Kayla Berger 59 is a teacher at Cincinnati Hebrew Day School in Cincinnati Ohio. She’s been working for 31 years.   I know a child is well stimulated at home when they’re happy and curious about what we’re learning and they participate and add to our discussions with outside information inspired by parents or relatives. When we talk about a nachash for the letter nun and a child tells me about a snake shedding its skin as it grows or that some have venom you see how his parents supplement his knowledge with outside sources. It always adds to our class discussions and it has a domino effect on my teaching — I’ll get some books to teach even more facts about the nachash. Because there’s so much out there distracting our children today — yes even this young! — compared to 30 years ago it’s a greater challenge to keep them engaged and attentive and when something fascinates them like all you ever wanted to know about snakes we’ll really explore it.