Pomme wants to learn to write. She’s already shown that she knows how to draw letter ‘i’ and ‘m’ and ‘o’ and ‘c’, which she figured out with no instruction. A few minutes ago, she was tracing Flipper’s handwriting exercises with her fingers, so I asked her if she’d like to do a writing page [...]
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Feb
13
The Greatest Not-Quite-Love Songs of All Time
by heather
Tomorrow being Valentine’s Day, I’m planning to publish a list of The Greatest Love Songs of all time (in my opinion).
Today being not-quite Valentine’s Day, here is a list some of the Greatest Not-Quite-Love Songs… those that just didn’t qualify for tomorrow’s list.
Not that these aren’t great songs. They are. In order to make this [...]
Nov
20
Knitting in the Round Lessons
by heather
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 [...]
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
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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Posted in Family, Music, Random Musings | Comments (0)
Oct
27
Thoughts on Waldorf
by heather
It’s been a year (or so) of great flux for us in our homeschooling… and life in general. From moving across the country, to new cars, new jobs, not to mention a new house. From exploring Flipper’s issues (and realizing that it’s not something that just “better discipline” or “more self-awareness teaching” is going to [...]
Tags: analysis, anthroposophism, arts, charlotte mason, criticism, curriculum, drawing, early academics, Enki, eurhythmy, fairies, festivals, form drawing, gnomes, Homeschooling, movement, narration, painting, philosophy, playsilks, rhythm, sensory integration, soul, Steiner, Waldorf
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Sep
11
Sponsor My Dragonboat Team!
by heather
I’m going Dragonboating this weekend with the Green Power Paddlers team. This Dragonboat festival is raising funds for SportsNB, so we need sponsors and pledges.
If you’d like to sponsor me, you can send me some cash via paypal (just mark “dragonboat” in the paypal comments) to heather@motherbynature.ca. Donations of $20 will get you a tax [...]
Sep
10
My Favourite Day of the Week
by heather
This post is part of the MDC Blogger Challenge for homeschool blogs.
I think my favourite day of the week is Wednesdays.
I almost picked Saturday. On Saturdays, we get up and go to the Fredericton Farmer’s Market. I eat Betty Lee’s spring rolls for breakfast, Pomme gets a fresh-squeezed orange juice and her own [...]
Tags: bagels, blogging, farmer's market, library, MDC, spring rolls, wednesday, weekdays
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Posted in Homeschooling, Random Musings | Comments (2)
Jul
29
Media Problem Solved and Strawberries
by heather
After googling about WordPress media upload problems, I browsed lots of irrelevant (about WP 2.5) or inapplicable (about blogs hosted at wordpress.com) or incomprehensible (change security settings to 777 — huh?), I did the simple(and overdue) task of upgrading my WP 2.7 installation to 2.8.
And uploading works now.
So here we have a picture that’s about [...]
Tags: gardening, media, problems, strawberries, upload, wordpress
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