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Wild & Woad Early Fall: Week 6
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Wild & Woad Early Fall: Week 5
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Wild & Woad Early Fall: Week 4
This week we are hosting the Dragon Day Olympics in our backyard. An outgrowth of Michaelmas, we celebrate bravery, strength, and daring, while having a ton of fun.
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Wild & Woad Early Fall: Week 3
Week three is here! In week three we are learning about pine cones and other seed pods as well as our brains. We’re also investigating balance and learning about the Autumnal Equinox.
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Wild & Woad Early Fall: Week 1
We are celebrating the arrival of fall and the beginning of a new school year! This six week unit focuses on Trees and Our Bodies. The first week we are learning about the different parts of trees and about our skeletal system.
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Rowan Forge Year 1.5 Winter Term Homeschool Plan
Winter Term is built around winter holiday breaks and knowing it’ll be a bit on and off a again. On the other hand, I’m hoping we will have hit a rhythm by then and be settled into homeschooling.
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Rowan Forge Year 1.5 Fall Term Homeschool Plan
If you missed the Year 1.5 Summer Term post, check it out for some background on how we homeschool.
Fall will be the beginning of our academic subjects. I decided to keep a slower pace this first year, and wait for a foreign language or any other additional subjects until next year. History, Geography, Math and English will be the only subjects we do every day. Everything else in on a weekly or ad hoc looping basis.
A lot of these resources are available online for free. I linked to hard copies because I dislike digital books, especially when reading Charlotte Mason style.
Fall Term (September, October, November)
Rowan Forge Nursery School Summer Term
We’ve got a whole lot of things going on, and some big changes on the way. During this time, it’s especially important to keep on rhythm with Kai. She doesn’t understand exactly what is happening or why and she doesn’t have enough words to express her discontent at all this change. I hate change, too, kiddo, so I know how you feel (even if I don’t hate this change. I’m challenged by it, and maybe even overwhelmed a bit, but I’m also looking forward to having Kit with us for the year).
I’m also trying to expand our outside time. I recently started reading Charlotte Mason’s own works, instead of what others have written about her method and even with all the encouragement Waldorf has given us to go outside, CM has inspired me to do more. Right now we spend 2-3 hours outside a day, and apparently everyone is getting into the outside game, even WHO declared kids should be outside for at least 3 hours a day this week. Continue reading
Rowan Forge Summer Term Plan for Year 1.5
We’ve been a little crazy around here as of late. Lots of changes, lots of rebalancing and rethinking, lots of preparation.
I handle that with excessive planning, back up planning and excel sheets. Thus, I planned out our homeschooling year while sitting around waiting in offices and cars.
This our summer plan crafted around Kit, a six going on seven year old who is a weak reader and Kai, a hyper almost two year old. I’m going to post the rest of the year as well. It’s an eclectic plan, mostly based around Charlotte Mason style short lessons. Our history cycle is a hybrid CM/Classical style, there is some Waldorf influence in the areas of pre-writing, handwork, and art, a lot of Reggio play based ideas, and probably some stuff that’s just me. I pulled from lots of programs, curriculum, and Instagram ideas, all listed at the end of the spring term post. Continue reading
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