Posted in Learning, Our home, Playing/ Free Exploration, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Mar 1st, 2010
We scrapped all other plans for today,
and simply played in in the dirt.
As Firecracker said, “There’s nothin’ more natural than gettin’ dirty.”
Somehow, in the midst of playing “dirt fairies”, “cruel dirt queen who makes her workers dig all day”, “climb dirt mountain”, “search for worms and buried treasure”, and “fill and empty buckets of [...]
Posted in Building Community, Changing Seasons, Nature Table, Playing/ Free Exploration, Working the earth/harvesting its bounty on Feb 22nd, 2010
We’re working on a converting our front lawn into veggie beds, and the unseasonably warm and dry weather has helped us get a jump start on sheet mulching. Goodbye lawn, hello permaculture landscape! While Tum Tum and I spread cardboard, straw, manure and compost, Little Hen and her Daddy were busy building cold frames out [...]
Posted in Books and Reading, Learning, Playing/ Free Exploration on Feb 9th, 2010
This photo pretty well sums up our morning literary activities of late.
First thing this morning, we had to get a bit pot of chili blanco going on the stove, and batch of brownies in the oven, since it’s our turn to bring dinner to our homegroup. While Firecracker helped measure out the spices and crush [...]
Posted in Books and Reading, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Playing/ Free Exploration on Dec 12th, 2009
The dolls hosted a little Christmas tea party for their sparrow, cardinal and swan friends yesterday morning. Pretend mint tea, fruitcake, gingerbread, and bird seed were served under the Christmas tree.
The girls were inspired by my favorite childhood Christmas book – Tasha Tudor’s, A Doll’s Christmas. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it. [...]
Posted in Changing Seasons, Crafting, Learning, Locally grown, Outings, Playing/ Free Exploration, Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2009
The past month has left me feeling stretched pretty thin because of obligations and responsibilities to my family and others. Tackling domestic duties and “home schooling” the girls while my non-stop motion toddler “explores” the house into a distaster zone has also been a challenge. Crafting has been particularly tricky – Tum Tum either attempt [...]
Posted in Books and Reading, Learning, Playing/ Free Exploration on Sep 23rd, 2009
We’re studying Africa off and on lately, primarily because the girls’ interest in the continent was sparked by their favorite musician’s recent work in Malawi. I picked up this felt Africa playset at the thrift store on sale for a quarter, and it was a big hit. Along with Dana’s music, we’ve been listening [...]
Posted in Books and Reading, Learning, Playing/ Free Exploration on Sep 1st, 2009
Here’s a look at some of the mathematics we’ve been studying this week. The girls LOVE the Sir Cumference series of books, and even though the math concepts are technically “above grade level” for them, the girls seem to have no problem understanding the material. For example, Little Hen informed us that the slice of [...]
Posted in Moderation and Economy, Playing/ Free Exploration on Jul 24th, 2009
Tum Tum playing peek-a-boo with his own fingers for quite a while this afternoon. I love how he chuckled quietly to himself every time his finger peeked through the boxes’ holes.
Later in the day, the box was turned into a race car as the girls gave him rides around the living room, and currently it [...]
Posted in Crafting, Outings, Playing/ Free Exploration on Jul 19th, 2009
At day camp this week, Little Hen made a magic potion, which she has been applying on everyone – to cure anything from splinters to a grouchy mood. She loves bestowing “goodness” on everyone.
Here’s her recipe as she dictates it to me ( how she remembers it from camp)
Magic Potion Recipe by Little Hen
24 handfuls [...]
Posted in Building Community, Locally grown, Nature Table, Outings, Playing/ Free Exploration on Jul 17th, 2009
Little Hen has been at Waldorf Art Day Camp (and thus immersed in magical-make-believe) for the past two weeks, . Her sister misses her terribly while she’s gone (”Is it time to pick up sissy yet? Is it time to pick up sissy yet???”), but we’ve been trying to do something special in the mornings [...]
