Learning to customize curriculum is at the core of a sustainable homeschool. No matter what curriculum you use, or if you choose to create your own, these articles will help you make homeschooling work for you and your family.
What if I told you there’s no such thing as perfect Waldorf? Seriously. Not in a classroom, not in homeschooling. Not anywhere! I had to learn that the hard way over my 25+ years of homeschooling three kids… And here’s my best advice: start with homeschool rhythm rather than curriculum. Rudolf Steiner, the founder of… Read More
In this fourth interview in our series of four, I had the opportunity to talk again with Janet Langley, one of the authors of The Roadmap to Literacy: A Guide to Teaching Language Arts in Waldorf Grades 1-3. This time, we talk about concrete ideas for planning literacy skills practice sessions for homeschoolers. Janet is… Read More
In this third interview in our series of four, I had the opportunity to talk again with Janet Langley, one of the authors of The Roadmap to Literacy: A Guide to Teaching Language Arts in Waldorf Grades 1-3. More great ideas for helping homeschoolers plan main lessons that promote literacy. Janet is a former Waldorf… Read More
Have you ever wanted the opportunity to sit down with a homeschooling friend and talk about planning? Well, that’s exactly what Robyn of Waldorfish and I (Jean of Waldorf-Inspired Learning) got to do! And we did it on camera. So you could watch it, too. In this video, two homeschoolers talk about planning. Scroll down… Read More
In this second interview in a series of four, I had the opportunity to talk again with Janet Langley, one of the authors of The Roadmap to Literacy: A Guide to Teaching Language Arts in Waldorf Grades 1-3. More great ideas for helping homeschoolers with developing literacy with children including writing, reading, spelling. Janet is… Read More
I had the opportunity to talk with Janet Langley, one of the authors of The Roadmap to Literacy: A Guide to Teaching Language Arts in Waldorf Grades 1-3. So many great ideas for developing literacy in the early elementary grades. Janet is a former Waldorf class teacher and she wrote the book with Jennifer Militzer-Kopperl,… Read More
Let’s talk about curriculum. Here’s what we so often hear, “What Waldorf homeschooling curriculum should I buy?” And the asker thinks once they figure that out, they’re done! Good to go. Ready to Waldorf homeschool! Whoa, not quite. And today, I want to talk about why. Truth: buying more curriculum is not the answer. Hey… 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 then… 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
You know the saying, one size fits all? SO, I was thinking about Waldorf curriculum and changed that saying in my head to one size fits most. Or one size fits some. But really, the truth is, it’s more like one size fits none. Why do I say that? For so many reasons! First of… Read More
