Here in my family, we love The Little House on the Prairie books. I think I read The Long Winter aloud to my children at least four times! A great book to read, all snuggled up as a family, when the snow is flying outside. Here is a learning with Little House gift guide full of… Read More
This post is an excerpt from my newly revised Waldorf Homeschooling – Simplified: Your Toolkit for Grades 1 – 4 . This 72-page guidebook can help you work with the Waldorf approach and bring it to life in your home. Here’s what one homeschooling Mom says, “I am loving your planning guidebook! It has given me… Read More
You don’t have to be anyone else other than yourself to Waldorf homeschool. You can show up as YOU in your homeschool! Do you ever feel like you need to be someone else? I know I did! Someone who’s neater, or loves to knit, or talks in a quiet voice… The truth is, our children… Read More
We all love a good story. Stories capture our hearts and engage our imaginations. But what about stories and our brains? Turns out stories are good for our brains, too! When I was a little girl, my favorite story was about Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet. The two of them are standing on a bridge, and… Read More
The seasons are changing. And the cycle of the year is turning once again. This is a great time to talk about celebrating festivals as a family. Here are some of the questions and comments I get from homeschoolers about Waldorf festivals. How do you celebrate Waldorf festivals? What are your favorite resources for Waldorf… Read More
How do you start Waldorf homeschooling? Where do you even begin? Perhaps you’ve been at this awhile but you’re about to start a new Waldorf homeschooling year. Here are 5 tips you should know when you start Waldorf homeschooling, no matter how much experience you have! This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. You… Read More
True self-care is hard. We have so many responsibilities as parents. There are the things we are happy to do. We get busy. And then there are all the things we have to do. As a parent, and a homeschooling parent at that, most of these things usually mean doing for others. And it’s hard to… Read More
This post is an excerpt from my newly revised Waldorf Homeschooling – Simplified: Your Toolkit for Grades 1 – 4 . This 72-page guidebook can help you work with the Waldorf approach and bring it to life in your home. Here’s what one homeschooling Mom says, “I am loving your planning guidebook! It has given me… Read More
What exactly is involved in homeschool planning? I suspect many of us have a love/hate relationship with this planning thing. So I wanted to give you some simple homeschool planning tips from one Waldorf homeschooling Mom to another. In my experience, we tend to have the illusion that once we choose our curriculum, we’re done!… Read More
We are smack in the middle of summertime here. I’m sitting out back on our deck under the apple tree as I write this. And I love to think of summer as a great time to rejuvenate. So that we can feel refreshed when we return to homeschooling in the fall. Here are 5 ways… Read More
