Getting back to a year of lightness and freedom includes adding daily creativity projects of some sort to our day. With no rigidity. Because Isaiah. Boy+sensory processing disorder+boy+wacko= minute amounts of tolerance for structured art activities that take longer than 10 minutes. So. Textured paper. I decided that I'd like to do some art … Continue reading Textured Paper
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Using Galileo to Study Astronomy, Math, History and Physics
In light of my discovery that a significant amount of Astrophysicists have dyslexia, I decided to start our year studying Galileo. Of course you don't have to have dyslexia to study Galileo, nor do you have to have dyslexia to use this lesson block. This block can also be adapted to any age, many of the … Continue reading Using Galileo to Study Astronomy, Math, History and Physics
We’ll be Homeschooling Dyslexia
You may have noticed my blog went on an unannounced hiatus last year. We had a good reason. A reason I couldn't write about at the time, because being so close to it, I didn't know what to say. Last year was a hard year. A very very trying year, and I would be lying … Continue reading We’ll be Homeschooling Dyslexia
How Your Daily Rhythm Affects Your Child’s Behavior
I don't know how many of you know about Waldorf education, there's plenty to read about on my site if you don't. Until six years ago, I had no idea. It seemed oddly more like being a Jehovah's Witness, than a homeschooling method, in my mind. I couldn't have been more wrong. Making the choice … Continue reading How Your Daily Rhythm Affects Your Child’s Behavior
Amazingly Beautiful Winter and Christmas Stories for Children
I love a beautiful story so much. There is something about the internal calmness that one feels after reading a story that is filled with soothing imagery and elegant language. A story that touches the nature of who we are, that slows us down and reminds us to look at the world around us. No … Continue reading Amazingly Beautiful Winter and Christmas Stories for Children
How I Refused To Learn My Lesson and We Came Full-Circle
My husband and I always planned to home school. Even before Isaiah was born it was the plan. So I had plenty of time to decide how we would go about it. I read lots of books, did a ton of research, checked out everything from Unschooling to Classical Schooling to Charlotte Mason. I researched … Continue reading How I Refused To Learn My Lesson and We Came Full-Circle
It’s Math His Way
I love my boy so much. I love him, but sometimes teaching him is H-A-R-D impossible. The funny thing is, he's pretty good at math, he just wants to do it his way. So, on the day that we were going to work on Roman Numerals he decided to do it his way. Sometimes I even let … Continue reading It’s Math His Way
Today – Sunshine and Gnomes
I realize I've been gone a while, and if you are coming back to say hi I certainly thank you. Our journey has had its share of ups and downs. Our struggles with rhythm, my writing schedule and the boy's willful nature and sometimes flat-out refusal to do anything that even appears to be learning. … Continue reading Today – Sunshine and Gnomes
This Game Was Made for Waldorf, and You Too!
If ever a game was made for Waldorf it was Enchanted Forest. I don't think you could find a game that is more completely Waldorf than this. The whole Game is based on Grimm's Fairy Tales. This was wonderful, because as a homeschooling mostly Waldorf mom we had read almost all of the Grimm Fairy … Continue reading This Game Was Made for Waldorf, and You Too!
Great Winter Activity
I really don't like winter. Really. I dislike being cold more than I dislike brussel sprouts. Well, maybe not. So, I am often encouraging my boy to play outside, in the cold, without me. Even though his skin doesn't like the cold, he loves the cold. He claims he wants to live in Alaska. On … Continue reading Great Winter Activity
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