Homeschooling from the inside out

Good days and bad… from the archives

From the Archives, April 2010

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On our Yahoo! Group over the last few days, we have been talking about “keeping it real” -  being honest as women about our days verses assuming that all the pretty blogs are an actually how the lives of those families go.  It made me think about a few tidbits I had in my poetry notebook (just some poems  I have collected over the years) and I also was thinking about this little video we made a few years back… this is a real view, lol… pay special attention to Ellie’s face as she is mouthing off to me while I am trying to open the door to our house, lol… that is real living!  Blessings in abundance.

“RESOLUTION (from The Tao of Motherhood)
As your children grow up, there is bound to be some unresolved pain. There was the time you couldn’t make it to the third grade play. The time you struck your child in anger.  The painful divorce which could not be adequately explained.

A wise parent recognizes her failings and accepts what is.  There is room in life for remorse and for forgiveness.  There is room in our hearts for ourselves and for one another.”

From Steiner (Teacher’s verse)

Dear God please make it so
That with regard to my personal ambitions
I may completely extinguish myself
And make true in me
The words of Saint Paul
“Not I, but the Christ in me.”
So that the Holy Spirit
May dwell in the teacher (mother!)
This is the true threefoldness.

Boundaries & Authority revisited…

A dear friend thought this should be a blog post, so here we go! I often get questions on our Yahoo! Group about this subject. It is hard when children are small to think much about disciplining beyond the first few years, but we have to be prepared and also lay the groundwork for theContinue Reading

Choices…from the archives

From the archives….January 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I love Sunday. I woke up early… I know, I am obsessed, but I was so glad that I did. I had enough time to make banana bread for everyone. I normally rise early enough on Sunday to get easy bread started in the mixer and lunch in the crockContinue Reading

Reporting to the government or someone annoying…from the archives

From the Archives, May 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LOL… okay, so the government isn’t always annoying, but a former spouse can sure feel like that when we are just trying to do our job and not get into anyone’s business.  For years we have been blessed to live in Idaho… land of no homeschool rules… AT ALL. Continue Reading

Temperament Parenting Part 2 – The Cozy Phlegmatic

When I sat down to start this piece, it was a lazy afternoon after a busy Saturday morning. We had our annual May Day with our local group and everyone was ready to relax a bit. My big kids settled in with books and talking to friends. My resident phlegmatic, Super Sam started begging forContinue Reading

Our Sale Ending Soon…

   Our May Day promotion ends tomorrow (Friday!) Now is the time to start getting your planning going for next year.  Enjoy 20% off in our store using the code MAYDAY. We have two great promotions for our Waldorf training program, Thinking Feeling Willing. http://waldorfessentials.com/two-great-deals/ Blessings!Continue Reading

A Handwork Roundup… from the archives

From the archives, June 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have to admit that our regular amount of handwork isn’t happening these days, not because of our little bundle – I could sit and knit and watch her all day, lol! I am behind on handwork because of our summer projects, right now we are in the thickContinue Reading

Making field trips work for all ages….from the archives

From the Archives, September 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am often asked how we can take all of our children on one field trip and have everyone get something out of it.  It is certainly a challenge when you have more than one child and sometimes we have to bend our brain around how we can allContinue Reading

Do I really have to read Steiner? (From the archives)

From the archives, August 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I get this question a lot.  My answer is yes and no.  You don’t HAVE to read Steiner in order to have a Waldorf inspired homeschooling experience. BUT, to begin to really understand the work of Waldorf from a spiritual aspect and even from a practical aspect after theContinue Reading

Non-Waldorf Co-ops….from the archives

From the archives, February 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have often been asked if we participate in co-ops here in our area. Yes and no.  From time to time we have had Waldorf centered co-ops, some with many families and some with just one or two.  These are by far my favorites – I love getting togetherContinue Reading