We are on our fourth day of the first day of back to home school. Did you catch that? LOL Someone out there, please tell me we aren't the only family off to a rough start! Things just haven't gone as planned and while we followed as close a rhythm as we could, Dr's appointments, … Continue reading False Starts
For years bringing watercolour painting to the children felt stressful. I didn't feel equipped or in possession of enough talent to actually teach my children to paint. I didn't have a deep enough relationship to colour to help them build their own relationship to colour. I felt I was muddling through. Until finally, at the … Continue reading Experiencing Colour
The setting sun. I try and take a moment each day to watch the sunset. It is a reminder that everything must rest, that things must come to a close, and that everything needs an opportunity for renewal. Letting things rest is an important facet of Steiner pedagogy; the idea that new information gets the … Continue reading Rest and Renewal
I woke early today, so I decided to snuggle down and do some soul reading. Homemaking as a Social Art is such a beautiful book about our importance in the home and how to cultivate not only home, but ourselves. As planning for my children comes to a close, I need gentle reminders to plan … Continue reading Holding Home and Ourselves
This little nugget wanted to try spelling tests today, so tests she got. She blew through the first forty Dolche words, only missing three! After each ten word list was complete she asked for the next, saying that it was so much fun, ha ha. She has had some motivation in spelling because she plays … Continue reading Our Reading/Spelling Process
The humble "weed". We haven't been to our cabin in a while, and when we got there these beautiful flowers were all over the lawn waiting to greet us. I feel like "weeds" are there to remind us what can happen when things are left to be. When things aren't fussed with or pruned or … Continue reading Letting Things Grow
So, we were supposed to take a break this entire summer. Our first summer ever where we weren't schooling through, albeit summers are always a lighter version. This morning the children woke up, the first day after our vacation, and asked what we were doing for school. I said it was summer vacation! They said … Continue reading Summer Break?
Taking a week's vacation from everything has been wonderful. Even though our trip was cut short, we turned the rest of the week into a staycation and it was pure bliss! Until I had children and really started diving in to Steiner I didn't truly understand how necessary rest is. Even when on vacation I'd … Continue reading Restoration
Monday is paint day this summer. I find the most important step in this crazy Waldorf journey is all the prep work. I have always been more of a "pull stuff together at the last minute " type of person and that just doesn't work as a home schooler using Steiner's pedagogy. For me, preparing … Continue reading Preparation Pays
"In drawing and then observing coloured planes, children gain access to a quite different, more feeling-imbued dimension. A new fluidity of perception is initiated." Thomas Wildgruber, Painting and Drawing in Waldorf Schools.. .We worked on form drawing this morning. I have been focusing on developing my own connection with form drawing in my own time … Continue reading Form Drawing Friday
