We start our lessons again next monday and I’m sitting preparing them now for the first main lesson block. Jules and I have a week of Ancient India left, and then a 4 week block of maths, week 1 being revision of last years work…does she remember how to multiply,divide, fractions etc…I think she will, […]
Filed under: Waldorf Grade 5, Waldorf Grade 2, Waldorf Homeschooling, Rudolf Steiner, Homeschool on January 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
Well it’s been 10 days since I updated the blog which is frustrating! So I’m going to try and summarise what we’ve done over those 10 days. StJohn is finally free of mumps, they went down 2 days ago! And yes, you guessed right, Jules now has mumps, started yesterday…2 days last week were lost […]
Filed under: Waldorf Grade 5, Ancient Civilisations, Waldorf Homeschooling on October 19th, 2009 | No Comments »
When we look at any of our lessons, being Animal Fables in Grade 2 or Mythology in Grade 4, 5, 6 etc I try and include an animal study and a plant study. If I am able to juggle everything then I’m able to do a single chalkboard drawing for both the Gr2 and Gr5 […]
Filed under: Waldorf Grade 5, Waldorf Grade 2, Ancient Civilisations, Waldorf Animal Studies, Waldorf Homeschooling on October 18th, 2009 | No Comments »
On Tuesday, we did a version of the story of St George, how he received his name. But first I just want to share a little something I do to make my life easier and hold the kids attention…Those chalkboard drawings…I get a lot of emails asking how to do them or if they’re really […]
Filed under: Waldorf Grade 5, Waldorf Grade 2, Festivals, Handwork & Crafting, Waldorf Homeschooling on October 2nd, 2009 | No Comments »
So it is that awesome time of year again, the Festival of Michaelmas. I want to share this week with you so that you can maybe get some ideas, or some resources that may make your Michaelmas a bit easier and richer. It’s often the planning which can be exhausting and it takes a lot […]
Filed under: Waldorf Grade 5, Waldorf Grade 2, Festivals, Verses, Waldorf Homeschooling on September 29th, 2009 | 4 Comments »
One thing I don’t often blog about, is our handwork…Now I love sewing and knitting and crafting in general so I don’t find this hard going at all. Before I started homeschooling the kids, I used to help out with the Grade 1 and Grade 2 Handwork classes at their Waldorf school. Which looking back […]
Filed under: Waldorf Grade 5, Waldorf Grade 2, Waldorf Toys, Handwork & Crafting, Waldorf Homeschooling on September 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
Mmmmhh…you may be thinking, what on earth is this crazy woman doing now? But bear with me there is method in my perceived madness. For Grade 5 we finished Atlantis studies with the destruction of Atlantis taking place in 9600BCE. I didn’t want to then hop forward to 3300BCE and launch myself into India, so […]
Filed under: Waldorf Grade 5, Ancient Civilisations, Vimala Alphabet, Waldorf Homeschooling, Homeschool on September 22nd, 2009 | No Comments »
It was the final day of Atlantis studies. Again there was a chalkboard drawing waiting for Jules when she woke up…
We spoke about how the Atlanteans changed, how they started to use their powers not for the good of all but for the gain of a few and how this lead to their destruction. We […]
Filed under: Waldorf Grade 5, Ancient Civilisations, Anthroposophy, Waldorf Homeschooling, Rudolf Steiner on September 21st, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Unfortunately I haven’t been updating the blog, as I’ve been in hospital, and have spent the better part of a week recovering. So I have lots to blog about. StJohns’ grade 2 lessons have been going according to schedule and I haven’t blogged about 1! Disgusting, I know, but I just want to get Juliettes’ […]
Filed under: Waldorf Grade 5, Ancient Civilisations, Waldorf Homeschooling, Rudolf Steiner on September 21st, 2009 | No Comments »
Well Friday ended rather badly with StJohns’ horrid behavior, he’s going through that choleric stage at the moment, testing boundaries at every opportunity. So we never got to do is lesson with him on Friday…but that said he helped bake the lamingtons after school. But enough of that…Juliette and I looked at the Architecture and […]
Filed under: Waldorf Grade 5, Ancient Civilisations, Waldorf Homeschooling on September 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment »