Our Waldorf Homeschool Journey

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 has been all that I could do to keep our journey going. We nearly lost him twice in 7 months!!Talk about a lesson in treasuring someone! But I’m tentatively trying to blog again, as I have so much to share with you all.

Juliette is in Grade 5 now, StJohn in Grade 2…Time sure flies! We’re still using Melissa Nielsens’ Curriculum - a little garden flower. I love it, all the basics are there and you just go with it. It is my humble opinion that Rudolf Steiner would have enjoyed Melissas’ guides.

In his lectures Discussions with Teachers he states the following; “The teacher must be a person of initiative in everything done, great and small.” Now there are a number of Waldorf Study Guides etc. out there which are wonderful, but…for me they’re just a bit to “easy”. I’m trying to find the right words here. To know a subject, to allow the spirit to flow through you to the child, you need to have embraced it yourself. To plop a book down or read from it, is fine but not ideal.

An example to share with you would be teaching Norse mythology. When I taught it to Jules I saw her feeling Freya’s pain as she searched for her husband and realised she had lost him. The spirit flows, it’s awesome to experience. It doesn’t matter what the subject is you can feel it when it’s right!

You see with Melissas’ Curriculum everything is provided (including a daily lesson plan!). You need to read about the subject, understand it and only then present it to your child. Only in this way, can you truly give your child an Anthroposophic education.

I want to share a quote of Rudolf Steiners’ that I keep stuck on our fridge… As a homeschooler it is a bit difficult if you wake up feeling fed up, irritated or miserable. You can’t just bundle the kids in the car and drop them at school! You are the school, so I have this on the fridge next to the espresso machine (my first port of call each day)….

The teacher must never get stale or grow sour. Cherish a mood of soul that is fresh and healthy! 

Rudolf Steiner

 There are a few days when I swear under my breath at the quote, but they’re few, most days it seems to calm me and I start to smile.

Blessings to you all, there are so many of you I need to email, and I will return all the mails I’ve received, I just couldn’t up to now, my apologies…..

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 for resources. First came the search to understand the festival and secondly how to turn advent into something special in our home.

Needless to say I’ve put all that research onto an advent page and uploaded it to the site, so if you’re struggling with advent or just want to try out something a bit different, then please click on the Waldorf Festival Resources Page 

Hope it helps!

Many Blessings to you all, and if you’re looking for lanterns for advent, you can click on the festivals category on the right hand side of the blog, and use the same ones we made for Martinmas, just change the colour of the tissue paper, maybe pure yellow to represent light, or a christmassy, red, green and white?

Thanks for popping in…

Sue.

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, from North America across to Norway. In doing this we chatted about the Northern Lights, and I found some stunning videos on Youtube which I showed Juliette (after school). Pictures people have taken and actual video footage of the Northern lights.

Once this was done, I then introduced her to the Norwegian Forest cat, which was around in the time of the Norsemen, in fact it is believed that Freyas’ Chariot was pulled by these specific grey cats. They were used on the ships of the Norsemen to keep rats at bay. They were also believed to be a part of the household even 3500 years ago. And they are, still today, found wild in the forests of the Nordic countries. If you go to Norway or Denmark you’ll hear people talking about the Faerie Cats. Well those are the Norwegian Forest Cats. And here is Juliettes’ main lesson book, with the Mountain Lion and the Norwegain Forest Cat sharing a page…

I may have cheated a little, you see we have 2 Norwegian Forest cats, one is mine, Ruby-Rose is her name, and one is Juliettes’, Iceland Poppy is her name. It just seemed such an awesome opportunity to join two lesson blocks, and truly have an understanding of an animal, that though she is a part of our family, could quite easily survive in the wild, like her family do. We’ve watched her hunt, we’ve been brought gifts of live snakes by her. We hold her, feel her and have a deep understanding of her. It was an incredible main lesson this morning. To teach about a creature that I adore with all my heart and who I know Juliette adores as well.

