How Waldorf Approaches Science and Chemistry Specifically; Materials and Resources We Are Using for our Homeschool Chemistry Block Earth, Air, Fire, and Water – The four Ancient Greek elements. This is the lens that we are looking through as we work through our Chemistry Block this year. We’re working through our eighth year of homeschooling…
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Handcrafts in Homeschooling
How the Pedagogies like Waldorf and Charlotte Mason Understood the Benefits to Mind, Hearts and Hand in using Handcrafts in Homeschooling I sat on the porch with my friend as we studied the collections of baskets she had made. Oak baskets. Pine Needle baskets. Simple baskets. More complex baskets. “There’s a different between a basket…
Spring Chalkboard Drawing
And a Few Things I’ve Learned about Art in our Waldorf-inspired Homeschooling Journey A couple of years ago when we did our Botany block, I did a chalk drawing that had a number of trees, a stream, and plants. Most of the drawing was from imagination and had little of the species that we see…
A Homeschooler’s Review of the Book Painting and Drawing in Waldorf Schools
How we are using the book Painting and Drawing in Waldorf Schools to teach art in our homeschool. My daughter and I just started her sixth grade year of homeschooling. One of my favorite aspects of this year for our family is the introduction to charcoal in art. An interesting part of Waldorf pedagogy is…
Planning our Fifth-grade Freehand Geometry Block
I’m planning my daughter’s fifth grade year for next year, and I’ve gotten distracted by her free-hand geometry unit. Why do I say distracted? Well, that is currently scheduled as the last block of the year with 10, yes I said 10, previous block in front of it. But really, who can blame me?! Waldorf…
Finding Perfect Numbers
Yesterday’s was all about Perfect number. It’s not how pretty the number is, or how well you like its form. It’s not even about if the number is your favorite. Perfect numbers have a distinct definition. A perfect number is a number whose factors (not including the number itself) add to give the number itself….
Homeschool Planning for my Daughter’s Year 4 Journey
We start homeschooling again in not quite two weeks. I finally settled down and finalized with a framework for our year will look like. I say framework, because in homeschooling things change, and it’s important to be adaptable. In the video below I go over the blocks we will be doing and why I scheduled…
Golden Age of Islam (Middle Ages) Resources and Activities
Ramadan Mubarak! Though we are not Muslim, we have several friends and followers that are. I am saddened that they have to celebrate their holy month in the middle of the Corona pandemic. In honor of the month of Ramadan I’ve compiled our resources and activities for the Golden Age of Islam Unit that we…