How Do You Like Me Now?

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Again, a big thank you to Dr. Rick Tan of Syrendell (www.syrendell.com) for The Parenting Passageway’s lovely new logo.  You will notice things are much easier to find as listed under “Development” by age and “Homeschooling” by grade.  “Development” also includes Adult Development as the human being is continually changing and growing throughout this life, so you can find posts on inner work and personal development there.

“Discipline” is divided into authority (so all those back posts on holding the space, boundaries, etc are there), general support and tools.  “Family Life” includes many things, including sibling relationships, anger,  festival life, homemaking, dealing with sleep challenges, and more! 

The book study series are now in one place divided by book, along with those one-post reviews, and “Twenty Days Toward More Mindful Mothering” and “Back to Basics” series are now available under the “General Wisdom” tab.

Thank you for being my reader, I hope you like the new ways to find things!

Blessings,

Carrie

Guest Post: Creating A Magical Summer

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I would like to thank Waldorf teacher Christine Natale for this guest post chock-full of magical summer ideas.  You can find Christine’s book of fairy tales here:  http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/fairy-tales/12093029 and her blog here:  http://threefoldwaldorf.blogspot.com/.  She also recently wrote an article about … Continue reading →

What’s Frustrating You?

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Sometimes we just yearn for peace and all we feel is frustration. Maybe we are frustrated with the developmental stage of our child – you know, that rough patch that we hope will pass soon, or maybe we are frustrated with our partners or spouses.  Our bodies, our lack of exercise, our homes, our less than perfect lives. Did I cover it all? Continue reading →

Top 10 Referrals For The Past Week and Lovely Links For The Weekend

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Oh, first a few goodies!

And, for my top ten referrers this week, I thank you from the bottom of my heart:

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Waldorf Homeschooling Fourth Grade Reading List

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Here is a list I have been compiling from different sources regarding typical readers and read-alouds for fourth grade Waldorf homeschooling.  Please do remember that your student should still be reading out loud to you each day and you should be reading out loud to them.

Here are some suggestions for reading; I am sure there are many more not on this list but it is a place to start.  These books can contain mature themes, more struggle and of what it means to be the complex human being, so most of them are recommended for those at least age 9 and up, and I would caution if your child just turned 9 and has not yet gone through the nine year change that you may wait to schedule these until the second half of the year.  My assumption in making this list is that your child is actually TEN, or close to ten, for fourth grade.

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Wrap-Up of Waldorf Grade Three

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I have written a few back posts about Grade Three, (and will have one on our last Old Testament block coming up), but I wanted to throw out a few things about Grade Three in general for those of you starting to plan.  (And other Grade Three  mothers, please do chime in with your experiences!)

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“Love And Anger: The Parental Dilemma”–Chapter 8: “Mad Is Not Bad”

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“One of the most difficult things for a parent to do is to acknowledge a child’s intense expressions of anger – and to validate that anger as real.”

Have you ever struggled with that? Or with helping your child manage what behavior is acceptable when they are angry?

The authors validate in this chapter that as parents we can be very uncomfortable with anger as an emotion coming from our children.  And mothers in the audience, we can be even more uncomfortable at times because many women are peacemakers by nature and by conditioning.  The authors relate many stories within this chapter where parents recount how they were not allowed to express anger.

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