Here are three beautiful songs for you! So you can learn new songs for spring to sing with your children and add them to your Waldorf homeschooling journey. I’d love to hear from you if you choose…
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Making candles, telling stories, having dinner by candlelight. That has been our simple formula for celebrating Candlemas over the years. Candlemas, or February 2, is the halfway point between Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. The light is…
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This year, for the second year, I am teaching a high school Literature & Composition class to 15 homeschoolers at the Homeschool High School Learning Center. At HSLC, the teens meet once a week for three core…
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Here are a few ideas for last-minute homemade gifts to make for the holidays. Enjoy time with your children making gifts together. This is a great way to celebrate wintertime with each other while keeping it simple…
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Why do I love found poetry? Because the outcome is unknown. And isn’t that how everything is, really. We just deceive ourselves into thinking that if we control certain variables, we’ll achieve a certain outcome. Try this…
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If you’ve always wanted to plan a Lantern Festival for your family but don’t know where to begin, read on! Fall is here and it’s time for a lantern walk! And I have everything you need to…
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My husband and I used to have an argument every fall. I would be dreading the approach of Halloween because I was worried about the quantity of candy the children would collect. Because the rest of the…
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Michaelmas is a fall celebration that takes place in many Waldorf schools and communities all over the world. The themes of this holiday include gathering strength and courage for the coming darkness, banning together, and facing our…
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The balance is what draws me in. Exactly equal amounts of light and dark. Only for a moment, though. A time to embrace celebrating the Equinox with children. We celebrate a moment of perfect balance when day and night,…
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All seven eggs grew into seven caterpillars. And then seven chrysalises. And seven beautiful butterflies! This is the process of raising monarch butterflies. Searching for Monarch Eggs Watching Monarch Caterpillars Grow And then comes time to say,…
