A Sense of Place
Where are your places? Where do you find yourself most firmly rooted? Where do you go when life is too much and you need to breathe? Lately, I have found myself at sea, and without a fixed place or...
View ArticleGrowth: Hard Work, Holding On, Letting Go
‘Tis the season of growth! Everywhere new plants are pushing up through the soil and people are changing what they did before to accommodate a life that is different than what they had planned....
View ArticlePersons or Collections?
In considering the concept that “Children are born persons” we naturally have to consider the ways in which we perceive the children in our lives. There is a natural tendency to see the them as a...
View ArticleThe Gift of Unhurried Days
It is 8 o’clock on a summer morning and only two children are awake! Our summer days have taken on a rhythm that allows the children to sleep and waken slowly, or to bounce from bed to pursue reading,...
View ArticleTake Heed That Ye Offend Not
As we think about parenting and the formation of the children, it is helpful to look at the places where Christ interacts with children and speaks about them in the Gospels. Really we find only a...
View ArticleThoughts on Many Things
I’ve been thinking a good deal about the Latin word discipulus these last few days. It means student and is where the words disciple and discipline come from. In no particular order: If students are...
View ArticleSelf Care for Kids: Charlotte Mason’s “Change Your Thoughts” Helps Point the Way
It’s January. The holidays and the holiday excitement is wearing off and the weather is cold and rather unpleasant to be out in for long on most days. We are looking at another six weeks or so before...
View ArticleBooks and Things for 2022-2023: Science and Math
It’s been a long minute since the last time I posted here! Life is busy and ever moving and the brain space for writing has been rather absent- never mind the time! I’m over on IG a good bit these...
View ArticleChanging the Day Frame
Schedule draft for me If you follow me on IG (@kyndrasteinmann) you’ve seen that I’ve been adjusting our main routines for the day. I find that I have to do this about once a year now the children are...
View ArticleA Word of Encouragement
It’s January. Christmas has come and gone. Epiphany is in its Octave but will soon pass and while we will still be in Christmastide until Candlemas, the weeks of winter can drag slow and dreary for...
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