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Sep
04

A Grand Unified Theory of Homeschooling

by heather

I’ve been thinking quite a bit lately about different educational philosophies.  From the typical public school curriculum and methodologies, or “school-at-home” homeschooling, to Charlotte Mason, Waldorf, Thomas Jefferson, Montessori, lapbooking, notebooking, earth-schooling, unschooling, Classical education… there is so much variety.  And in my research and learning over the years, there is something of value in [...]

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Mar
29

Getting Waldorf Supplies in Canada

by heather

Waldorf education has many particular supplies associated with it, much like Montessori has its own distinctive educational materials.  Some things are readily handmade, or easily available from other crafty folks who sell online — things like playsilks, dolls, etc. Some items, such as the Stockmar crayons and paints, can be a bit harder to track [...]

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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 [...]

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Mar
19

Waldorf Workshops in Fredericton

by heather

I meant to post this earlier, because the first workshop was tonight.  But better late than never — Next week, Judy King from the South Shore Waldorf School in Nova Scotia (the closest Waldorf School to us) will be presenting a talk on “Rhythm, The Root of Discipline: Insight on Healthy Daily Rhythms.”  Details and [...]

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Dec
01

French and Main Lesson Books

by heather

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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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 — [...]

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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.  [...]

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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” [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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