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Kids in the Kitchen ~ What's working this season in our home
Kitchen work is key part of my homemaking job. I suspect it is for you also because we all have to eat. But I don't spend nearly the amount of time I used to in the kitchen.Spending lots of time in the...
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A Winter Schedule for Life & Learning
Homeschoolers love to share their schedules and routines. We love to swap notes about what works and what doesn't in terms of managing and directing our days. But of course schedules/routines/rhythms,...
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Moving right along then
This post is somewhat self-serving. I make no apologies for that. I used my blog writing time this week to work my way through January's emotional low points. Read at your own risk.Next week I'll be...
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She takes a camera to town
Watching our children grow, learn and unfold on their own schedule and into their own gifts is one of the special privileges of parenting.We don't want to box our children in but as they show creative...
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Messy Weekends ~ Gift Yourself the Freedom
On the weekend things get kind of loose around here. Especially, if don't go to the mountains on Sunday, which we haven't done now for a month. I don't always like the loose, but my family seems...
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Learning Doesn't Stop on the Weekends
This is what I wanted this winter. Days of winter play. Making and meeting friends at the ski hill. And snow, lots of snow.It was one of those weekends. A weekend to make up for the last half of...
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Late Elementary Learner-Centric, Family-Friendly Homeschool Curriculum
I just love those wordy curriculum post titles.Last month I finally finished our homeschool plans for Fall 2012. Ha! More specifically, I finished Laurent and Brienne's curriculum planning.At the start...
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Why can't learning look like this?
One of the fundamental principles I believe about home education is that we as parents are active participants in the learning. Education is not something we do to our kids, or even provide for our...
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A definition of study
The post I am attempting to write, what our children learn when we study, is turning into a manifesto of sorts. Or a monster.Instead of making this really long and having the blog stay silent for a...
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Thresholds
Laurent turned twelve last week. We had a small family celebration in his honor.Laurent is at the threshold of adolescence. This is a slow journey. We don't rush our children to grow up and we afford...
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