I have not completed the compilation and summary of Ryder's 4th grade but I am clear on where we need to go and have been assessing his competency in the general subjects.
This year we have his structure in place but I will want to have special focus on these areas:
MUSIC:
Deepen Violin work and expand into fiddling with a stronger repertoire. Fiddleocity is an option
and will be a good adjunct as we work on voice. Begin sight reading and harmony and 2 and 3 part singing. (This was introduced last year and we practiced this at NVC camp beautifully). Confidence seems to be low around singing and I'm not certain why? I've never invalidated his voice nor do I recall anyone else doing so. Is it something that he came up with on his own? Not certain, especially when Dax is a natural singer and constantly singing in harmony and rhythm.
MOVEMENT EDUCATION
Ball games, basketball, soccer, baseball are fine but let's get more with collaborative games
Frisbee and running games
Circus skills - juggling, unicycle, tight rope
Tumbling and group pyramids (jujitsu monkey in the tree)
Aikido movements for controlling and redirecting physcial energy
Get gymnastic mats for studio to practice falling and rolling. Rings on rack at studio and have Ryder work more on pull ups
Cooperative games and problem solving - Capture the flag, NVC camp, connect with the Waldorf schools locally
Renaissance fair and Medieval Games
Investigate further at the county fair next week
Circle time daily with the fundamentals
EURYTHMY
Curve of Cassini, continue with rod exercises, geometrical forms, peace and energy dances, gestures of alphabet and times tables
More spirals and major and minor moods
Anapest rhythm
SPIRIT
Bible, Neville, Ramtha
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Understanding the causaul plain, law of attraction concepts, continue with the daily poems of Steiner
Our Holistic Home Schooling Journey Based on Truth Responsibility Integrity Basics Arts Language
Monday, July 4, 2016
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Audubon Society of Portland brings Owl Education to Homeschooling community.
With the continue growth and interest in homeschooling here in the NW, we have more and more wonderful opportunities available.
Monday, January 18, 2016
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Embracing the Gifts of Children and Our Care of Them
It is a certain gift that your child has come unto you. Whether birthed of your womb or arriving in some other magical way. The child you have under your watch is indeed with you, near you for reasons much more certain and specifc than we may give rise to contemplate.
When the busy machine runs our lives and we forget our truth, we will forget the gift of these souls who are entrusted to us. For we must rememer not only our repsonsbility to the great whole but to ourselves to reconnect with the magical experience of motherhood, of teachers, of guides, of healers on this journey, in this place and in this time.
Whether you call it homeschooling or life. Wether you call it by any other name - it remains that our destiny will only be fulfilled when we recognize and embrace the sheer magnitude of the gift and gifts we have been entrusted.
Blessed Be.
When the busy machine runs our lives and we forget our truth, we will forget the gift of these souls who are entrusted to us. For we must rememer not only our repsonsbility to the great whole but to ourselves to reconnect with the magical experience of motherhood, of teachers, of guides, of healers on this journey, in this place and in this time.
Whether you call it homeschooling or life. Wether you call it by any other name - it remains that our destiny will only be fulfilled when we recognize and embrace the sheer magnitude of the gift and gifts we have been entrusted.
Blessed Be.
Monday, January 4, 2016
Mid Term Home School Correction and Planning
If you are a fellow homeschooler you probably get that "itch" to adjust and regroup about this time.
While I'm not firm on this we tend follow the general local school calendar and so this would be mid term.
I like to take this time to do "corrections". Not correction for my students but for myself.
As a teacher, mentor and most of all a mother who has a bit of a controlling perfectionist streak I have to curtail. I do this by knowing my goals for myself and observing my children and their needs.
Here are the corrections I am putting in for this quarter.
1. Get back to basics - rhythm and routine keeping the anchor of meals and blessings
art and stories and most especially movement including Eurythmy.
2. Remember Dax (first grade) has very different needs than Ryder (4th grade) even though he wants so much to do the computer/legos and graphics animation - he still needs his soul fed with the rich stories of Grade 1 - especially the Enki Grade 1. I will handle this by cutting back on the lego time and animation time to 2-3 days a week and bring back the hand work and art work - with clay and sculpting that Dax loves so much.
