- Mary Dunbar
I had been wanting to put this quote up for a while and told Andy we were doing a big project on this on our walk last Friday. So we started brainstorming what to put on this BIG project (and I brought out my biggest drawing paper). Andy said a tree, a person, a truck, etc. I was amused how many things he rattles out without a pause. We started the project after his nap. It took us a few days and we finally completed all the decorations tonight! We played as equals and got busy putting forth our ideas. We took turn writing the words (can you tell whose is which) and bounced off each others' ideas decorating it. For example, he asked me to cut out the letter E, and I got the idea of cutting out mountain shapes from that, and then he decided to put up houses with chimney using the rectangle and triangle shapes I cut. It was a fun creative exercise for both.
We decided to start a new ritual following the Waldorf school tradition by lighting 2 candles (one for Andy and one for Daniel) and saying the quote we put up at the start of our homeschool days to establish a rhythm. We both get excited about blowing candles :-)
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| Our new school space: a card table (no more messy dining table) in front of living window across from our Special Light quote. |
