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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘drawing’
Dec
01
French and Main Lesson Books
by heather
Tags: drawing, French, Homeschooling, l'art de lire, main lesson, Waldorf
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Posted in Homeschooling | Comments (1)
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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Posted in Random Musings | Comments (1)
May
18
Her First Representational Drawing
by heather
Pomme is almost 2.5 now, and just drew her first person. I guess saying her first “representational drawing” isn’t 100% accurate, because she has been drawing “with intent” for awhile. She has drawn rough oval shapes, thrown speckles into them, and said “whale!” But this was different. Tonight, she said “draw mommy.” She drew a [...]
Tags: child development, drawing, representational, toddler
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Posted in Babies, Kid stuff | Comments (0)
Mar
19
Busy, Busy Day Part II: Toddler Time
by heather
The day’s adventures continue with Pomme’s notable moments. She’s been keen on numbers for awhile now. She loves to point out “fenen” when she sees one… that’s ’7′ for the toddlerese-challenged. The fun thing she did today was out of nowhere, in the middle of a parking lot, she shouted out “Fee! Too! Won!” Whoa… [...]
Tags: alphabet, ballerina, breastfeeding, clothes, counting, dancing, diaper free, drawing, Homeschooling, literacy, numeracy, shopping, singing
Posted in Babies, Family, Homeschooling, Lactivism | Comments (0)
Posted in Babies, Family, Homeschooling, Lactivism | Comments (0)
Feb
27
Toddler Smarts on Display
by heather
Here’s how Pomme has been showing off her developing smarts this week: According to her, the one on the bottom is a cat, the one at the very top is a pig, and the rest are whales. The spots are eyes. She has labelled her drawings before (usually as whales lol), and she has drawn [...]
Tags: art, digits, drawing, homeschool, math, Montessori, patterns, quantity, representation, self-determination, sorting, symbol, unschooling
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Posted in Family, Homeschooling, Kid stuff | Comments (0)
Feb
03
Self-initiated Art Project
by heather
One of the joys of homeschooling is watching your child initiate some project completely on their own — no ‘assignment’, no instructions, no expectations of corrections or marking or whatever. Just for their own enjoyment. Of course, schooled kids do this too… but I’d guess that homeschooled kids do it more. Why? Maybe because of [...]
Tags: art, coral, drawing, Homeschooling, marine biology, orca, self-directed, whales
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Posted in Babies, Homeschooling | Comments (1)
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