The Best Curriculum Search — 1st Grade
What curriculum are we going to use next year? This is a question on the minds of many homeschoolers and I am among that group. I already explained where I…
What to buy a 2 year old for her Birthday!
I am going to share with you my top 5 list of things to buy for a 2 year old as my little one is turning 2 next week so…
Waldorf Water Color Painting
Water color paining is not hard, but many parents seem to worry about it. A great book to get is Painting with Children, linked below. It shares the theory around…
Inspire me with rainbows!
I have been sick. Thankfully my littles have not been!This does mean though that the house will need some scrubbing and they need some balance!A few too many videos games, a…
Homemade Light Box Fun
Homeschooling is not all books and the kitchen table for most of us. For my family we love being creative and hands on working! Helping our pre-k daughter and Kinder son with…
The power of books on children.
We know that there are down sides to TV time and how it effects how we think and even behave because of how it effects our brains. It is…
Keep Warm
The importance of keeping warm is something I was not always aware of. Doctors, Nurses, Books, all seemed to say the same thing, dress the baby, the…
Winter Handwork
This is not my best photo ever to say the least but I can't really go wrong when trying to capture the moods of my tween. This is my Hope…
10 wonderful Natural Toys for 1-2 year olds
I often get asked what I will be getting my children for the holidays, and their birthdays. Of course love and yummy food and time with family but what loved…
October 11th — Importance of instruction
This picture is of my Kinder sons main lesson book work for the letter C, using Oak Meadow curriculum for Kindergarten. Simple enough, a curved cat representing the one in…
October 7th — Play Silks
One of the questions I was asked this week was "What gift to get a 2 year old?" and the first thing to pop into my head was play silks.…
October 4th — Video Games
One might wonder why a waldorf inspired homeschool family would support video games, or for that matter be a military family, the latter I have spoken of before and will…
Sept 9th — Wool Roving Fun
Night time in the Summer! Part of Mr. Handsomes curriculum with Oak Meadow is art. As Oak Meadow is waldorf based, it really values art and natural items. His project…
Aug 30th — Make Butter
The Prairie Primer had us making butter today! While they did it on the old days with a church and some people have the patience to do with with a…
Aug 29th — Home Sweet Homeschool
It is exciting to be starting another homeschooling year, this time with a 6th grader, an official kinder, and a pre-k, along with the baby of course! As exciting as…
Day 156 — New to Homeschooling – Relax
How much people can learn at any moment depends on how they feel at that moment about the task and their ability to do the task. When we feel powerful…
Day 144 – Handwork
As our school year starts to end, our state paperwork finished and sent, thoughts for me turn to next year. Next year our 5 year old will be doing Kinder,…
Day 19
Today Mr. Hansom was very determined to make bread. He loves to help with this just as much as he loves to eat home made bread. We have started to…
Simply Cookies
While I see the superficial clouding the lives of some I know I just have to cling to the simple things. Like cookies! I laughed this past week as a…