by Marissa | May 22, 2017 | 2017, Farm, Gardening, Homeschool, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, Uncategorised
The gardening season is upon us full speed. That time when weeds wait for no one and where daily there are seeds or plants needing to get in the ground yesterday. The girls and I went away for a few nights to a friends cottage by the sea and I was lulled into somewhat...
by Marissa | Jan 12, 2016 | 2016, Homeschool, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, Parenting, Play, Uncategorised
Quite a while back I started reading about Forest Kindergarten where early education is spent almost exclusively outdoors. We spend a good many hours of our lives out of doors but there was still something so intriguing to me about the intentionality of this type of...
by Marissa | Nov 11, 2014 | 2014, Art, Daily Rhythm, Homeschool, Image-Update, PursuingBeauty, reading/literacy, Uncategorised
Part of my school plan for the girls is that we will do an artist study for a couple of months at a time. This includes studying their style, medium, personal life and most of all the beautiful images that they create. This might sound a little much for a four and six...
by Marissa | Mar 26, 2014 | 2014, Aneliese, Art, Homeschool, Image-Update, Parenting, Sewing, Uncategorised
I’d suggested that she might like to do some sewing with the intention of setting her up with some cloth in an embroidery hoop and a needle and thread. As we were choosing some fabric, it become clear that Aneliese had a different scheme in mind. She wanted to...
by Marissa | Mar 4, 2014 | 2014, Daily Rhythm, GrowingFamily, Homeschool, Image-Update, Kathleen, Uncategorised
I love that with some simple intentional steps, it’s possible to encourage kids to learn through their natural curiousity. I don’t think that my kids are unique in that they are thirsty to learn about and understand their world; I see the same thirst in so...
by Marissa | Dec 18, 2013 | 2013, GrowingFamily, Health, Homeschool, Image-Update, LivingNaturally, Play, Uncategorised
We’ve officially gotten our big snowfall…in fact it’s still coming down. The girls are of course thrilled and have taken up sledding in the front yard. Dan made them some starting ramps to add a little more pizzazz to their sledding experience. They...
