Weaving the Lively Arts Into Our Lessons Have you ever wondered WHY the Waldorf approach is built around the arts? I honestly think it’s this unique way of creating lessons that draws many of us to this…
Stories Make Great Teachers: A Conversation Between Two Homeschooling Moms I’m so excited to share with you a conversation with my dear friend and homeschooling colleague, Alison Manzer, about how stories make great teachers. This episode is…
Welcome Winter with the Window Star Challenge Have you ever made a magical folded paper window star? I want to invite you to join me in making one this week. Welcome winter with the Window Star…
Celebrating Festivals as a Family Whenever I ask my kids – I have 3 who are all grown now – to share their favorite memories from our homeschooling years, they always include something from our festival celebrations….
Need some inspiration to bring some sparkle back into your home and homeschooling? Sprinkle some smiles on your homeschooling day with these three games.? Sometimes the days seem so long, like we’re just going through the motions…
My sweet friends, It’s so hard to believe that spring arrives in the midst of such difficult, turbulent times. The global pandemic of the novel coronavirus has been with us for awhile now and is currently affecting…
Every year in the winter months, I start to go a little stir crazy! My kids did too!!! Homeschooling is not for the faint of heart, that’s for sure. As the winter months approach, don’t let the…
I have always loved going to classical and contemporary music concerts with my children. When I learned that the founder of Waldorf education, Rudolf Steiner, said both poetry and music help to bring us together as a…
Do you have painful memories of spelling lessons as a child? I know I felt like those weekly lists of spelling words were pointless. You may have even found them dreadful. And now it’s time to bring…
The start of a new homeschooling year or season is the perfect time to pick out new poems for starting and ending your lessons. This post is full of ideas just for you! How we begin and…
