Home School Life

The family and I have moved and we’re settling in in our new spot. I am thrilled that beginning in just under three weeks I will be teaching a fifth grade class of 14 wonderful children. There is much to do between now and then — getting the room ready, especially. My new classroom was [...]

Ooh! I’m so happy with my new toy. My mom got a new computer and handed down her Mac G5 to me. Love love love it! I’m remembering all the reasons I was a Mac person so long ago!
The best part is that this computer is already loaded with all the yummy software I’ve been [...]

This morning I got home from a lovely visit to the Sandpoint Waldorf School. I had a great time teaching a group of fourth graders there.
As part of their Human and Animal block I brought them a lesson about spiders. It was a lot of fun to share things we already knew about spiders and [...]

If you want your children to be intelligent read them fairy tales. If you want your children to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. ~Albert Einstein
Today I told the Grimms’ fairy tale The Fisherman and His Wife to the first grade at our school. I had known for a few days that this [...]

So, after months of agonizing, I did finally purchase a camera, and I’m so pleased with it.
For the longest time I debated between going with a DSLR or a simpler premium point and shoot. I decided that because I really do want to be able to achieve some beautiful effects in the photos I take [...]

Last night homework time rolled around and Alice could not, for the life of her, find her orange homework folder. We turned the house upside-down, called Dad to see if it was at his house and came up empty. Must be at school, we thought.
Tonight, homework time rolls around and I ask Alice if she [...]

Today I gave the girls I’m working with a block test. it was challenging, but they did an amazing job. I was quite curious to watch what happened when I gave them their tests back. It seems that having such a small class, the scrutiny that a student feels when being compared to his or [...]

Tomorrow and Friday are my last days as a guest teacher at the not-so-nearby school I’ve been visiting. I’ve had such a wonderful time teaching this small class of two and I’ve been so struck by how much we’ve been able to do in our lessons. I feel like, more than most waldorf students, these [...]

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The first snow of the year has begun to fall. It doesn’t look like it will stick around for very long, but it is so beautiful to watch fall. The photo is my deck at the beginning of the snowfall. Don’t you just love the leftover gardening supplies still out on the table and covered [...]

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Lately it feels like inspiration is coming from everywhere!
Last week, after a morning of teaching at one school, I spent the afternoon visiting another. I cannot express how impressed I was with the physical environment of the school, the dedication of the teachers, and the cheerful innocence of the students!
What a wonderful experience it has [...]