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Looking for a way to bring peace and joy to your day?
Seasons of Joy is my 10-week seasonal guidebook to add rhythm and fun to your daily routine. Each guidebook has ten weeks' worth of circle times, stories, arts, crafts, and handwork, painting, playtime activities and more!
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I’m so pleased with the little sensory box I’ve put together for my middle boys! I went with an ancient Egypt theme. The “Nile” is just a strip of felt, and I made two little mummies– one from a wooden egg, and the other is a little peg person wrapped in white silk.
There’s also a crocodile that is probably actually an alligator that Daniel wanted to add as well as a felt pyramid I made based on the pattern here. The base filler is sand (of course!). We also made a little pharaoh.
This month our character trait we’ll be focusing on is forgiveness. In a large family, this is a virtue we have many opportunities to practice! We spent our last Friday night “family night” exploring forgiveness. First we watched this short segment from Veggie Tales: It was a fun way to kick off the discussion! We read the Bible story about the unforgiving servant in Matthew 18. It was interesting to learn that forgiveness isn’t optional.
I am soooooo excited about this new series, 101 ways with a theme. Whether it’s a main lesson block, a circle time theme, a literature-based theme, a particular season or holiday, or just something your little one is interested in, I’m going to share with you ideas to extend that theme with activities that are both meaningful and fun. They’re listed in no particular order, but I’ll include links as well as examples from our own family activities.
I saw lots of neat things to try in the Blogosphere this week. Something to create… Something to learn… Something to eat… And finally, something to inspire… As I said earlier this week, I’ve been doing some soul searching on many topics, including this blog’s purpose. And what I keep coming back to in joy. It’s the reason I wrote the Seasons of Joy guidebooks– I wanted parents and children to come together and celebrate the seasons of daily life with joy. And it’s the reason I write this blog– you can read it right over there on the left: “Seasons of Joy seeks to empower families to create peaceful rhythms and routines and joyful celebrations that follow the circle of the year. The blog also chronicles our adventures in living simply, loving exuberantly, and Waldorf-inspired homeschooling.” And we’re back in the saddle again… Between the long Labor Day weekend, the local flooding, and our homeschool co-op starting up again, last week was kind of a wash. But this week it’s time to roll up our sleeves and get down to the business of learning. Monday, September 12 In a slight departure from our Little League week, I wanted to share some ideas for those of you with itty bitties as well as preschoolers. Sometimes it seems difficult to have circle time with little babies crawling about. And yet I feel that circle time is one of the most important, sweetest times of the day. Here are some ideas to add your littlest family members to your circle. We were very excited to walk into our library last week and find a nice big display of Little League books! Of course, we grabbed a bunch to take home. Don’t worry, we left a bunch more there! When we got home, Daniel picked this one for me to read: I’m not sure what I was expecting, but it sure wasn’t what the book held. I have been a very naughty blogger. We started school and have been trying so many wonderful and new things… and I haven’t shared any of them. We’ve had lots of fun and many, many adventures… and I haven’t shared any of them. We’ve begun school and have been learning many new facts and started many awesome projects… and I haven’t shared any of them. But, my friends, I am hoping to change all that, and what a week to do it! |
Rain on the green grass,
Rain on the trees, Rain on the rooftops, But not on me!  Sincerity
2 Corinthians 1:12 For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.
~Mother Teresa |
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