Let Them Be Little
Connect with me!
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Our Rhythm
  • Blog
  • Classical Education
  • Waldorf Learning
  • Celebrations

Our story of loving and learning at home...

"Let them be little, 'cause they're only that way for a while.  Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day.  Let them cry, let them giggle; let them sleep in the middle, oh, let them be little."
  - Written and Sung by Billy Dean

Listen

Rainbow Play with Sophie

1/24/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
I want to share a little about Sophie and what she is learning and playing right now.  Here are some of Sophie's favorite things, the toys she plays with, and the fun she has.
Picture
Sophie loves her rainbow friends and wooden house blocks. She loves to bang them together, stack them, and put them in and pull them out of boxes and baskets.
Picture
Picture
Sophie has played with these rattles since she was a tiny baby just starting to grasp things. She is still playing with them today!
Picture
Picture
Sophie loves to un-stack her ring stacker.
Picture
Picture
Sophie plays with her nesting bowls every day.
Picture
This frog has been a favorite of Sophie's for a very long time. She puts one if his arms in her mouth and will crawl around the room with the frog hanging out!
Picture
Sophie has a blast pushing her rolling turtle along the floor.
0 Comments

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny and the Letter C

1/24/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Our story this week (January 20-24) was The Tale of Benjamin Bunny.  We loved the part of the story when the cat sat on top of the basket, trapping Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit underneath.  In whiskers and a little pink nose, Audrey pretended to be the cat.  She drank milk out of a bowl.  She even curled up like the cat when he was sleeping, in the shape of a C.  Later we drew a picture of the sleeping cat in that C shape in our main lesson book and practiced a big C on the opposite page.
Picture
Audrey draws a rainbow behind her yellow letter C.
Picture
Audrey pretends to be the cat from our story and drinks milk from a bowl!
Picture
We use Handwriting Without Tears in addition to our Oak Meadow Kindergarten Curriculum.  Each week we use the wooden pieces to "build" our letter.  Then we practice that letter using "wet, dry, try".  That is when I write the letter on the small chalkboard, Audrey gets it wet by following my letter with a small sponge, Audrey dries it by following where the letter was with a small dry cloth, and then Audrey tries her own letter by following where it was just wiped away.
Picture
C is for candy. Audrey makes a tactile C with candy.
Picture
We made homemade crescent rolls for the letter C. They were fun to roll up and shape into Cs. Notice the wonderful C shapes.
Picture
Now our C crescent rolls are ready to eat!
0 Comments

The Three Snow Bears and the Letter B

1/23/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
For our second week of homeschooling in the new year (January 13-17), we read The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett.  We learned that you can find the letter B, in form and sound, in bear.  So, we drew a bear to show the letter B with our beeswax crayons in our main lesson book.  Audrey chose to draw a brown bear in the spring time, even though our story took place in the Arctic with polar bears.  We also made the letter B with buttons, in play dough, in sand, and a few other new ways.
Picture
Audrey make a button B.
Picture
Audrey forms a B with play dough.
Picture
Audrey practices her B in blue sand.
0 Comments

Happy First Birthday Baby Sophie!

1/20/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
Sophie Rae turned one on January 16th.  I cannot believe that my little baby is one year old now!  She is the sweetest and happiest birthday girl ever. 

 We started off her day with one birthday pancake and one candle for our precious one year old.  We made her blueberry pancakes because she loves blueberries, and we sprinkled some powdered sugar "snow" on top because she is our little snow baby.  She also opened her first present, a snowflake birthday crown and snowman candle ring decoration.

During Sophie's nap time, Audrey and Ethan helped make the snow cake for her birthday party.  

  When Daddy got home we had a birthday dinner celebration complete with the snow cake and hot chocolate with homemade marshmallows.  Sophie loved eating the snow cake.  And although we had not planned on letting her grab at the entire cake; she did start eating an entire corner with her hands.  Audrey and Ethan joined in the fun and ate the cake with their hands too.  Good thing it was only our family around to witness that.  Sophie opened a few more birthday presents with the help of her big sister and brother.  Sophie was really good at pulling off the wrapping paper after Audrey and Ethan started it for her.  Audrey gave Sophie a needle felted little ladybug that she made herself and Ethan colored a "play mat" for her.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

Snowflakes for Sophie Rae

1/20/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
The day before Sophie's first birthday, Audrey and Ethan decided they would like to decorate snowflake sugar cookies for her party.  We were planning a snow baby themed birthday because Sophie is our little snow baby...our only baby so far born in the snow.  The cookies turned out so beautiful!
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

The Tale of Peter Rabbit and the Letter A

1/19/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
To begin the new year (Jan. 6-10), we started weaving the Oak Meadow Kindergarten curriculum into our already very Waldorf inspired homeschooling.  For our first week of lessons, we read The Tale of Peter Rabbit each day.  We drew a picture of the garden gate that Peter squeezes under with our beeswax crayons to show the letter A and the long a sound in "gate".  Throughout the week we played with the letter A in other ways.
Picture
We used play dough to make the letter A.
Picture
Audrey used acorns to make a tactile letter A.
Picture
Picture
Audrey made a letter A out of bread dough too.
0 Comments

Penguins!

1/19/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Our project time focus this week (Jan. 6-10) was penguins.  We read some great penguin books like The Little Penguin by AJ Wood, The Emperor's Egg by Martin Jenkins, and Penguins! by Gail Gibbons.  We also did a couple of penguin art projects. 
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Audrey made this adorable penguin art project.
Picture
This is what our nature table looks like right now for winter. Audrey made the pine cone penguin with wool roving and felt eyes and beak.
Picture
0 Comments

Merry Christmas!    2013

1/19/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

Jumping in the Arizona Leaves

1/19/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
Another one of our Arizona Christmas Traditions is to jump in the piles of leaves at Grandma and Grandpa K's house.  The kids really look forward to it.  This year, Sophie was able to play a little in the pile before the big kids jumped in.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

Decorating Sugar Cookies

1/19/2014

0 Comments

 
Picture
We spent our Christmas at home in Arizona with our families.  I am so thankful that we were able to do that.  One of our favorite traditions is to decorate sugar cookies with my family and Kevin's family a few days before Christmas.  Audrey really got into her decorating.  Ethan had a blast too.  He especially loved pouring out tons of sprinkles!  Sophie decorated her first Christmas sugar cookie!
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Sophie decorates her first cookie!
Picture
Ethan got a lot of help from his cousin and Ethan loved that!
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments
<<Previous

    Welcome

    Hi!  I am Allison.  I am a happy homemaker, wife, and mother to four sweet babies.  I am also a Classical, Christian homeschooling mom trying to make every day a celebration of love and family. I love to bake, cook, garden, read, do art, and spend time outdoors with my amazing family.

    Archives

    October 2017
    May 2017
    January 2017
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    March 2016
    April 2015
    November 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.