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…
Hey there! Today, I want to talk about rhythm in homeschool life. Because rhythm is the core of homeschooling. So I’m curious… do you ever wake up feeling overwhelmed because you don’t really have a plan for today? If… Homeschool life feels chaotic with multiple children or extra activities on the schedule “Toomuchness” is the…
Getting your rhythm back after a break – whether it be a vacation or holiday – is never easy. I have some concrete ideas for how to reestablish your homeschool rhythm after a holiday. Some simple steps you can take to get your momentum back. As I write this, it’s the week between Christmas and…
My new image of the rhythms in our lives, in our homeschooling, is a series of concentric circles. This image represents how to homeschool with rhythm using the natural rhythms that already exist all around us. From the outer ring of the year or the seasons, we move through these rhythms. Year Seasons Month Week…
The month of December, with all of the holidays and hype, can get crazy for homeschoolers. What I always wanted in the early years was a simplified homeschooling rhythm for December. I’ve learned in my twenty+ years of homeschooling, that just pushing through the plans usually ends up with us throwing in the towel at…
One of the questions I hear the most from Waldorf homeschoolers is “how do I find time for planning during the school year?” Believe me, I have struggled with this one as well. Do we set aside some time on Sundays and wind up missing out on activities with the family? Stay up late and…
If there’s no repetition, it’s not a rhythm. Sounds obvious, I know. But I’ve been getting so many questions from parents lately about rhythm and repetition in Waldorf homeschooling. And where we Moms tend to get hung up the most is in crafting and planning the perfect rhythm. Then if it doesn’t go well, we change…
Here in the northern hemisphere, summer has officially begun. School’s out and the summer energy is here. There is some pretty powerful, wild energy this time of year. I personally think it’s important to take a break from homeschooling during the summer. I find that the full-bloom energy of the season makes it really difficult…
Do you ever feel like no matter what question you ask about the Waldorf approach, rhythm is always the answer? Kind of annoying, isn’t it?! How do we embrace rhythm in Waldorf homeschooling? The truth is, that when we have a clear understanding of rhythm, our homeschooling goes so much more smoothly! What is this rhythm…
Really, no matter what resources or packaged curriculum we may choose to buy, we each create our own curriculum because we will never use a curriculum exactly as is. We aren’t even meant to, actually, because curriculum writers want to include multiple options. This fact that is both daunting and freeing at the same time!…
