Build your lessons around hands-on, creative activities. Customize your curriculum to create a homeschool plan you love so it’s more than just “school at home.” Weave in the lively arts and your children will be engaged with their learning. Bring your lessons to life with hands-on homeschool activities.
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 approach – the lively arts homeschool lessons. I’ve homeschooled three of my now-grown kids inspired by the Waldorf… Read More
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 all about how to craft a main lesson for multiple ages using a read aloud book as the… Read More
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 Challenge! First, here’s a little story about my window star. My window star hung in my dining room… Read More
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. Our lantern walks in the woods after dark, our winter solstice spiral, making candles at Candlemas, spring equinox… Read More
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 of homeschooling lessons, cooking, cleaning, and caring for our families. Let me share three simple ideas with you… Read More
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 aspect of our daily lives, from our immediate families, work, and shopping, to our communities, libraries, hospitals,… Read More
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 weather deter you from getting out there. Here are 3 tips to encourage you to take homeschooling outside.… Read More
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 community, I was thrilled because I treasure both. And I know that in homeschooling, our family is the… Read More
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 spelling to your children. Where do you begin? Today, I offer you some help for homeschooling spelling skills… Read More
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 end matters. And I like to encourage homeschooling parents to find a poem to begin and one to… Read More