These are our 2 Norwegian Forest Cats….

Iceland Poppy, fast asleep as per usual, she’s either asleep, or is charging around like her tail’s on fire!

And that is Ruby, my most loved animal in the entire world. I adore her and she appears to love me. If I talk to her she starts purring. She’s a typical NFC, aloof, yet loving and strong willed.

Well these are the 2 cats that we finished our main lesson with today. Tomorrow we tackle the very beginning of the Norse Myths…. We can’t wait it’s so exciting. And next week is advent! We’re making stained glass windows with a Norse flavour. More on that later….

Many Blessings to you this day,

Sue

Filed under: Waldorf Norse Mythology, Waldorf Animal Studies, Waldorf Homeschooling 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 every minute of it. It’s not just about the animals it’s about us as humans. Over the past few weeks we’ve looked at the physical characteristics of each animal, from the buffalo to the owl. We’ve seen how each animal is uniquely designed to fulfil it’s task in nature and to survive.

For example the owls’ eyes are different to the bald eagle as the owl hunts at night, and the eagle during the day. The mountain lion has large muscular hind legs to leap and pounce onto it’s prey. We’ve looked at how animals keep warm and dry, whether they can smell well, how big and sensitive are their eyes, ears, noses etc. ? Do they live in packs or solitary, as this effects the way they hunt, and care for their young.

And through all this we looked at the animals in relation to us as humans. Why do we not have super sensitive hearing and sight? Why do we not have thick coats? Well in essence we’re a completely balanced creature. We were blessed with the gift of thought, which the animals have not. We do not need to have thick coats to keep dry, we’re able to build our homes, and find shelter, using our hands, knitting jerseys. We do not need to be able to hear superbly to avoid predators, as we have the gift of thought, we’re able to think ahead, stay out of danger, and keep safe.

It’s been an interesting few weeks. It turned into a 6 week block lesson at the end of it, as we did a number of complimentary animals along the way. Every animal was drawn and written about in Jules’s main lesson book. I asked Juliette to finish each written piece. I would start it off, kind of like this….I am a mountain lion. I love to stalk through the long grass and….

She would then finish the story. Anywhere between 150 and 300 words. Here’s one of the pages from her main lesson book (A3 size). Often for the additional lesson, like this one, of the owl, I’d find a poem that sums up the animal, and yet does it in a beautiful or fun way. This poem is available on www.canteach.ca. It’s not a Waldorf site, but has some really nice resources.

The Owl

There’s a wide-eyed owl
With a pointed nose,
He has pointed ears
And claws for toes:
He sits in a tree
And looks at you;
Then flaps his wings and says,”Tu-whit, tu-whoo!”

You’ll notice that she has written on a lined piece of paper. She absolutely cannot bear to write on a blank piece of paper. She needs the lines, so I let her write her work on lined paper, and then stick it in her main lesson book. She then draws the animal and decorates around the stuck in story.

Before teaching this lesson block, not only did I research each animal, but listened to the series of lectures by Rudolf Steiner, The Study of Man also known as The Foundations of Human Experience. Only once I had listened and understood these, was I able to teach about the animals and us from the perspective of thinking, feeling and willing.

It’s an awesome lecture series, long and drawn out, but absolutely essential. I found that I couldn’t listen to more than 1 per day, otherwise I couldn’t absorb everything and would struggle to sleep, I assume because I was trying to process what I had heard that day.

Now I have to go and bring the children in they’re singing, “Down with darkness, Up with light!” from the top of our bluegum trees, which knowing some of our neighbours will scare them and they’ll be convinced we’re casting spells on them. Some people!Really….

Have a blessing filled week.

Sue

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 confusing, and appear mystical. It’s not. There is a reason behind everything, and everything has a specific time and place. No action is wasted or just done because. So here goes, my opinion…

One of the activities that I insist the kids do at least twice a week is form drawing. Put very simply, form drawing is a shape/pattern that the child draws which has a soul quality. This isn’t just a Waldorf thing, it is spoken about in many ancient texts.