3. Create a frame work for Ryder to step into his "tween" connections with a monthly meet up with other tweens.
4. Connect with more outdoor activities - slack line, unicycle, bicycle and skateboard especially for Dax while encouraging Ryder to do more of the physical agility movements that will foster his skills in math.
5. Continue with Werner arithmetic for Ryder but increase the time spent as he thrives on this.
6. Hold off on Trumpet for Dax and focus more on guitar practice with basic finger picking and songs in a community environment - Dad to be involved as he loves this interaction for his music lesson.
7. Coordinate with Dad for more specific principles and purpose and create a more stable repertoire for our home schooling journey.
What I have realized is that time continues to go by rapidly. If I stay present, be who I choose to be - first and formost a loving mother, the rest comes naturally.
I'm excited about the fact that the 147 parenting books that I have accumulated are ready to be released and that I now have just 10 that are my core library. I think I can cull these even further. I'm not ready to rip pages out like the suggestion from Tiding up book as I would prefer to share them with other moms but I might make a copy or take the specific notes on what are key components to my parenting/homeschooling journey.
Right now I am feeling excited and so very happy about the process of our homeschooling journey.
I am ever grateful to the Enki Education and seeing the "sleeping" or digestion of math or stories that have rested and now come out as living in my children. It also reminds me that my child learns through what he lives.
While I'm not firm on this we tend follow the general local school calendar and so this would be mid term.
I like to take this time to do "corrections". Not correction for my students but for myself.
As a teacher, mentor and most of all a mother who has a bit of a controlling perfectionist streak I have to curtail. I do this by knowing my goals for myself and observing my children and their needs.
Here are the corrections I am putting in for this quarter.
1. Get back to basics - rhythm and routine keeping the anchor of meals and blessings
art and stories and most especially movement including Eurythmy.
2. Remember Dax (first grade) has very different needs than Ryder (4th grade) even though he wants so much to do the computer/legos and graphics animation - he still needs his soul fed with the rich stories of Grade 1 - especially the Enki Grade 1. I will handle this by cutting back on the lego time and animation time to 2-3 days a week and bring back the hand work and art work - with clay and sculpting that Dax loves so much.
3. Create a frame work for Ryder to step into his "tween" connections with a monthly meet up with other tweens.
4. Connect with more outdoor activities - slack line, unicycle, bicycle and skateboard especially for Dax while encouraging Ryder to do more of the physical agility movements that will foster his skills in math.
5. Continue with Werner arithmetic for Ryder but increase the time spent as he thrives on this.
6. Hold off on Trumpet for Dax and focus more on guitar practice with basic finger picking and songs in a community environment - Dad to be involved as he loves this interaction for his music lesson.
7. Coordinate with Dad for more specific principles and purpose and create a more stable repertoire for our home schooling journey.
What I have realized is that time continues to go by rapidly. If I stay present, be who I choose to be - first and formost a loving mother, the rest comes naturally.
I'm excited about the fact that the 147 parenting books that I have accumulated are ready to be released and that I now have just 10 that are my core library. I think I can cull these even further. I'm not ready to rip pages out like the suggestion from Tiding up book as I would prefer to share them with other moms but I might make a copy or take the specific notes on what are key components to my parenting/homeschooling journey.
Right now I am feeling excited and so very happy about the process of our homeschooling journey.
I am ever grateful to the Enki Education and seeing the "sleeping" or digestion of math or stories that have rested and now come out as living in my children. It also reminds me that my child learns through what he lives.
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Pearson Field Education Center
This is a great place for adventurers of all ages. I can't believe we have such an amazing resource right here in Vancouver! It's free and each Saturday from 1-5 you can fly, make flying machines and learn through fun and hands on experience. The volunteers are awesome and so knowledgable!
Snow Day in the Pacific NW
Brings out the kid in all of us!
We haven't had snow like this since we moved here so this is a real treat!
As long as we don't have to drive anywhere - and we don't! So the snow day means we get to learn even more! Yippie!
We haven't had snow like this since we moved here so this is a real treat!
As long as we don't have to drive anywhere - and we don't! So the snow day means we get to learn even more! Yippie!
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