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
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Foundations of Home – Mentoring Package
Home should always come before schooling. Join me in this block of seven mentoring sessions and put your home back into homeschool by focusing on creating a learning environment within the home, instead of the other way around! Each family enters these sessions with a unique set of needs, so this mentoring option is 100% … Continue reading Foundations of Home – Mentoring Package
Nature Study Our Way
Nature study is something that has been very organic in our home learning. Over the years I tried to make nature journaling a regular event, where we painted or drew and did focused observations. But it never seemed to work, never felt right. We'd either not keep up with it regularly or I could see … Continue reading Nature Study Our Way
The Growing Together Newsletter!
Hello Friends, I wanted to jump on and invite you to sign up for our new newsletter! The Growing Together Newsletter is mailed twice a month. It will contain updates to the blog and store, links to my free downloads, upcoming events and trainings, as well as news of books and events from the greater community, both local … Continue reading The Growing Together Newsletter!
June Book Club!
These last few months I've been hosting monthly book clubs with my mentoring group. Over the last two weeks this specific book has been popping up in conversations and mentioned as a possible book club book within the community. A few nights ago it literally fell off the bookshelf as I was looking for September's … Continue reading June Book Club!
Celebrating the Advent of Something Special
advent /ˈadˌvent/ the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event. A coming into being or use Old English, from Latin adventus ‘arrival’, from advenire, from ad- ‘to’ + venire ‘come’Advent: the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fastingMerrium-Webster Dictionary Around the world, and around the homeschooling community, whispers and shouts of Advent/advent … Continue reading Celebrating the Advent of Something Special
Introducing Indigenous Culture and History to Children
As home educators, we are in a unique position to teach truth in history. Right now, many Canadians are reeling with the news of the many unmarked grave sites at residential schools funded by our government and run by churches. The first thing my son asked is why so many Canadians were surprised and shocked? … Continue reading Introducing Indigenous Culture and History to Children
Colour Dynamics Project: Yellow Part Two
The soul cannot bear a yellow surface which is limited and defined in extent. So we must make the yellow paler towards the edges, and then still paler. In short we must have a full yellow in the centre and from there it must shade off to pale yellow. You cannot picture yellow in any … Continue reading Colour Dynamics Project: Yellow Part Two
Avoiding the Main Lesson Rut
Main lesson books are a staple in Waldorf education. They are a place to record, in an artistic way, the adventures of learning. I like to view them as a portfolio. When searching for main lesson book examples online, you will often find pages that are fully coloured, often with a intricate boarder around the … Continue reading Avoiding the Main Lesson Rut
Welcome!
You will not be good teachers if you focus only on what you do and not upon who you are.Rudolf Steiner Hello, and welcome to my new blog, Waldorf in Freedom. Here I'll be sharing our journey through home making, child raising and self growing, with all of the freedom, and none of the dogma, … Continue reading Welcome!
