I wanted to have a picture of this beautiful rhythm written out on a gorgeous wet on wet watercolor painting to share with you today. Hmm. Well, that didn’t happen (at least not y...
We have talked a lot about rhythm in the past; if you put “rhythm” into the search engine on this blog many posts will come up! Again, I feel the easiest place to start a consistent rhythm to the day...
Every year I try to write a series of posts on planning and tackle each grade that I have been through so far. I do this because each year as my children grow older and I do this longer,...
Some mothers have been writing to me saying that their school is coming to a close, and they are feeling badly that they didn’t get to this block or that block. In my household, we will not be finish...
Part of the routine of sleep and rest could include a wonderful warm bath. I would like to talk today about creating essential oil baths, which are mentioned in both “Awakening Beauty: The Hauschka W...
Sleep and rest are extremely important cornerstones of Waldorf parenting and education, Today we are looking at the areas of sleep and rest. Waldorf Education is the only educational method I know th...
Okay, today I am less in encouraging mode and more in rant-y mode, so if you are not in the mood for a kick in the pants kind of post, do feel absolutely free to check back in tomorrow. ...
I have been thinking a lot about planning first grade as I am finishing up first grade for the second time, this time with my middle child. Going through this grade again made me think especially abo...
“Hatching” or “cross-hatching” is a term often used to denote a kind of drawing technique where there is “ a rhythmic back and forth with a stick crayon or colored pencil. Standing up to draw sometim...
The theme for today is to take time for yourself to become the mother and wife you deserve to be! I see so many mothers who are feeling burned out at best and miserable at worst. They are wearing so ...
If you remember, Part One of Day Four was about marriage: http://theparentingpassageway. com/2012/04/06/day-four-part-o ne-twenty-days-toward-being-a- more-mindful-mother...
The opening paragraph of this chapter just made me just laugh: “None of the footage taped in our Love Lab would win anybody an Oscar. Our archives are filled with scenes in which ...
Discipline is about guiding your child so they can grow up and be a wonderful adult. Think for a moment about what you what your child to be like when they grow up. What qualities would you li...
This is the time of year when I feel I must make an annual plea for the homeschooling family: your family homeschool is not a Waldorf School. There are extreme differences, and if you are trying to r...
In Part Five of this series on rhythm, we looked at the number one challenge toward establishing rhythm: going out too much and saying “yes” to too many things outside the home. To...
There was a very wise post this morning on the waldorfhomeeducators@yahoogrou ps.com list by list owner and veteran Waldorf teacher Marsha Johnson. You will the entire post for your reading pleasure b...
The biggest and often most problematic part in attachment parenting and in homeschooling is lack of time for oneself separate from the children. Despite the number of attachment parenting oriented bl...
Goodness, I think the last post I did about Christian Resources was this post from May of 2010: http://theparentingpassageway. com/2010/05/13/more-christian- resources-for-your-waldorf-hom e/. Time for ...
This chapter is entitled, “Nurture Your Fondness and Admiration”. Dr. Gottman talks about how for many couples who are in trouble and on the brink of divorce, that their marriage may be able to be re...
Today we are going to talk about two very important things: the foundation of all rhythm in parenting and homeschooling, and then the biggest, fattest detractor and destroyer of rhythm. The foundatio...
I talk to so many mothers who have children of multiple ages and who are very concerned as to how to fit in multiple main lessons, or what to do with their children when their ages are spread out be...
Once you have the basics of going to bed, waking up, naps and food happening around the same time each day, you can now look at planning perhaps the most important part of the day: how you will spend...
I am in the midst of planning our tentative rhythm for fall; with two grades to teach and a toddler in tow I have gone through several renditions of “what might that look like” so far. I think planni...
When I see homeschooling mothers who feel burdened, depressed, as if there is not enough time, that they are buried under their homes and chores – well, I feel terrible. It really is a difficult thin...
This is the term my husband and I used frequently when our older children were smaller: preferred parent of the week. You are probably familiar with this phenomenon if you too have small children who...
I had a little chuckle today when I was going through my blog’s statistics. There, listed under “search terms” of how folks find this blog, was the search term “signs of stress of parenting.” It was ...
Sigh. Have you all missed me? I missed all of you… Well, this past Easter week was a crazy blur on the outside with many activities, many things going on in life that needed my attention: the chil...
(Interestingly, I have not changed this original post as much as did the other posts in this series so far except to add some information. Some topics are just tried and true, I think.) ...
This is not a typical first grade project, but my first grader really wanted a stuffed gnome “big enough to sleep with”. She worked on this gnome once a week from abo...
Part of this fourth grade year looks specifically at animals,usually in two separate blocks, for several reasons. One reason is in part because children of this age just love animals, but also becau...
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