Have you ever stuck your hand in a pitcher full of ice water? What did it feel like? How long did you last? Did you try it again? What were the sensations the second time around? Did you last longer? Did you use any coping mechanisms? These are all discussions that came up when we … Continue reading A Hands-On Approach to Science
Glimmer lantern, glimmer!Glimmer lantern glimmer, little stars a-shimmer.Over meadow, moor and dale flitter flutter elfin veil.Pee-wit pee-wit, tick-a-tack-a-tick, coo-coo-roo-coo. Glimmer lantern glimmer, little stars a-shimmer.Over rock and stock and stone wander tripping little gnome.Pee-wit, pee-wit, tick-a-tack-a-tick, coo-coo-roo-coo. This is one of the traditional songs sung during a Waldorf lantern walk. There is a wonderful free … Continue reading The Festival of St Martin
52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 6 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) We might say that the present time is doing very well compared with that which will come in the … Continue reading In the year 2000
Gameschooling. Using games as a tool while homeschooling. Do you do it? I'll admit, we played more games when the kids were younger. But now that the days are getting cooler and shorter, it feels right to tuck in on the couch with a game of Othello. There is a whole huge market of educational … Continue reading Gameschooling
A Celtic Blessing of Light"May the blessing of light be on you, light without and light within.May the blessed sunlight shine upon you and warm your heart till it glows, Like a great peat fire, so that the stranger may come and warm himself at it, as well as the friend.And may the light shine … Continue reading Festivals of Light
52 Weeks of Steiner - Week 5 52 Weeks of Steiner - Week 5 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) This week, while looking for an envelope, I came across … Continue reading Rudolf Steiner Verses
I've always been about simplicity. Living in a small space helps keep that impulse alive because it quickly gets cluttered and overwhelmed with "stuff"! I've spoken a few times on the blog about how we've never used a nature table. We just didn't have the room or visual space to include it in our home, … Continue reading Seasonal Displays in the Home
It is that time of year again. (For A Happy Halloween 2022, click here) A time when many of us gentle parents are wondering how Halloween got to be front yards full of doll heads and clowns with knives. When my children were young, they loved to dress up and of course enjoyed the treats, … Continue reading A Happy Halloween 2023
52 Weeks of Steiner - Week 4 (This is part of a weekly serial started on Michaelmas 2023. To see the other entries, please see the post linked HERE and scroll down to the bottom for individual links) This week, a group of "seasoned" homeschoolers and I were discussing the weight of dogma and pedantry … Continue reading Freedom in Teaching
"What does your day look like?" I often get asked this question, and as a part of my weekly commitment to the Instagram group for #HSMiddleSchoolandBeyond I am sharing a day in our life today, but with a caveat. My day will not look like your day. I mean, it might, by chance, but everyone … Continue reading A Day in the Life of Our Homeschool