The form drawings are different for different ages, grades and stages of development. In Grade 1 form drawing is introduced before writing begins, and then throughout the year. But it aids in the shaping and forming of the alphabet. StJohn is in Grade 1 and one of his form drawings looks like this…

Form drawing is done on an A3 piece of paper, and I let him use stick crayons. There are days when he has used his block crayons, but after reading the various lectures of Rudolf Steiners, I believe that the stick crayon was the writing implemented intended, not the block crayon, at this stage . Just my personal opinion…

I really recommend that when your kids are doing their form drawing that you do one as well. You’ll feel the various qualities of the shape. A spiral, for example, drawn from the inside out will give you a feeling of freedom, of breathing easier, of bringing yourself out of yourself. I know it sounds weird but it’s true. Just try it, relax and feel it, you’ll be amazed. Once you connect with the various feelings and qualities of a specific form, you’ll intuitively know which form needs to be done on any given day, and for which child.

For StJohn specifically he has various personal issues of soul development, that we use form drawing to help him overcome, and it does make a difference.

Juliette, in Grade 4 this year, studies Norse Mythology, and her stage in development needs something entirely different. She has far more complex shapes, forms with knots and twists, over and under. Pretty much what’s happening in her life at this 9/10 year change. Norse mythology is beautifully echoed in the various shapes and designs of her form drawing.
One of my favourites of hers is this one…..

The idea is to have one form per A3 page which StJohn is completely comfortable with. Juliette on the other hand will do a smaller form, and repeat it many times. I leave it for now, as this is okay, she also has issues that she needs help overcoming.

Every child is different so to try and force them to do something in a specific way goes completely against the teachings of Dr Steiner. They needed to be helped, inspired and encouraged positively. So for now Jules will draw 3 small form drawings on a page….

We’re busy planning advent at the moment, and designing an advent calendar to make!!That’s in my spare time

What I’ve been trying to come to grips with this past week, is the new main lesson block for Juliette for this coming week. She starts her Norse Mythology block, and it’s not just a matter of hauling out the curriculum and saying, hey cool, lets read these stories. They’re in the Waldorf Curriculum for a reason, for this specific stage of development, and there is a complete lectures series, being The Mission of Folk- Souls which Rudolf Steiner gave in 1910, that I’m trying to finish reading.

I truly believe that if you understand the reason behind the teaching, and hear what Dr Steiner said about it, NOT SOMEONE ELSE’S INTERPRETATION OF WHAT HE INTENDED, only then can you truly teach your child using his Waldorf educational method. We’re not here to fill our childs’ head with facts, there is plenty of time on earth for that. We’re here to nurture their soul.

But back to Norse Mythology, after that little rant, I’ll blog about that another time, as I’d like to put a file together on how to pronounce the various names used in Norse Mythology, as I have struggled with them and found bits and pieces here and there. I’d like to share that with other parents. A simple example would be Muspell (pronounced…moo-spell) or another Ymir pronounced…im-meer). So I’m putting a list of all the relevant names together, and if you need them you can just download them. Quick and simple.

Anyway back to my lectures and preparing the last animal studies of the year. They’ve been great but I can’t wait for Mythology. Or is that just Sanguine me talking?

Many blessings to you all this peaceful Sunday.

Sue. xx

Filed under: Waldorf Form Drawing, Waldorf Homeschooling on November 23rd, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Boy have we had a week! We had floods on Sunday, with the rain running through our bedroom. This resulted in no loss of belongings just piles of washing! Towels by the dozen, and….well it rained on my huuuuge ironing pile. So I had to wash it all again. The universe’s hint…hey Sue, how about doing some ironing, huh? Well I finished that round of washing and drying on Tuesday evening.

