On Friday, we celebrated a beautiful back to school ceremony with our homeschool group.  It had a different mood than in the past, because whilst we have many small under-7 children in our group, we now have a large crop of first through fourth graders, and some of things our group is doing reflects that a large portion of our children are in the grades.

We met at a member’s house for some wet on wet painting done outside, free play, and a delicious potluck lunch.  The ceremony itself began with all of us gathering together outside near a simple arched stairway. Continue reading →