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It’s Friday and we’ve had a great week! Juliette has been cross stitching a bookmark for her Dads birthday next month. She’s really enjoying this activity. She wasn’t too keen on knitting when we did it last year, though she did finish the project, a pink pig. It’s just so relaxing sitting with both […]
Filed under: Verses, Handwork & Crafting, Waldorf Homeschooling, Homeschool on September 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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It’s absolutely Freeeeezing here in Cape Town. We had the most stunning warm spring day last Saturday, where the whole family spent most of the day in the garden weeding vegetable beds, trimming grass, trimming back long overdue shrubs. We even managed to squeeze in a picnic at the beach for dinner that […]
Filed under: Handwork & Crafting, Waldorf Homeschooling, Homeschool on September 16th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hi Everyone,
As you know if you’ve visited before the curriculum we use for StJohn is Waldorf based and this year I moved Juliette from a Waldorf Curriculum to Clonard, a more academic curriculum.
The main reason for doing this was that she insisted she wished to go to University to study to become a Vet. And […]
Filed under: Homeschool on September 7th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I started this blog I swore blind that it would show people the good days, the bad days and the inbetween days. Well most days are stunning, everything goes smoothly and school and home are positively blissful! And then just to keep me grounded and in touch with reality, I’m presented with a day […]
Filed under: Homeschool on August 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hi Everyone!
We bake at least 3 times a week here. It started out as a set bakers day, but soon became just a part of our week. We make everything from Scones to Apple Pie and we like to make our own bread most days. The kids decide if they feel like baking or not. […]
Filed under: Homesteading Recipes, Homeschool on August 16th, 2008 | No Comments »
Hi Everyone,
Jules has flu, again, and has been doing school in bed, bit by bit. So Grade 4 is plodding slowly at present. Frustrating but it can’t be helped.
But now, StJohn’s Grade 1,well…He’s rocking at the moment. He’s excited and is just tackling every bit of work he possibly can. He’s doing the waldorf curriculum, […]
Filed under: Homeschool on May 13th, 2008 | No Comments »
Wow! Its been a busy few weeks and after having a holiday at home, spending time doing very little with my brain, I feel well and ready to take on a new term of work at school and to tackle the garden. (Garden sounds weird to me, it makes me think of flowers and fountains […]
Filed under: Homeschool on April 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Okay so not so typical. It started off bad, so yuck. I waddled downstairs grunting at all and sundry. Went to turn on the coffee machine, filled the one part with water, and then instead of putting the coffee into the filter cup thingy… I threw it into the water holder thingy.
So the day started […]
Filed under: HOMESTEADING, Homeschool on March 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you’ve followed our posts you’ll know we have a passion for homesteading, striving for self sufficiency and the like.
I want to put pages together for all the recipes for cleaning products etc, that we’ve found work amongst other things, but that’s for later.
Our vegetables…..we live on a rocky outcrop, in a wooden house […]
Filed under: HOMESTEADING, Homeschool on March 17th, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, Jules has been doing fine. There is nothing exciting to tell at the moment really. She consistently gets 80% or more for her spelling tests. Her maths is going perfectly, we’re still doing Calculator skills, but will be finished tomorrow.
She’s enjoyed this part of the curriculum, though I’ve found it boring, many cups of […]
Filed under: Homeschool on March 17th, 2008 | No Comments »