Seasons of Joy

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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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.

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Homeschool Science: The case for experience over experiments

One of the advantages to the “new regime” is that we finally have focused time to do science. And by “do science,” I don’t mean we’re spending hours on end poring over textbooks, doing experiments, or ripping things apart in the name of science. OK, we’ve ripped a few things apart in the name of science. We cut open a cockscomb bloom and were delighted when the seeds shook out like a tiny rain.

Apple picking circle time!

We have been having so much fun in our circle time these past two weeks. We’ve been going apple picking. First we ride our ponies to the apple orchard, then we find the apples and pick them and put them in our baskets. After riding back home, we tell the story of how to find a cozy little room that houses five seed babies inside the apple. Then we wash our apples and make apple cake! What a wonderful thing to experience in our imaginations, day after day after day.

Last chance for the giveaway!

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Spring Seasons of Joy GIVEAWAY!

There were some sure signs of spring today, and I’d like to add one more… a Spring Seasons of Joy giveaway!

Spring Seasons of Joy is a Waldorf-inspired activity guide featuring ten weeks of circle times, fairy tales and story extensions, handwork projects, nature tables, watercolor stories, coloring and modeling activities, playtime ideas, outings and group activities, ideas for you and your baby, and much more. Aimed at families in the early childhood years, I can honestly say that my older children still enjoy many of the activities.

Spring Seasons of Joy

Looking for ways to bring joy and peace to your daily routines? Spring Seasons of Joy may be just what you need! For only $15, you get…

Five spring circles, including a gathering verse, a candle-lighting verse, and two close of circle verses. Each circle is full of songs, verses, movement rhymes, and more, and the themes are Winter Goodbye, Dig a Little Earth, Flowers and Flower Fairies, Raindrops, and Animals All Around.

Winter Circle Times

In the dark, cold days,
There shines a light
To make my heart
So pure and bright!

- Candle lighting verse from Winter Seasons of Joy

Looking for winter circle time ideas? It’s not too late to buy Winter Seasons of Joy. Explore five circle time themes with your little ones: A Winter Movement Adventure, Winter Woods, Winter Tea Time, Winter Light, and Jack Frost.

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Got pics?

Do you have photos of you and your family enjoying activities from Seasons of Joy Autumn? Pictures of finished projects you’d like to share? Pictures of your nature table? I’d love to see them! Please consider either sending pictures to frontzfamily@gmail(dot)com, linking to a picture in the comments (be sure to leave an email so I can contact you!), or visiting our Facebook page and posting pictures there. You can also post pictures in your own Facebook album and tag “Seasons of Joy”.

Thanks for sharing the joy!

Autumn Seasons of Joy

If you haven’t purchased your Autumn Seasons of Joy yet, now is the time! This not-so-little ebook has a great little price– only $15 for 10 weeks of seasonal activities for you and your family! The book includes:

* 5 autumn circle times, with opening and closing verses. Take a movement journey to the apple orchard, march some friendly gnomes, celebrate the harvest, find joy in the autumn leaves, and visit some creatures in the autumn woods.

Spring is here, and so is Spring Seasons of Joy!

Looking for ways to bring joy and peace to your daily routines? Spring Seasons of Joy may be just what you need! For only $15, you get…

Five spring circles, including a gathering verse, a candle-lighting verse, and two close of circle verses. Each circle is full of songs, verses, movement rhymes, and more, and the themes are Winter Goodbye, Dig a Little Earth, Flowers and Flower Fairies, Raindrops, and Animals All Around.