Seventeen Times Around the Sun
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Rhythm of June Give Away!
Announcing a Give Away for Membership for the Month of June in Celebrate the Rhythm of Life through the Year!
With the great popularity and gratitude expressed for the Rhythm focus, we'll continue along with that, looking at our daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal and yearly rhythms, bringing more form and finding more freedom within the form.
In May we sketched out the schedule, now in June, we'll step it up with an intensive, an in depth look at the pillars of Waldorf homeschooling and how to go about implementing them in your year, your week and your days.
We'll begin with ourselves and our own rhythms and work from our strengths and passions in setting up the year. Like to cook, great, bring it in. Are you a musical family and wrestling with how and if to integrate it into your child's homeschooling? Are you crazy about crafting but lost in what to do with all those gorgeous hand made and love filled treasures? Do you wish you could be more spontaneous and fun? Come along and join our vibrant group and set up your homeschool plan for 2012 - 2013.
We'll look at ways to organize our homes and to create smoother rhythms and we'll get to work on organizing the essentials for a creative, playful, productive and satisfying year.
To enter the give away, kindly share a link to this page on FaceBook.
For a second chance to win, LIKE Celebrating the Rhythm of Life on FaceBook and share the post announcing this give away on your FaceBook page.
Remember to leave a comment below for each entry.
The drawing is over and the winner will be announced here so come back to see if you are the winner of this membership for the month of June.
And the winner is.... Jennifer, "Just what I need as I am facing the momentous task of planning grade 1!! So exciting and nerve wracking at the same time. I shared this on my FB page. "Jenny, please send me an e-mail at lisaboisvert(at)yahoo(dot)com to get started
With the great popularity and gratitude expressed for the Rhythm focus, we'll continue along with that, looking at our daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal and yearly rhythms, bringing more form and finding more freedom within the form.
We'll take the plans we have sketched out and work on identifying what skills and understanding we have of the curriculum, and identify what skills, and knowledge and tools or toys we need to create within and without for the coming year.
In the month of June, we'll get into the details of the day, we'll look at how to implement that plan, how to organize the space and make it more play and education (if we are doing the grades) friendly, how to make the materials we need and how to use them through the year. Where do we want to be with our children during the day and what can we do to make our living space flow more smoothly with children?
In the month of June, we'll get into the details of the day, we'll look at how to implement that plan, how to organize the space and make it more play and education (if we are doing the grades) friendly, how to make the materials we need and how to use them through the year. Where do we want to be with our children during the day and what can we do to make our living space flow more smoothly with children?
We'll cover wet on wet watercolor painting, beeswax crayon drawing and coloring and bean bag making. We'll bring in verses, song and movement for jump rope, speech exercise, body geography, sensory nourishment and putting your circle into lively action.
We'll look at How to Implement the Pillars of Waldorf education that I have outlined in our blogs over virtual tea, here with Carrie Dendtler of The Parenting Passageway including:
We'll look at How to Implement the Pillars of Waldorf education that I have outlined in our blogs over virtual tea, here with Carrie Dendtler of The Parenting Passageway including:
- Drawing with Beeswax Crayons
- Wet on Wet Watercolor Painting
- Modeling with Dough, Beeswax and Clay
- Speech
- Movement
- Drama
- Singing and Musical Instrument
- Handwork :: Ideas for each grade
We'll look at the components and rhythm of Circle and Main Lesson
We'll compare Circle time for kinder and nursery child v circle time for grade school child
We'll review the Benchmarks for first, second and third grade
Join us on this adventure to sketch out the year ahead and remain well anchored in the day before us.
Sign up for the month of June is here.
We'll compare Circle time for kinder and nursery child v circle time for grade school child
We'll review the Benchmarks for first, second and third grade
Join us on this adventure to sketch out the year ahead and remain well anchored in the day before us.
Sign up for the month of June is here.
In May we sketched out the schedule, now in June, we'll step it up with an intensive, an in depth look at the pillars of Waldorf homeschooling and how to go about implementing them in your year, your week and your days.
We'll begin with ourselves and our own rhythms and work from our strengths and passions in setting up the year. Like to cook, great, bring it in. Are you a musical family and wrestling with how and if to integrate it into your child's homeschooling? Are you crazy about crafting but lost in what to do with all those gorgeous hand made and love filled treasures? Do you wish you could be more spontaneous and fun? Come along and join our vibrant group and set up your homeschool plan for 2012 - 2013.
We'll look at ways to organize our homes and to create smoother rhythms and we'll get to work on organizing the essentials for a creative, playful, productive and satisfying year.
To enter the give away, kindly share a link to this page on FaceBook.
For a second chance to win, LIKE Celebrating the Rhythm of Life on FaceBook and share the post announcing this give away on your FaceBook page.
Remember to leave a comment below for each entry.
The drawing is over and the winner will be announced here so come back to see if you are the winner of this membership for the month of June.
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And the winner is.... Jennifer, "Just what I need as I am facing the momentous task of planning grade 1!! So exciting and nerve wracking at the same time. I shared this on my FB page. "Jenny, please send me an e-mail at lisaboisvert(at)yahoo(dot)com to get started
Saturday, May 12, 2012
{this moment}
{this moment}
A Friday ritual. a photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
inspired by SouleMama
Happy Weekending!