Then came Wednesday, when I made the decision to re-install our dishwasher. I haven’t been using it as it gobbles water and electricity and it just didn’t feel true to our principles. Well I’ve had a guts full of dirty plates and cups and bowls and well, honestly I’m exhausted… So I thought, for now I need a bit of extra time in the day and I can save the better part of an hour if the dishwasher does the washing up. (Yes I timed it :o) )

Anyway we bring it in from the store room, and I proceed to get it connected and for some reason the connection wouldn’t tighten. So I called John and asked for his strength in doing it. Well, then came flood number 2. The pipe in the wall just burst it’s end off! The kitchen and lounge were an inch under water within 5 minutes. We managed to turn the water off for the whole property, but then had to wait a day for the plumber, so borrowed water from our neighbor. But as at now the dishwasher is working and helping me immensely!

But from that little episode, came another piiiilllle of towel washing! Which was finished finally this morning, when, you’ll never believe it, the washing machine hose, just slipped out of the outlet, flooding the bathroom with water! But I set my mind to it and those clean up towels are now washed and dried.

Our pool vacuum has just given up the ghost so we are now shopping for a new one, preferably one that’s a little more reliable.

Hopefully life can commence as usual now and the water will just behave!

Other than that I’d like to share our garden news with you. Our winter lettuce is pretty much finished now and we’ve left it to go to flower and then to the seed stage. If you’ve never seen a lettuce flower then here is a pic for you, isn’t it beautiful?

Then we’ve planted more seeds of course as we do regularly, in the hope of abundant food, the hope is usually dashed by a storm or high winds, but we love the process so keep it at none the less! We don’t eat any animals or fish, so one of the plants we needed is a chickpea plant. Well our nursery thought I was daft and said they had no clue. I was unable to find seeds, so being as stubborn as a mule, I went to our look grocery store and bought chickpea sprouts, supposedly for salads and stuff. Well I warmed then and wet them and nursed them and now look….

We have chickpea plant seedlings! There are about 10 of them so lets see how it goes, if it works then what that means is we have a “faux meat” plant!

And then on a seriously light note….here’s a really good reason to be patient, if you have rocky soil, and put it through a garden sieve (which we have believe it or not)! Most of our carrots are pretty straight but this one was just bizarre….StJohn pulled it out and his face was just filled with wonder. Of course I told him the Gnomes did it, the mischievous ones, that sleep under the gem squash bush next to the carrots.

Hey who knows maybe they did?!

Blessed be this weekend, Sue.xx

Filed under: Bio-Dynamic Gardening, HOMESTEADING, Homeschool on November 21st, 2008 | 3 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.
And if you’re interested in Waldorf Inspired Gnomes and Rainbow Angels please pop into the shop. You won’t be disappointed!

I’ll blog again later in the week, as we’ve just had Juliettes Rainbow Bridge, yesterday and I’m still exhausted, more about that later this week…….

Blessed Be,

Sue

Filed under: Shop, Waldorf Homeschooling, Homeschool 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 of a Roman Soldier was treasured as it was only given once you became an officer. Needless to say that night St Martin had a dream that he saw God wearing half a cloak, his cloak and from then on wouldn’t fight and led a life of giving, a holy life of kindness and love.
This is the briefest summary, I told the kids the full long story last night, but lets start at the beginning. On Saturday we made Waldorf-Inspired Martinmas Lanterns (see earlier post, if you want to make them), then on Sunday we put the handles on our lanterns and again discussed StMartin - briefly.

Then yesterday, Monday was the Eve of Martinmas. We spoke about St Martin in the morning and learnt a verse which I’ll share with you….

Sharing, Caring

Kind and True

StMartin we Honour you.

It seemed to say it all, the children learnt it easily as we were painting, and chatting about honouring St Martin this day.

StJohn painted a beautiful picture of St Martin with his Red Cloak and Sword…

Juliette decided not to paint StMartin, she just painted a flat blue sky…..on an A1 sheet of paper. She often gets huffy when she thinks she may have to part with some of her possessions, and at this point she smelt a rat…..

