multi-sensory, nature-based, creative, and hands-on.\n\nWhy \"Jacob's Ladder Farm\"?<\/b>\nBesides being named after husband Jacob Laderman, the farm's name alludes to the Jacob's Ladder mentioned in Genesis 28:12. This ladder had four rungs, says the great Jewish sage and physician Rambam (Maimonides), according to The Call of the Torah: Genesis II<\/em> by Rabbi Elie Munk (Feldheim Publishers, 1980, p. 614). The four rungs correspond to the \"four stages which thought must pass through in order to reach God...starting from [the world of action and natural phenomena] and culminating in the vision of the absolute,\" writes Rabbi Munk (pp. 614-5). He explains that the \"four successive stages correspond point by point to the process by which nature teaches us.\" (p. 614-5).\n\nAlthough much schooling emphasizes learning \"about\" things instead of \"with\" things (thought without doing), this technique may not work with today's urbanized children, who may lack basic nature-play and experiences of bygone eras. That's why our visitors don't just feed an animal; they experience its personality and partake of its bounty. Too, many children simply need hands-on activity to forge neuro-pathways in the learning brain. That's why our visitors don't just watch demonstrations, they create; and in creating things, they create themselves.","_et_gb_content_width":"793","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-94","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacobsladderfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacobsladderfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacobsladderfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacobsladderfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacobsladderfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jacobsladderfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":484,"href":"https:\/\/jacobsladderfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94\/revisions\/484"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacobsladderfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacobsladderfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}