Erik and I often get questions of appropriateness when it comes to movies, Marvel’s new Thor was no exception. I thought I would review this from a mom’s perspective. Keep in mind I have five children ranging from 14 down to two weeks old, I’ve been around the Waldorf block a few times and my… Continue Reading
From the Archives, June 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today we did a radio spot with Donna over at the Waldorf Connection. We have that show for you for free here: Getting Dad on Board – CLICK for mp3 streaming or right click to save to your computer. FYI-There were some technical difficulties on the conference call so… Continue Reading
From the Archives, September 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Often when we come to desire a more Waldorfy life, we begin letting Dad know that there are all sorts of things he can’t do. He can’t watch TV. He can’t listen to that loud music. He can’t play video games. He can’t enjoy his favorite comics. So… Continue Reading
If you are like many homeschooling moms, you are looking at what you haven’t finished yet for the year and starting to feel a bit frustrated… frustrated at yourself maybe for not staying disciplined enough or frustrated at the events that came up that took you off course or even just frustrated that you want… Continue Reading
CLICK HERE for the botany podcast. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 2010 **Warning, this is not for the faint of heart, lol. There are worm pictures here!** This year, we really wanted to take our commitment to less waste to the next level. For us, we’ve always been a careful family, we try to buy local, recycle, all… Continue Reading
From the archives, August 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We come across this question a lot on our yahoo group: “My 6yr old is very willful, I am at my end – any ideas?” These conversations usually center around frustrating behavior that includes children not listening or being outright defiant – it is often a bit different for… Continue Reading
From the archives, April 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The topics of handwriting and writing reluctance come up from time to time on our yahoo group and I realized that I probably had not spoken of it here lately. I want to cover in fair detail as much as possible – remember that all children are different. PENMANSHIP… Continue Reading
From the archives, February 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sometimes when I feel the laziest about heading to church, those are the days with that one golden message and I want to kick myself for wanting to keep my tired pregnant bones in bed. Last Sunday was one of those days. Erik and I are taking a series… Continue Reading
From the archives, January 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We’ve been reviewing geometry this week and I thought I would share today’s work. Nesting octagons. Geometry is an essential part of the Waldorf curriculum beginning in grade 5 with free hand geometric drawing and follows through the grades with more precision care being taken as they get more… Continue Reading
From the archives, March 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I wanted to take the opportunity of the upcoming holiday to sneak in another saint for my daughter’s grade two lessons. We have been working to really combine all we can – in Waldorf schooling (home and classroom) many things are accomplished at once, so one lesson might have… Continue Reading