Then we spoke about sharing and sharing our possessions, with people who have less than us, or are in need in some way. John came in from his study, and we each found a few things to donate to charity. John gave clothes, I gave clothes and shoes, StJohn gave shoes, clothes and a mountain of toys (it was a great time to move those plastic toys out the door ;o)) and Juliette…well she gave a few little old toys with difficulty. But that said, when we drove down to the charity shop and delivered our gifts she said she felt so good. She just is like that, it’s not that she’s selfish, she constantly thinks….what if one day I need that?!

Anyway, that done we started to prepare food for the evening, I tried to make something everyone would like, so there were (vegetarian) hotdogs, chickpea burgers, salads, we baked bread in the shape of an M, leek and potato soup and then made pancakes for dessert.

We then had dinner as we were waiting for darkness to fall. Then as dinner was ending I told them the story of StMartin, how cold it was, and how much his cloak must have meant to him. As the story came to an end I gave each of them a small StMartin Gnome that I’d made….

They absolutely loved them, and this morning, I noticed StJohns’ gnome had developed super powers and used his cloak to fly!

Anyway, after the gifts we said our verse again, and lit our lanterns, went on a short lantern walk, and then came back to the front garden, where a bonfire had been prepared by John. I spoke to them about each of our small lights of goodness and when we put them all together, whoosh! (John lit the Bonfire) Look how much light we have.

Each of us has one small light, but put it together and we have a raging fire of Light!

Then we shared pancakes next to the fire, and then it was bedtime. I got a million hugs and kisses as they made their way to bed. So I guess they had a good time.

Hope your Martinmas was full of love and laughter as well.

Sue. xx

Filed under: Festivals, Verses, Handwork & Crafting, 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 to burn, if it is protected within a glass jar. These lanterns can be made for any festival, just change the colour of the tissue paper and stick different things on the side.

We’ll be making them again for advent in red, green and white. But then we’ll be gluing
beads, and glittery goodies on the outside.

Here’s a pic of the Martinmas lanterns in the light of day…

I’d like to share with you how we made them. They make beautiful Waldorf-Inspired gifts as well, not only for the Festival of Martinmas.

For the Lantern You’ll need:

A clean,dry glass jar per person.
Cold Glue/Wood/craft glue
Glue/paint brush
3 different colours of Tissue paper (we use yellow,gold and light gold (not metallic) )

For the handle you’ll need:

Baling or Florists wire
(we use baling as we’ve always got it lying around for fences and stuff)
Wool (we use a cream colour)

I used a square jam jar (250ml) for mine, and 2 Mayonnaise jars (750ml) for Jules and Sin. I then mixed decoupage glue, being 1/2 cold glue (that white wood glue) and 1/2 water.

Then you’re ready to go. Start tearing small pieces of tissue paper off. I tore them about
2cm x 2 cm. You can cut them but then the lanterns take on a bit of a Picasso Cubism look, which doesn’t appeal to me.

Paint the jar little bit, little bit and stick your tissue paper on. If the tissue paper stands up, just paint over it, it them sticks back down. Don’t forget to mix all the different colours as you go, and to overlay them.

When the entire jar is covered with paper, then give the whole outside of the jar a light
paint with the glue. Then allow it to dry.

I left ours overnight and then John put the handles on for us. You just take a piece of
wire, tie it around the rim, really tight. Tie it off using pliers. Then make a handle, a
semi-circle with a hook at each end. Hook the hooks under the wire attached around the rim. And again tie off with the pliers.

Then you wrap the entire wire handle and around the rim with wool.

Place a small piece of tic-tac/prestik at the bottom of the jar on the inside, Push a
tea-light candle onto the tic-tac and you’re good to go!

Here’s a pic of the lanterns in the dark last night. They stood up to the high wind, and a
lantern walk. We came back with the candles still burning.

