http://ourhomeschooljourney.co.za/wordpress A blog about our experiences as a Waldorf Homeschooling family Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:31:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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, ... http://ourhomeschooljourney.co.za/wordpress/259/school-starts-soon-sigh/ 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 ... http://ourhomeschooljourney.co.za/wordpress/257/painting-sketching-holidays/ 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 ... http://ourhomeschooljourney.co.za/wordpress/254/daytrip-to-our-local-castle/ 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 ... http://ourhomeschooljourney.co.za/wordpress/253/restless-chocolate-muffins/ 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 ... http://ourhomeschooljourney.co.za/wordpress/248/so-advent-is-over/