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 [...]
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Nov
16
The Big Day – Trying a New Schedule
by heather
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
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 [...]
Oct
27
Brain Training — Anyone Done This?
by heather
I’m perusing a website, learningaids.com, and I’m fascinated. So much of what she’s saying about children “stuck” in their right brains rings true for Flipper.
The left hemisphere perceives the world in bits and pieces and loves to organize and categorize… It also gives readers “that little silent voice” inside the head while reading. Math also [...]
Tags: ADHD, brain training, learning disability, learningaids.com, left brain, right brain
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Oct
25
Meeting Elizabeth May
by heather
We had an amazing opportunity last week.
Elizabeth May, leader of the federal Green Party of Canada, was coming to town to speak at a Conservation Council of New Brunswick event. Various other events were therefore scheduled around this, including a talk at UNB. As a member of the local Green Party EDA (Electoral District [...]
Oct
25
The Big Bed Move is Complete
by heather
When last I posted about Pomme’s progression in sleeping arrangements, she was happily going to sleep in her own room, by her own choice, though since it was still a “new thing,” we had not yet moved her “real” bed from own room to hers. We wanted to make sure this was a “permanent thing” [...]
Tags: bedrooms, co-sleeping, cry-it-out, Ikea, independence, Kritter, toddlers
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Oct
24
Another Overdue Update With Big News!
by heather
I’m such a naughty blogger!
I just was given a warm thank you by a regular reader, while chatting on a thread at MDC, who called my blog ‘inspirational’. Then I realized I hadn’t posted in over two weeks, and there is so much to blog about!
So I’m going to try to catch up over the [...]
Tags: blogging, choir director, director of music, Elantra, Gibson Memorial United Church, Hyundai, Kia Rio, MDC, new car, new job, organist, year-end sale
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Oct
08
Bedroom Tales
by heather
I realize it’s been a little while since I updated on Pomme’s sleeping arrangements. Basically, after the three days I previously blogged about, she went back to sleeping in her bed in our room for a couple days. She had a cold and was cranky, who can blame her?
However, within a few days, she wanted [...]
Tags: bedtime, co-sleeping, preschool, sleep independence, toddler
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