Category Archives: Creativity
Invitations to Play and Learn: Snowflakes With Chalk
One thing that I love about the “project table” in the corner of the living room is the ability it gives me to present art or craft projects and then see how the children interact with them! I’m trying … Continue reading
Why We Can’t Live With Chaos
The last week or so had been rough! Not only has Daisy turned into a major chaos maker, as she conquers the task of mobility, but our renovation project finished and I’ve been trying to put the basement back … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Creativity, Encouragement, Housekeeping, Life, Organization, Reflections, Thought Challenge
Tagged Challenge, chaos, Creating, housekeeping, Life, organizing, Reflections, Religious musings
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Loose Parts and Project Space (Invitations to Play and Learn)
With the coming of cooler weather I recently moved the children’s play table into the living room from the back porch. Our living room runs across the whole front of the house and bringing the able in gave me … Continue reading
Stay Away!
Respect is a big deal these days and so often it just means that I choose to stay away from those who disagree with me. Avoiding my neighbor isn’t really loving him, though, and loving our neighbor is what each … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement, homeschooling, Life, spiritual formation
Tagged HEAV, homeschool co-op, homeschooling
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Quiet Days
There’s been a lot of this going on these days. Taking pictures of a sleeping baby, or just watching her sleep. Slowly returning things to normal. Today that meant making a batch of bread since we’ve used up the … Continue reading
Posted in homeschool convention, homeschooling, Life, Quiet, Special Needs, Uncategorized
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Danegeld
This is what we woke up to yesterday…. The three boys share a room. Bull and Jack wake up 100% awake and ready to start their day. Buggle wakes up slowly and prefers quiet while waking. Usually Jack comes in … Continue reading
Invitations To Play And Learn: Work Trays
One of the things that I have learned over time is that limits improve children’s interactions with the materials around them. Over the past several months I’ve been trying to include limits as natural guides in our learning spaces. One … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Geography, Handwork, homeschooling, preschool educcation, Quiet Projects, Uncategorized
Tagged Bull, invitations and provocations, Jack, Montessori
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A Little Reminder
One of the readings on Sunday was from Colossians Chapter Three. Put on then, as God?s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience,?forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Creativity, devotional life, Discipleship, Downloads, Life, Scripture Memory, spiritual formation
Tagged family altar, Printables, Scripture Memory
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Bull Is Five!
For the past several months Bull has been telling perfect strangers that he was “going to be five in December”! Since his birthday is just a few days before Christmas, we had a little playdate in the morning and then … Continue reading