52 Weeks of Steiner – Week 49 You will be well aware that people who are given to creative thoughts and the free play of imagination are not equally productive at all times. Poets, for example, if they are honest with themselves, have to admit now and then that they are out of tune, unable to … Continue reading Fourteen Day Cycles
"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
52 Weeks of Steiner - Week 3 (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) It is important too that man should not believe he can live without rhythm. Just as his … Continue reading Inner Rhythm
I'm so please to have Melanie here with us today at Growing Together in Freedom! She is a dear friend and colleague, with so much wisdom to share. Melanie is a wife and homeschooling mother of two young children with a background in Early Childhood Education and many years experience working in Waldorf daycares, kindergartens … Continue reading Embracing the Shift Towards Autumn – Guest Post by Melanie Hofmann
Sleep. Our sleep. Their sleep. It's a big topic in homeschool circles. Some say you MUST wake before your children. Some say you MUST wake your children up. Some say you MUST because if you don't, you won't make it. I'm here to tell you something. The only thing you MUST do is what works … Continue reading Sleep. It does a body good.
Spring is around the corner and the impulse to dust off and refresh is bubbling over. When we think of spring cleaning we most often think of our immediate living spaces. Our home and gardens, the sheds and garages. Sorting out, sprucing up and passing along things that no longer serve us. It is so … Continue reading Dusting off the Cobwebs
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
We do a lot of baking through the winter months. There is just something about a home filled with the scent of something baking in the oven that makes our winter hobbit hole that much cozier. I get asked a lot about how I introduced baking and working in the kitchen to my children. Both … Continue reading Children in the Kitchen
Many Steiner inspired parents are torn when it comes to celebrating Halloween. For many children the modern day themes are much too dark and scary for their little hearts! On the flip side, with all the hype, it is hard to avoid and the fear of our children missing out on the fun sets in. … Continue reading A Happy Halloween
This is the first year in a long time that our took a full summer break with no lessons and no holding onto the skeleton of our rhythm. After a year of my son doing a few online highschool credit courses on top of our planned lessons he was in need of some down time. … Continue reading Soft Launch into the New Year
