We spent the day under a thick marine layer that never burned off at the beach for nature study today. The kids didn’t seem to notice as they dove in, testing the current in the cold foamy ocean waves. (Shaw’s Cove, Laguna Beach – a not quite finished sketch!) Their more sensible Mothers sat on […]
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For sometimes when we wonder, we can make things begin to happen. ~Teacher in The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong Once or twice a year our little nature study group gathers at a coffee shop in the evening without the children to talk and plan through nature study locations, field trips and events
Alicia, one of our nature study group mothers, who moved away to New Mexico about a year ago came to visit recently. It was so nice to see her and her four adorable girls, it was just like she had never left. She joined us for our annual blackberry picking nature day and by the
One of the most common questions new homeschooling Moms have is “What does a day look like?” I remember my stomach churning in knots the summer prior to my oldest starting Kindergarten. Everything I had read about the Charlotte Mason method resonated deeply with me – treating the child as a person, living books, not
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Spring… monkey flower and prickly pear on left prickly pear prickly pear golden yarrow lemonadeberry (give it a taste – it’s tart!) Not sure what this is mustard Don’t miss it!!
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We had Ryden baptised last Sunday. We have now had all four of our children baptised, thoughtfully, willingly, joyfully. I realize some of you may be opposed, even appalled by infant baptism. And while I’m not interested in picking up a debate on the issue (Jen!), I realize it is a controversial issue with great
A friend recently gave me this adorable handmade blanket at a baby shower. Could you possibly find a cuter fabric for a nature lover?!? Talk about mind-to-mind passing on of ideas! The idea that I could find adorable fabrics and create things took hold and since then I’ve been a bit sew crazy. I’m making
Here’s our lil’ peanut who has us all completely smitten 🙂 He’s had a rough month of life… And even had a photo shoot with Arica Hotchkiss, our friend, fellow AO homeschooling Mom and budding photographer. Aren’t her pictures lovely? If you’re in the market for photos, you can catch her now while her rates
This one from my daughter’s YR3 poet Longfellow was too sweet not to forward to my hubby today 🙂 03 – The Children’s Hour Between the dark and the daylight,When the night is beginning to lower,Comes a pause in the day’s occupations,That is known as the Children’s Hour. I hear in the chamber above meThe
At 42 weeks the doctor recommended I induce so on Wednesday, April 20 at 11:43 am Ryden James was born weighing in at 7lbs 12oz. A fresh new life, no matter how many times you experience it, is a miracle, and it’s left us more in awe at the glory and mercy of God than