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rainbow rainy day
Monday was our first day of Spring Break, and would you know? We woke up to drizzly rain everywhere. Pretty soon our backyard had a lake and river look about it, and our plans for the day set aside....
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Big books for little hands…
We’ve really been enjoying both of these books at our house recently. The first is Maps by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski. We’ve checked this out of the library so many times that it...
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Socrates and sunflowers…
I finished The Spark last week. it’s one of those books that will dwell with me a long time. I’ve had a Sensory Processing Disorder kid for years now, read so many books about how to help him- I can...
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Art Friday: Leaf Prints!
On our morning walk one day, we found these huge leaves on the ground as big as the children’s heads. We brought them home to make leaf prints the old fashioned way with a hammer and some pressing but...
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Something’s catching…
Alternately titled- don’t give up. Just like that, not a few weeks after Socrates and Sunflowers, I catch another one curled up with a very big book, reading for hours. She came to me yesterday and...
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Scope for the imagination…
I asked my Beloved’s help with a project and he came through beautifully. We’ve long had some sort of Little Tikes play structure in our yards since my eldest could toddle. There’s always been a few...
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Morning wanders…
We try to make it outside for a walk most mornings. We go wherever our feet take us- lately, our first stop is where they are upgrading the drainage for our neighborhood. The kids love watching the...
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East or west, home is best…
We began a new homeschooling journey in July. This was a surprise for just about all of us. The reasons we chose to send all of the children to our public school around the corner for the last two...
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Cozy…
It was a quiet, cozy day. There were still moments of Monday-ness, being Monday and all, but still. We pulled in, read long. We are using Story of the World, Vol 4: The Modern Age as our History...
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Drink deep of fairytales…
“Besides, the world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters. We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.”- Sirius Black,...
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Wonder, inquiry, and contemplation…
Thank you for all the kind emails and thoughts these past few days. For all the sadness associated with this medical journey, it has also knit us close with many of you in prayer, and for that, I am...
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Finding a path…
Restful Teaching: Be Anxious for Nothing from CiRCE TV on Vimeo. *** As promised, I am beginning a small series regarding what I have gleaned from the Restful Teaching workshop offered by Andrew Kern...
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Heading out…
*** As promised, I am beginning a small series regarding what I have gleaned from the Restful Teaching workshop offered by Andrew Kern and Matt Bianco of the Circe Institute. (If you ever have a...
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There be dragons…
*** Don’t forget to comment each day for an entry to win a digital copy of Restful Teaching from the Circe Institute! *** Now, if you’re anything like me, you read my last post and thought to yourself...
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A packing list for the journey…
*** Don’t forget to comment each day for an entry to win a digital copy of Restful Teaching from the Circe Institute! *** It has been nearly three months since I attended the workshop. In the...
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Begin with wonder…
Don’t forget to comment each day for an entry to win a digital copy of Restful Teaching from the Circe Institute! *** I’m not going to dwell on how to plan in this series because there are so many...
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Second star to the right…
I’m sorry for slipping out right in the middle of a series. Josiah had some complications with his cecostomy tube that necessitated a late night emergency department visit Tuesday night and subsequent...
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Cozy…
It was a quiet, cozy day. There were still moments of Monday-ness, being Monday and all, but still. We pulled in, read long. We are using Story of the World, Vol 4: The Modern Age as our History...
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Ordered minds…
*** The winner of the Restful Teaching series is—- Sandi Meyerhoff *** Andrew Kern tells the workshop at one point in his young education, he picked up Euclid’s geometry and read the first line, which...
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Wonder and Inquiry: Special Needs Resources
This is by no means a complete list, but it’s plenty to fall down the rabbit hole with: Best Laid Plans: When Anxiety Throws You For A Loop (article) When Your Child Has Sensory Processing Disorder...
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