There is a beautiful story on Melisa’s blog, which I told the kids as we made our lanterns, it’s all about Brother Sun and how he gives you a tiny golden spark to keep safe inside your lantern.

Enjoy making them, they become treasures that will always remind you of a beautiful day.

Blessings to you as you craft,
Sue.xx

Filed under: Festivals, Handwork & Crafting, Waldorf Homeschooling, Homeschool on November 11th, 2008 | No Comments »

Hi Everyone

Well, yesterday’s telling of the story the Little Red Hen obviously was absorbed overnight, because when I went to clear another vege bed, harvesting the last brocoli, onions and beetroot and tying up tomatoes,that sort of thing (and weeding….), StJohn asked if he could help, and he did. He dug out brocoli plants, cleared the few weeds around, and then dug beds over ready for new seeds. He did an amazing job.

Now to put things in perspective I need to explain that for our piece of earth we try our best to follow Bio-Dynamic principles. I found this incredible, as I’ve done this for most of my adult life, and never knew that Rudolf Steiner wrote a book and gave lectures on the subject.

More and more we see the echo of Rudolf Steiners wisdom in our lives. Places we never knew to look. Our Journey is one that is best described as a Waldorf existence, I guess. Or at least what people perceive and call “Waldorf”. It is just a discovery of Steiners work among others, that resonates with our 4 souls.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that we’ve been living it and didn’t realise that it was all waiting for us in Steiners teaching.

Anyway back to the bio-dynamic garden….our pests have been few this season.When we first bought our property the snails were awesome, thousands in a season. We removed them by hand, couldn’t keep up and they just ate everything. It was the first season digging over soil, composting and planting few things, as the ground just wasn’t ready. The entire property had been covered with stone in an attempt to have a maintenance free home. It took nearly 6 months to clear all the rock and gravel, just to find more rock underneath. We have a property covered in sandstone, which we collect now and use to build either a wall or an edging for a bed.

We’re now in the third spring, and between planting the right plants, using companion planting, and planting plants next to each other that ward off insects etc, we’ve managed to keep the pests to a minimum. Then the snails, well, we have the chickens and they love a good snail, initially they cleared large patches of snail homes. This cut down on them to such a degree we have about 10 or so a week that appear, but they don’t get near the plants, as we have a few resident snakes that eat snails and slugs. We haven’t bought anything to spray on the plants, or dig into the soil. It has all just arrived, and works well together. It’s amazing to watch and see how nature just sorts these things out. We set it up as close to how it would be naturally and then Mother Earth takes over….

This is a pic of our one bed that gives us, peas, or beans depending on the season, 2 different squashes, carrots,lettuce, cucumber, and 2 medicinal herbs, being lavender and bulbine, and mint for so many things. You’ll see a space at the back, beans have been planted and should pop out in a week or so. The yellow bush, with the climbing rose behind,provide a ready home for our little snake, who we see regularly as he protects our food from a snail invasion…bless him.

One of his friends nearly caused me to pass out this afernoon, as we grow our potatoes in grow bags. I was moving them to reposition them and fill them with soil, when I looked down and saw a fat scorpion in the space I had just had the bag. I backed away and yelled for John, he came and was attempting to help the scorpion cross the Rainbow Bridge, when a close relation of my helping snake shot out from the other side of the bag. I of course scream and freeze. I still struggle with snakes moving fast. The smaller ones I can just manage and I respect and am grateful for what they do, but the others, yugh!

Now I have to go and bottle the beetroot we’ve harvested. I’ll cook it now and do the pickling tonight last thing, when I have some quiet time. I need to start getting out of bed earlier, as my days are too short to achieve all I need to at the moment.

Be blessed this day,
Sue.xx

Filed under: Bio-Dynamic Gardening, Waldorf Homeschooling, HOMESTEADING on November 6th, 2008 | 1 Comment »