The daffodils and tulips are starting to bloom where I live, and things are greening up. In farm life, we are busy with the horses and bees. We are finishing a bathroom renovation as well. It’s still slow going but I am excited for all that we have accomplished in the nearly 4 years of living here at the farm!
Spring is a time of renewal. I find myself drawn to the spring greens to eat, the ideas of new beginnings and fresh starts, and craving the sunshine. My mood is one of checking in with my word of the year (#commit for this year) and seeing where my intentions lie. Have you checked in with your word of the year? How are things coming?
This month, we are celebrating:
Lent – beginning Wednesday March 5 this year! (Try this back post Observing Lent | The Parenting Passageway that has many links in it to even more back posts!)
March 1- Feast of St. David (here is a wet on wet painting idea: First Grade Wet On Wet Painting For Saint David’s Day | The Parenting Passageway)
March 20- Spring Equinox (Try this back post: Celebrations of Spring in the Waldorf Home | The Parenting Passageway)
March 25- Feast of The Annunciation
Are you hunting ideas for Easter? You might already be preparing: Ideas for Easter Baskets | The Parenting Passageway –
Ideas About Homeschooling-
One thing I often think about is that original idea of Waldorf Education – goodness, beauty, truth (and yes, I put it that way because it corresponds to ages 0-7, 7-14, and 14-21) or to think about hands, heart, and head (yes, put in that order on purpose). Ralph Waldo Emerson is probably the best American representative for this model with his ideas of imagination, inspiration, and intellect. These simple, aligned ideas can help guide so much of the way we educate and parent our children through all of the different ages and stages. There are times and seasons for all things.
Planning ahead for homeschooling: In the fall, we will only our high school sophomore at home, but I am starting to prepare and see what will best work for him. Our other children have graduated from homeschooling and are off living their own lives! It’s fun to see the fruition of homeschooling.
Fun Around the Home
Spring is the time of letting go of the material objects in our home that don’t serve us any longer, and for spring cleaner and eating in accordance with that impulse of spring with lighter and brighter foods.
Springtime Renewal –
Some ideas for Renewal! I hope you enjoy reading back through these as much as I did!
Renewal: Staying Home | The Parenting Passageway
Renewal: Mission Statements | The Parenting Passageway
Renewal: Personal Development | The Parenting Passageway (as a parent)
Renewal: Relationship With Your Spouse | The Parenting Passageway
Renewal: Computer Time | The Parenting Passageway
Renewal: Commit Yourself to Gentle Discipline | The Parenting Passageway
Renewal: Rhythm | The Parenting Passageway
It’s so fun to look back and see that snapshot of where life was, and to commit myself to renewal in these areas again.
How is March going for you?
Blessings,
Carrie
