I sat down a while back with the grade 5 curriculum and started to plan the study of Atlantis. Step 1 – find as much info as possible, from everywhere, differing opinions etc. Now this is where planning really takes off and there is usually such a glut of info that one needs to sift [...]
Filed under: Ancient Civilisations, Anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf Homeschooling on August 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
Well we’re nearly at the end of our holiday between grades, and I’ve been sleeping, playing with my cat, playing boardgames with the kids, having breakfast at strange places and having numerous pajama days! And I’ve been reading….in preparation for planning the lessons. Now when you get Melisas’ curriculum you are given the daily lesson [...]
Filed under: Anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf Homeschooling on August 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
Well it’s been 8 months since I lasted posted on this blog. I don’t want to speak to soon, but our life is looking settled. John had an accident in January and then just as he appeared to be mending well, he had a minor heart attack…so blogging has been far from my mind. It [...]
Filed under: Waldorf Homeschooling on August 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
Hi Everyone, We’re in the throws of advent and I haven’t had any time to blog, but I got a really nice email from someone thanking me for sharing my work, and it got me thinking…I’ve been planning advent for our family from a Steiner Waldorf Perspective and have done all the research and searching [...]
Filed under: Festivals, Waldorf Homeschooling on December 9th, 2008 | No Comments »
Hi Everyone Today was Juliettes’ last animal in her animal studies block. We start Norse Mythology tomorrow. To make this transition smooth, even though it is a completely different subject, we studied the Mountain Lion of North America yesterday and today… Well we crossed the ocean! We looked at a world map, tracking our journey, [...]
Filed under: Waldorf Animal Studies, Waldorf Homeschooling, Waldorf Norse Mythology on November 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
Hey Everyone The kids are climbing trees at the moment before bedtime, I know, rhythm and all that, but it’s a beautiful evening so let them enjoy it, I’ll call them in in a minute…. Tonight is the eve of the last Waldorf Animal Studies lesson for this year for Juliette (Grade 4) We’ve enjoyed [...]
Filed under: Waldorf Animal Studies, Waldorf Homeschooling on November 24th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hi Everyone I’ve been swamped, good swamped though, and would like to bring the Blog up to date with our school stuff. So today it’s Waldorf Form Drawing. If you’re not a Waldorf person, you’ll be thinking what? Why? I know my husband and I thought the same many years back. Waldorf can be so [...]
Filed under: Waldorf Form Drawing, Waldorf Homeschooling on November 23rd, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hi Everyone Just a very quick post…I’ve been busy trying to put up new webpages. So you’ll see I’ve done a Waldorf Curriculum Review and there are new goodies in our Waldorf Inspired Shop! So if you’re considering a Waldorf Education for your child or a new Waldorf Curriculum, please visit the Waldorf Curriculum page. [...]
Filed under: Homeschool, Shop, Waldorf Homeschooling on November 18th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hi Everyone Last night we celebrated the Festival of St Martin. The story very briefly goes like this…. St Martin was a soldier in the Roman army, who out on patrol one cold winters night, came upon a beggar and took his cloak off and cut it clean in half. In those days the cloak [...]
Filed under: Festivals, Handwork & Crafting, Verses, Waldorf Homeschooling on November 11th, 2008 | No Comments »
On Saturday afternoon we made a lantern each. I couldn’t face the paper ones this year. I saw what happened to them last year. They just got crumpled and ended up in a toy box. So we went with glass. Another reason being we live in a seriously windy area and the candle will continue [...]
Filed under: Festivals, Handwork & Crafting, Homeschool, Waldorf Homeschooling on November 11th, 2008 | No Comments »