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Planning the Waldorf Year in the Home
Celebrations in May include May Day, Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day and Memorial Day here in the USA. It's a time for outdoor celebration with cook outs, pot lucks and play.
We now turn to planning, having woken from our long winter's rest, having dreamed and imagined our vision for the future, we turn to planning next year, of home education and home making for our families, ourselves and our children before the expansive energy of summer swoops us off our feet and away.
Celebrate the Rhythm of Life in Caring for Children in May will focus on sketching out the year.
What do we want to bring to our children through the year? through the seasons? through the weeks and the days from September 2012 until June 2013.
In May we'll look at::
In the month of June, we'll get into the details of the day, we'll look at how to implement that plan, how to organize the space and make it more play and education (if we are doing the grades) friendly, how to make the materials we need and how to use them through the year. We'll cover wet on wet watercolor painting, beeswax crayon drawing and coloring, bean bag making and use, jump rope, speech exercise, body geography, sensory nourishment and putting your circle into lively action.
In June, we'll look at the Pillars of Waldorf education that I have outlined in our blogs over virtual tea, here with Carrie Dendtler of The Parenting Passageway:
Sign up for the month of May is here.
Sign up for the month of June is here.
If you sign up for only one month, know that you will be doing only half the planning and may not emerge with a sense of completion. The planning is designed over two months to give you the opportunity to sketch out the curriculum in detail and to prepare your space and your self for bringing it in the year ahead. We will be implementing the schedule in June, not designing it. In May we will be designing the schedule and focusing more of the rhythm of the year, season, month week and day rather than looking in depth at the pillars, which we will do in June.
Clear as mud? Send me an e-mail at lisaboisvert (at) yahoo (dot) com with your questions.
In May we'll look at::
- What do we have at hand to use and what do we need to procure
- Do you want to do a 3, 4 or 6 week Circle or Main Lesson block? We'll look at the benefits and drawbacks of each
- How often to change circle? How to change circle?
- What is circle or ring time anyway? Do you need to do it at home? Can it be easier and more fun?
- What props to use in circle and storytelling and main lesson? Props?
- We'll look at how to organize your plan and get clear on what it is you want to bring to your child, your family, yourself.
- What are the milestones you want to reach before January?
- What about the holidays, how do they fit in the plan?
In the month of June, we'll get into the details of the day, we'll look at how to implement that plan, how to organize the space and make it more play and education (if we are doing the grades) friendly, how to make the materials we need and how to use them through the year. We'll cover wet on wet watercolor painting, beeswax crayon drawing and coloring, bean bag making and use, jump rope, speech exercise, body geography, sensory nourishment and putting your circle into lively action.
In June, we'll look at the Pillars of Waldorf education that I have outlined in our blogs over virtual tea, here with Carrie Dendtler of The Parenting Passageway:
- Drawing with Beeswax Crayons
- Wet on Wet Watercolor Painting
- Modeling with Dough, Beeswax and Clay
- Speech
- Movement
- Drama
- Singing and Musical Instrument
- Handwork :: Ideas for each grade
Sign up for the month of May is here.
Sign up for the month of June is here.
If you sign up for only one month, know that you will be doing only half the planning and may not emerge with a sense of completion. The planning is designed over two months to give you the opportunity to sketch out the curriculum in detail and to prepare your space and your self for bringing it in the year ahead. We will be implementing the schedule in June, not designing it. In May we will be designing the schedule and focusing more of the rhythm of the year, season, month week and day rather than looking in depth at the pillars, which we will do in June.
Clear as mud? Send me an e-mail at lisaboisvert (at) yahoo (dot) com with your questions.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
{this moment}
{this moment}
A Friday ritual. A photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
along with SouleMama
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The Flowers in My Garden Nigh are Waiting...
Who is coming by?
The Fairy Caps will soon be along.
Waiting for a child to come by ...
Sunday, March 25, 2012
" You have to trust that the dots will connect..."
Sunday :: Day of Renewal
Today in honor of the importance of spiritual renewal, I'm going to share this inspiring talk from Steve Jobs. I knew very little of the man before his passing yet in learning about his life, I am so deeply touched by who he was and how he lived his life.
This speech that Steve Jobs gave at Stanford is so full of wisdom for all of us. He speaks of life, of trust and of making sense of it all, by looking backwards not forward. In his words:
"If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later. Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” ~ Steve Jobs
Rest in Peace Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011)
Friday, March 23, 2012
{this moment}
{this moment}
A Friday ritual. A few photos- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
Along with SouleMama
Happy Weekending Friends!
Friday, March 16, 2012
{this moment}
{this moment}
A Friday ritual. A few photos- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
We've made way for ducklings.
No not the beloved Robert McCloskey's Make Way for Ducklings book, but real feathered and webbed, good natured ducklings.
Our family grew, ahem... well, the feathered family members that is. Two newly hatched mallard ducks have come to live with us.
They are so calm and amenable to being held.
Dolly doesn't seem to notice, as long as she can sleep, she is happy.
Just look at those webbed feet, so solid on the earth and so ready for a swim any time.
We wonder if they have imprinted on Duncan for they are following him around. Dunkie's ducklings.
Welcome little ducklings.
adapted from this moment with Amanda over at SouleMama
Friday, March 9, 2012
(this moment)
{this moment}
A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
inspired by Amanda over at SouleMama
Friday, March 2, 2012
{this moment}
{this moment}
A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
inspired by Amanda over at SouleMama
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