For a peaceful home, for a peaceful world
Each morning, Frida and I gather for morning time over breakfast. We read poetry, learn about artists, listen to beautiful music, read nature books, learn languages, and so much more. One of my favourite parts of morning time is learning, singing, and reciting some seasonal songs and verses. With the current big shifts in the…
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Things can feel uncertain at the moment, and a lot of families I’ve spoken to are feeling worried and anxious about what will come over the coming weeks and months. I’ve quickly pulled this post together in the hope that it will help. How to talk about the virus with children Talking to children about…
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Hello friends! It’s been a while. I wanted to let you know that, from this month, I will be sending out a monthly email letter, from my heart to yours. In each letter I will share some reflections on the month that has passed – on parenting, our home education journey, my peaceful parenting education…
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We listen to a lot of Classical music throughout the day when we are at home, especially during morning time. If you use Spotify, you can find our current morning time playlist here. I edit it every now and again but it’s basically just gentle Classical music, and it’s a good place to start if…
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Yesterday over on Instagram I shared some photos from our morning time, and said I was happy to answer any questions people had. I was not expecting to receive over a hundred! So I thought that I would answer the most frequent questions here (there were a lot of repeated questions) so that they can…
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Every day with Frida, as part of our morning time rhythm, we sing some sweet seasonal verses. I love doing this early, after we’ve read our daily poem but before we dive into books and French and maths and stories. I simply sing some verses, and she can join in if she wishes too. We…
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Happy September! I always get “back to school” feelings when September approaches, and this month is no different. There is a distinct chill in the air in the mornings and evenings, the sun is going down a little earlier, some of the local trees are starting to turn, and rosehips are growing fat in our…
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This month I am taking part in a project on Instagram all about the concept of “The Prepared Adult”, and I thought I would share some thoughts here too. If we’re not already connected on Instagram, come along and say hi! Last week (I’m a little behind – oops!) the participants in “The Prepared Adult” were writing…
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Last week I blogged about my planning process for Frida’s first “official” year of home education. You can read about it here. In that post, I promised to share some of the resources I can see us using over the coming year, so here I am making good on that promise! Before I begin, I…
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Hi friends! Gosh, it’s been a long time since I have blogged. I guess life sometimes just runs away with us, doesn’t it? I’ve been busy reading and reflecting deeply on our home education journey in anticipation of “formally” beginning in September (not that our days will look that different – but more on that…
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