Whatchamacallit 2017

Whatchamacallit 2017

Our 2017 Whatchamacallit looks remarkably like Whatchamacallit did at the end of 2016. The end of 2016, we made a few small changes from the beginning of 2016, including the name. A year ago we called our Morning Time ‘Circle Time.’ As I began working with moms who call it a variety of things, I…

Wednesdays with Words: Resounding all the Day

Wednesdays with Words: Resounding all the Day

Near holidays, hymnody becomes the words I hear resounding (re-sounding?) in my head. At Christmastime, I have posted from hymns like “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” or “Evermore and Evermore” or “Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming.” Hymns have been an important part of our educational endeavors over the years during Circle Time; perhaps…

2016 Circle Time (Beta)

2016 Circle Time (Beta)

This post is going to be long. I posted a screenshot of what I anticipate and hope our 2016 Circle Time to be on Instagram and was surprised by the immediate, specific, and detailed questions. (And I’ve already moved a couple of things around since then!) When I suggested that I could write a blog…

Yuletide Session 2015

Yuletide Session 2015

Every year I overplan. Officially, this is our break time. I still want to do something after a devotional, beautiful vein. And math. Oh, wait, math is beautiful too. This year, I sat down with my mom and planned our “with them” outings. They’re on Mondays, which I may regret, but that was the day…

Our Weekly Amble for August 31 through September 4, 2015

Our Weekly Amble for August 31 through September 4, 2015

September?! Say it isn’t so! We had a good week. Most of the time.  That’s the joy of writing a weekly review like this. The moments can be frustrating. Seriously frustrating.  Our plans and idyllic imaginings can get derailed as we deal with the issues and frustrations of living and learning with the same people…