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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.  $30.
Easy [...]

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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 I [...]

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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 — just [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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” [...]

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