I’ve just been inspired by this post: What happens when mom unplugs teens for 6 months? Basically, she banned all computers, MP3 players, video game systems, cell phones, etc etc, for 6 months. And to kickstart the whole experiment, they went several weeks with no electricity at all. She figured that after weeks of old-fashioned [...]
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Jul
08
Books For Sale!
by heather
I have a few used books for sale, prices do NOT include shipping. I will ship here in Canada and to the US. Saxon Math 5/4, Homeschool Third Edition (2005). 630 pages. Just the student textbook. Some exercise numbers are circled in pencil, otherwise no marks. Very good condition overall, some wear here and there. [...]
Tags: curriculum, for sale, Homeschooling, used
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Mar
26
Tot School Weekly Update
by heather
Pomme is 39 months old Okay, I wasn’t going to get into this whole “Tot School” thing, since we’re not really doing all that much in terms of formal schooling. But, she did a few really cool things this week, and I know that “Tot School” isn’t supposed to necessarily mean “formal schooling” anyway, so [...]
Tags: art, bead bars, golden beads, Homeschooling, math, Montessori, Right Start, tally marks, tot school, Waldorf, watercolour
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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 — [...]
Tags: blocks, form drawing, homeschool, main lesson, scheduling, story, Waldorf
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Posted in Family, Homeschooling | Comments (0)
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tags: ADHD, brain training, learning disability, learningaids.com, left brain, right brain
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Posted in Family, Homeschooling | Comments (2)
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 [...]
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