52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 11 (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) Our rightful place as educators is to be removers of hindrances." Rudolf SteinerSpiritual Ground of Education, Lecture FourAugust 19 … Continue reading Our Rightful Place as Educators
Hello everyone! Back in spring of this year (2023) a group of homeschooling moms and I joined together on Instagram to bring together a weekly focus on homeschooling the middle and teen years, an area of homeschooling that is not well documented online, via blogs or social media. I've decided to bring those posts here … Continue reading A Fear of Being Weird
"If each human being is to become his own educator, we must pre-suppose that the necessary impulses are within him" ~ Rudolf Steiner, Self Education in the Light of Spiritual Science We rarely question nature and whether it knows what it's doing as it grows. We accept that it will adapt to its surroundings and … Continue reading One Hat Only
Teens have a bad reputation, but I think much of that is born from adults who just don't want to take the time to connect, be challenged or simply remember what it was like to be a teen. Here are some tips I've found help discover the wonder of these years: Listen more than you … Continue reading Teens are Wonderful!
Teenagers need time. We often hear parents say that their teenagers don't DO anything, but is it really that they don't do anything or is it that they don't do anything that the parents see as a valuable use of their time. My son is deep into viking and British/Norse history right now. He found … Continue reading Teenagers Need Time
Fostering independence in children. It is a topic that is a super prevalent in society right now, and I think it means different things for different families. In our family, fostering independence starts with how we adults see our children as capable and developing human beings. We encourage them to do things in their own … Continue reading Fostering Independence
Featured image by Emma Farley from Pixabay Today I invite you to come with me on a walk through my musings. I've just finished a re-read of The Hobbit, and the way it ties into my life with each re-read always astonishes me. I first read The Hobbit in the autumn of 2019. I'd never … Continue reading The Wisdom of Hobbit Life
As homeschooling parents, we often get caught up in the curriculum. The lessons. What we teach, when we teach it, the methods we use, the materials we will need. We often forget about the most important component of the lesson. Us. We are one of the most important aspects of the homeschooling journey. Depending on … Continue reading Seeing the Forest
As an early childhood educator by trade, the early years of childhood have always had a special place in my heart. It is such a magical time of human development, where children dance through life, dreamily cocooned in the safety of all that is good and beautiful around them. We, as adults, have an important … Continue reading Life is the Curriculum
During the first period of life (from birth to seven) all that flows, with devotion and love, from a child's inner being toward whatever comes from the periphery through the parents or other educators - and everything expressed outwardly in the child's imitation - will be permeated with a natural mood of gratitude. We only … Continue reading Gratitude
