Call me crazy, but really just know that I am doing what I feel is best for my boys – T2 and T3 are going to the Waldorf Charter School. T2 went yesterday for his “sit in” He spent the day in the class so he could see if it was a good fit. When […]
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I am going to be doing a series of how to protect your child from pornography, based on my experiences mothering 3 boys. Who now range 8-16 years old. Here is the post on iphones/fires, etc. P**N in your Pocket Without taking time to set up limitations (which is not “easy”) it is basically giving
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The fall of 2010 we suddenly found T2 and T3 were unexpectedly (but so excitedly) starting at a Waldorf Charter School. One of the “rules” at the school is kids are supposed to be media free during the school week. Why do they want children to be media free? Here is a great explanation! I
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My April was a little crazy. No week was normal. I was so glad that I had scheduled out most of my A to Z posts. That made it easy to not think much about blogging (except answering comments) Week 1 – T2 and T3 were home for spring break. We had fun (but not
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Wednesday night the 29th I got a call and soon after headed out for my last birth of 2010. My 10th birth I attended as a doula this year. This didn’t surprise me and it also made me laugh! Why? GOALS! I am a BIG believer in setting goals. When I was in college one
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So I have joined the book club at the Waldorf School. I have wisely told one of my other book clubs I am dropping out for awhile. 4 book clubs is just too much! I am trying to simplify my life too. We are reading Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise
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photo credit: stars alive One change we have instituted in our family since starting at the Waldorf school is limiting our media. Limited Media We are instituting a no TV/computer games during the week rule. (Friday and Saturday are OK, also T1 is allowed computer privileges for learning activities. He taught himself Basic Programming Language
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T2 still really likes it. I love the homework load. I feel like it is a good review of what they are learning and a reasonable amount. We had open house and I got to learn more about the curriculum they are covering. It just reinforced my feeling that it is a great fit for
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photo credit: Ian Sane Friday we stopped by our local public school to see which teachers the big boys got. Thing 1 got Mrs. R and his best friend K is in his class! Apparently they had so many GATE kids that they made 2 classes and he is in one of the GATE classes.
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So, I have never really been thrilled with the public school system. It seems so geared towards teaching to the test. There is not a lot of inspiration too many worksheets the classes are SO big! (35 kids per class). Their school is really huge too (over 1200 kids in K-6) I didn’t feel like
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