So we completed Ancient Eqypt with Jules by taking a trip to a history museum in the city and writing in hieroglyphs. It was a really quick lesson block for me, as Juliette has an avid interest in all things Egyptian, so she has done most of the reading on her own. Here is the [...]
Filed under: Ancient Civilisations, Waldorf Grade 5, Waldorf Homeschooling on October 19th, 2010 | No Comments »
I’ve had a few people (so Rose,Bridgi,Janine and Tim – this is for you guys) in the past few weeks ask me how we make our own pasta so here it is…a simple, easy yet absolutely delicious recipe. Not only that but it is extremely economical Okay, to make a lasagne for about 8 – [...]
Filed under: Waldorf Homeschooling on October 3rd, 2010 | No Comments »
And in the best of spaces! I’m not going to try and explain the very peculiar year we’ve had….other than to say that I’ve found a huge number of people who had been lost to me since birth. I found my family. This obviously was mind blowing but all is in order and I’ve finally [...]
Filed under: Homeschool, Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf Grade 2, Waldorf Grade 5, Waldorf Homeschooling on September 17th, 2010 | No Comments »
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: Homeschool, Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf Grade 2, Waldorf Grade 5, Waldorf Homeschooling on January 12th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
John gave me a huge Christmas present of an easel, oil paints, etc. Which at the time I thought wow, that’s so awesome of him… what I didn’t put together was how awesome…he knows I’ve been going through a bit of a dark space and he knows me well enough (he met me when I was [...]
Filed under: Anthroposophy, Waldorf Homeschooling on December 29th, 2009 | No Comments »
Today, we had a treat, John is on leave for the remainder of the week, so he took us into the centre of the city. We visited the Castle in Cape Town. The castle was built in 1656 by the Dutch East India Company as a refreshment station, mainly. Of course being true to type [...]
Filed under: Ancient Civilisations, Waldorf Homeschooling on December 28th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been feeling extremely restless this past little while, yet tired, so ended up baking a batch of chocolate muffins for breakfast tomorrow morning – sooo healthy!LOL! Usually I bake everything from scratch, using as many organic ingredients as possible, but a few days back I was given the gift of a packet of muffin [...]
Filed under: HOMESTEADING, Homesteading Recipes, Vegan Stuff, Waldorf Homeschooling on December 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In one way I’m relieved that advent and christmas are now behind us. I find it a trying time. I love it for the kids sake and it is a beautiful season, but there are many hurts that happen over this time. Family that cannot be with us for so many reasons…I’m just glad to [...]
Filed under: Waldorf Homeschooling on December 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Well it’s the 3rd week of Advent, the light of beasts. “The third light of Advent is the light of beasts. Animals of farm, field, forest, air and sea. All await the birth in greatest and in least.” Rudolf Steiner It’s one week until Christmas day, which we’ll just spend together, my husband, John, Juliette-Marie [...]
Filed under: Festivals, Vegan Stuff, Waldorf Homeschooling on December 18th, 2009 | No Comments »
We’re in the 3rd week of Advent here and I just wanted to share last weeks advent chalkboard drawing with you. Down below you’ll see a drawing I did of a Mother with her child, for me we are all children of 1 mother, great spirit…whatever you wish to call it.We use the verse of [...]
Filed under: Festivals, Waldorf Homeschooling on December 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment »