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Proper Grade Placement :)
This time of the year, most of my emails have to do with placement. Where should I place my above average, already reading 6yo? What if my 10 yr old already knows everything in the 4th grade...
View ArticleKindergarten with Your 4-6 Year Old (From the Archives)
From the Archives, September 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is a trend in Waldorf homeschooling that has...
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What do I do with this Preschooler? (From the archives)
From the archives, January 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For those of us blessed with big kids and little ones, we are often faced with how to parent the little ones while we are doing...
View ArticleKeeping Them Small (From the Archives)
Form the Archives, February 2010 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Everyday I look at Sam and I just want to smush him down a bit. Last night I took his car seat out of the car for the last time – the...
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Nielsen Lesson Plans – 2nd Semester
I have spent this week getting the rest of our year in order and thought I would share blessings. January Epiphany Star Money look at the night sky, talk about God’s blessings. Goldilocks & 3...
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52 Weeks of Nature Tables – Wk 1 January
I often neglect to share pictures of our own nature tables so I decided to challenge myself and do a post a week on our nature tables. One a week?? Yes! Years ago, long before I started writing...
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A deeper look at school rhythm
I spend a LOT of time talking about rhythm. It is one of the real corner stones to Waldorf but it is often misunderstood. Many assume it is just a matter of choosing a day to paint and a day to clean...
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52 Weeks of Nature Tables – Wk 2 January
This is week number 2 of January, things in San Diego at this time of the year look a lot like spring, in fact I tease that we have two defined seasons, spring and summer. When reflecting on what to...
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Meditations on the curriculum – Kindergarten
This is the first part in a series of promptings to meditate on the Waldorf curriculum, perhaps in ways you never have. It is part of our eCourse Tending Your Garden. I will post a few pieces here...
View ArticleWaldorf… do you understand it… or are there things you discount?
You know me… I tend to write about things that are on my mind… sometimes things that keep me up at night, lol… often things that come up on the Facebook groups or in my in person interactions with...
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Reverence + Respect + Responsibility
I get a lot of questions and concerns from moms that struggle with lesson time because having more than one child can be… let’s face it… crazy. When things feel scattered and crazy then you don’t...
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Nielsen 2015-2016 Overview preK, 3rd & 9th
I finished these up last month and thought I would share. I will share our in depth notes in the days to come. Keep in mind I have been at this a long time, but I do teach moms to do exactly this in...
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Rhythm is tied to you ~ from our TFW program
I get this question often: How do we keep a rhythm with the endless breaks we may be taking or the family visiting or the baby that is coming or even just the weekend? how do I keep it going without...
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The Power of Whispering
Whispering. I mentioned before that I do some whispering. I am telling you this can be magic. You should consider a few things. First, what is your state of mind when you are putting this child to...
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The power of our voice
I have been thinking a lot this week about the power of my words. Super Sam is in grade 3 and I have been making school updates on our Facebook page but thought I would make this one here as it will...
View ArticleA Picture of Three First Graders
I get a lot of questions about placement for grade one and I thought I would take a few minutes to talk about the different place I see first graders in and how to meet each of them. Hoping this will...
View ArticleNew Videos!
We have been hard at work on some videos that can help you get to know us a bit better. These are aimed at helping you make the decisions needed on your journey. Please feel free to ask questions....
View ArticleWhat to do with my 4 year old?!
So you have this super cute and amazingly bright child. This child is also too young for even Waldorf kindergarten, so what is a mom to do? Your parents are breathing down your neck and everyone wants...
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Extra lessons? Main lessons? Putting it all together?!
This time of the year there are a lot of posts on Facebook groups of moms either trying to plan or trying to figure out why what they planned isn’t working just as they envisioned it. In their head it...
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Waldorf Culture & Waldorf Philosophy, are they the same?
Facebook and blogs can be a lovely thing except when they are not! Facebook can be a great place to interact with other Waldorf centered families, a great place to learn and a wonderful place to...
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