We’re a few weeks into our Waldorfy experiments, and things are far from settled. I’ve been busy, and tired, and things just haven’t gelled yet. We’re not getting much ‘work’ done, but we’re getting a bit here and there at least. One thing I’ve loved about the Waldorf ideas, is the concept of drawing to [...]
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Dec
01
French and Main Lesson Books
by heather
Tags: drawing, French, Homeschooling, l'art de lire, main lesson, Waldorf
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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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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
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” [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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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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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 [...]
Oct
08
Weather Chart
by heather
Blog-surfing tonight via Tot School, I found this blog, which mentioned a weather chart activity appropriate for preschoolers which she obtained from this blog. Whew! Ain’t the blogosphere grand? Pomme has become fascinated with weather and day/night recently. Every morning, she asks if the sun is up, and bedtime is becoming easier because she has [...]
Tags: crafts, Homeschooling, preschool, toddler, weather
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Sep
21
Ancient History — It’s Working!
by heather
For the past several months, we’ve been trying out Ancient History as part of Flipper’s curriculum. We started with History Odyssey level 2, since that would be the “correct” level for his age. But after trying it for awhile, we found that since he had no previous background in history, and is a reluctant writer, [...]
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