As Christmas nears, I find myself preparing, collecting, de-cluttering and so looking forward to THE day. Caiden announced this morning, as he marked off his Advent calendar, that there are 12 days to go. I felt a little sad at the thought of only 12 days and then Christmas would be here, (I do very much want it to be here but…) I still have plenty to do though, gifts to make and we are still creating new ornaments to fill our home. I just hope I don’t run out of time, I really do enjoy making homemade presents and I am almost done.
We are now officially on holiday and won’t look at our homeschooling curriculum again until January, which isn’t too far away. Jen will be going into grade 9 next year, how time flies. We will be starting a new curriculum for Jen because our Waldorf homeschooling curriculum ends at grade 8. Jen would possibly like to pursue a career in medicine and I think we have decided on the Cambridge route, there will be exams in a few years time and eventually a final matric exam that she needs to prepare for. The new curriculum is called Love 2 Learn and is very similar to Waldorf and Charlotte Mason in its approach, so this makes me happy. We also have to learn a second language here in South Africa if you are writing a matric exam and we have chosen Afrikaans.
Our days are still busy though, driving to calligraphy lessons, art and visiting friends…. Today we made pancakes and I found a lovely tutorial on how to make these balloon yarn balls, I can’t wait for the glue to dry! I am going to hang these ornaments on our tree and around our home. They would even look amazing in a bowl, I will post photos when they are dry and the balloons have been removed.
Hope you are enjoying your preparations for Christmas and the new year…
It’s finally snowing here. Great big fluffy snow flakes. Not fun if you have to be out driving in it but I am not. I am sitting her by the window watching the world slowly get covered in white.
I too can not believe Christmas is only 12 days away. I don’t feel ready at all.
Merry Christmas to you and yours. Enjoy your holiday!!
how exciting about your daughter! what waldorf homeschooling curriculum did you use up until now? did you start in kindergarten? my son will be kindergarten age fall of 2012 and we’re looking into christopherus or oak meadow.
Rachel,
How lovely to have snow! It is so hot here at the moment, I am wishing for rain tomorrow:)
Merry Christmas to you too dear friend.
Nunu,
We used a mixture of Live Education and Christopherus. We started homeschooling 5 years ago. Both curriculums are lovely, but I really enjoyed Christopherus. I also belong to an amazing Yahoo group, here is the link, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/waldorfhomeeducators/
this is an excellent group and you could basically put your own Waldorf curriculum together from this amazing group.
Warmly
Linda
What a great post! Sounds like your school days are busy:) Glad you are all going to have the next couple of weeks to relax and enjoy the Season…one of the great joys of homeschooling!! ~ Barefoot Mama
I am a stay-at-home gramma to my 5 grandchildren. My oldest, Luiza, was adopted from Russia. My daughter adopted her as a single mother. The 3 of us live together. It is wonderful. I would have loved to home school her, but, I don’t know if I would be disciplined enough.
I love the look of your balloon ornaments. I can’t wait to see the finished photo of them.
This week the grandchildren and I are busy making Christmas cookies and special dishes. I love it. Little ones learning to bake and cook.
Have a wonderful Christmas.
I’m getting into the spirit over here, too! Thanks for the link to the craft tutorial — what a great idea! I pinned it.
linda, i am just catching up with posts i’ve missed (being without internet for a few days). am i right, is that the card i sent?