I’m learning to knit… I’ve got the basics and I’m trying some trickier stuff. My new project is a pair of socks (from the toe up!) with a set of double-pointed needles. Lessons learned so far:
Knitting in the Round Lesson 1:
Knit the outside, not the inside.
Knitting in the Round Lesson 2A:
When picking up your newly [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Nov
20
Knitting in the Round Lessons
by heather
Tags: knitting, lessons, round, socks
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Nov
17
“Enrichment”
by heather
I just heard a news report on the radio about some enrichment programs being done at some schools in the province. You know, the kind of extra stuff that’s not part of the regular curriculum. Stuff that makes school more interesting, stuff that’s related to the real world, hands-on experiences, fun stuff.
And I listened to [...]
Nov
16
The Big Day – Trying a New Schedule
by heather
Today is the Big Change — we’ve wrapped up several topics for now, and I’m implementing a much more Waldorf-inspired block. Form drawing is the focus for the next two weeks, starting from grade 1 and moving more quickly than the 7-year-olds would through the basic forms.
We actually started a little form drawing — just [...]
Tags: blocks, form drawing, homeschool, main lesson, scheduling, story, Waldorf
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Nov
16
Knitting With an 11-Year-Old Boy
by heather
Flipper actually learned to knit many years ago, I think when he was 6. He got a few rows done of what he intended to be a pillow for the cats, and then it was forgotten.
At the same time, the cushion I had started was also left aside, never to be picked up again. My [...]
Tags: Christopherus, coordination, Homeschooling, knitting, learning disability, Waldorf
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Nov
15
Ah, To Sleep, Perchance to… Be Sick All Night Instead
by heather
Pomme slept all night last night in her room. Most nights she ends up joining us sometimes between 3-5am, and nurses back to sleep. Most days now, that’s also the only nursing we do.
But occasionally, she stays in her room until we go in and get her (or she comes to get us, saying “wake [...]
Nov
13
How We Spent Our Remembrance Day
by heather
As I am the director of the Fredericton Concert and Marching Band (as of this past June), I was going to be involved in the Remembrance Day parade and ceremonies whether I really wanted to be or not. As a member of the band from about age 12-19, I’ve sure participated in my fair share [...]
Tags: 2009, cenotaph, Charles Leblanc, Fredericton, New Brunswick, November 11, Remembrance Day, vandalism, war memorial
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Nov
09
Study Time for Mom with Christopherus
by heather
It’s always exciting when you get STUFF in the mail, isn’t it?
This week, my order from Christopherus arrived. I’m not planning to implement full-on Waldorf homeschooling, anthroposophy just isn’t my thing. But there are several elements I want to incorporate, and I need to learn more about them.
I ordered several books: “Joyful Movement” and “Form [...]
Nov
07
Nature Walk
by heather
Today we went on a nature walk. We’ve been taking walks most mornings for the past week (as part of our drift towards Waldorf-iness… of course it’s also very Charlotte Mason but we never got into it for some reason…), but generally they’ve been along the streets, not into the woods.
We started off the day [...]
Nov
07
Autumn Session Update
by heather
I was just reviewing my previous post where I summarized what we’d accomplished in our first 6 weeks of a Charlotte Mason approach. That was back in March. It was fascinating to look back at what we’ve changed, what we’ve maintained, where we’ve stalled and where we’ve progressed.
One big change is that I stopped thinking [...]
Tags: ALEKS, Ancient History, charlotte mason, currclick, Ecoutez Parlez, Ellen J McHenry, French, history, History Odyssey, Hobbit, Homeschooling, homeschoolskedtrack, Intellego, l'art de lire, Life of Fred, literature, Lord of the Rings, math, Math Mammoth, Mathletics, Mesopotamia, Nallenart, NOEO, RightStart, scheduling, science, subjects, The Elements, Tolkien, Waldorf, whales, ziggurat
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