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Follow the child, but first, open the door

Follow the child, but first, open the door

Follow the child, but first, open the door

My Guiding Principles for raising and working with children

My Guiding Principles for raising and working with children

My Guiding Principles for raising and working with children

For our next week of July, our lavender exploration has naturally led us into minibeats and the world of insects. 🐞

Whilst roaming the Lavender Fields, we saw and heard an incredible amount of teeny tiny creatures, all working hard, doing the jobs they needed to be doing.

Whilst at the new woodland space we’ve been working in, we’ve also seen some incredible insects. Many of them I’ve never seen before, like the Golden Ringed Dragonfly!💛

I wonder where this week will take us ✨ Follow along to see what we get up to. Hopefully it’ll inspire you too 🌿

#wondrouschildhood #thewondrouscurriculum #natureplay #naturebasedlearning #homeschoolpreschool

For our next week of July, our lavender exploration has naturally led us into minibeats and the world of insects. 🐞

Whilst roaming the Lavender Fields, we saw and heard an incredible amount of teeny tiny creatures, all working hard, doing the jobs they needed to be doing.

Whilst at the new woodland space we’ve been working in, we’ve also seen some incredible insects. Many of them I’ve never seen before, like the Golden Ringed Dragonfly!💛

I wonder where this week will take us ✨ Follow along to see what we get up to. Hopefully it’ll inspire you too 🌿

#wondrouschildhood #thewondrouscurriculum #natureplay #naturebasedlearning #homeschoolpreschool

Find what works for your child, and for you. Not one wondrous childhood will look exactly the same as another’s ✨

But if you do want some gentle guidance, ideas, inspiration or research-backed understanding… The Know & Play Space is where to start 🌳

#wondrouschildhood #childdevelopment #learningthroughplay #intentionalparenting #slowchildhood

Find what works for your child, and for you. Not one wondrous childhood will look exactly the same as another’s ✨

But if you do want some gentle guidance, ideas, inspiration or research-backed understanding… The Know & Play Space is where to start 🌳

#wondrouschildhood #childdevelopment #learningthroughplay #intentionalparenting #slowchildhood

Inspired by our wonderful friends @the_play_adventures_ , we made a Lavender Sleep Pillow as part of our Lavender Week 🪻✨💜

With nerves and emotions all over the place at the moment, with many imminent and looming changes for Mr 4.5, settling to sleep has been challenging. We’d already talked earlier in the week about how lavender’s scent has a calming effect on our bodies, so having a little sleep pillow filled with dried lavender seemed a lovely way to promote that feeling of calm at bedtime.

Mr 4.5 absolutely loves sewing. We’ve done a lot of just ‘free’ sewing, but this was actually only our second project, and he saw it through from start to finish, doing ALL of the sewing. I just held the felt and tied the knots! It took nearly an entire naptime, however, spending that 1:1 time with him was absolutely golden, especially when I know our days together will be changing so much in September 💜😢

#wondrouschildhood #thewondrouscurriculum #handiwork #sewingforkids #waldorfinspired

Inspired by our wonderful friends @the_play_adventures_ , we made a Lavender Sleep Pillow as part of our Lavender Week 🪻✨💜

With nerves and emotions all over the place at the moment, with many imminent and looming changes for Mr 4.5, settling to sleep has been challenging. We’d already talked earlier in the week about how lavender’s scent has a calming effect on our bodies, so having a little sleep pillow filled with dried lavender seemed a lovely way to promote that feeling of calm at bedtime.

Mr 4.5 absolutely loves sewing. We’ve done a lot of just ‘free’ sewing, but this was actually only our second project, and he saw it through from start to finish, doing ALL of the sewing. I just held the felt and tied the knots! It took nearly an entire naptime, however, spending that 1:1 time with him was absolutely golden, especially when I know our days together will be changing so much in September 💜😢

#wondrouschildhood #thewondrouscurriculum #handiwork #sewingforkids #waldorfinspired

My 10 Guiding Principles for raising, caring for or working with children ✨

Do any of these resonate with you? Which one most? What is one of your own guiding principles?

#wondrouschildhood #theseasonsofchildhood #slowchildhood #theknowandplayspace #guidingprinciples

My 10 Guiding Principles for raising, caring for or working with children ✨

Do any of these resonate with you? Which one most? What is one of your own guiding principles?

#wondrouschildhood #theseasonsofchildhood #slowchildhood #theknowandplayspace #guidingprinciples

The starting of our little Seasonal Table Space ☀️ one that will continue to grow and change over the month.

Having the board added behind means I can add photographs and pieces the boys have created as we go. With 4 weekly themes for July, each corner of the board will soon be full of joy and wonder ✨

We’ve got a few pieces we’ve made from clay over the weekend ready to add and truly celebrate that it’s summertime.

Have you got a Seasonal Table or Space at home? What do you add onto yours?

#seasonaltable #waldorfhome #homeschoolpreschool #wondrouschildhood #preschoolathome

The starting of our little Seasonal Table Space ☀️ one that will continue to grow and change over the month.

Having the board added behind means I can add photographs and pieces the boys have created as we go. With 4 weekly themes for July, each corner of the board will soon be full of joy and wonder ✨

We’ve got a few pieces we’ve made from clay over the weekend ready to add and truly celebrate that it’s summertime.

Have you got a Seasonal Table or Space at home? What do you add onto yours?

#seasonaltable #waldorfhome #homeschoolpreschool #wondrouschildhood #preschoolathome

Lavender Week 🪻💜✨

One of the wonderful things about The Lavender Fields yesterday, was that they had so many different varieties, all in different shades of purple. In their rows next to each other, this was really clear to see, so led to some lovely conversations about shades of colour.

This morning we explored how to create our own shades of purple, testing what happens when we add black, add white, or combine two shades together. Mr 4.5 even managed to create an exact match to the dried lavender bunch we bought yesterday!

Mr 1.5 enjoyed mark making and the sensory side of painting. He particularly liked using the dot dabbers, and was fascinating to see him investigating dabbing over the top of the lavender sprig he had for his page.

Follow along to see what else we get up to for Lavender Week 💜🪻 & do tag me if you join in the joy and wonder ✨

#thewondrouscurriculum #wonderouschildhood #creativeplay #natureplay #homeschoolpreschool

Lavender Week 🪻💜✨

One of the wonderful things about The Lavender Fields yesterday, was that they had so many different varieties, all in different shades of purple. In their rows next to each other, this was really clear to see, so led to some lovely conversations about shades of colour.

This morning we explored how to create our own shades of purple, testing what happens when we add black, add white, or combine two shades together. Mr 4.5 even managed to create an exact match to the dried lavender bunch we bought yesterday!

Mr 1.5 enjoyed mark making and the sensory side of painting. He particularly liked using the dot dabbers, and was fascinating to see him investigating dabbing over the top of the lavender sprig he had for his page.

Follow along to see what else we get up to for Lavender Week 💜🪻 & do tag me if you join in the joy and wonder ✨

#thewondrouscurriculum #wonderouschildhood #creativeplay #natureplay #homeschoolpreschool

This coming week, we’re going to be ‘opening the door’ to Lavender - exploring it in all its purple summer glory.
💜

When introducing something new, it’s important to root it in real life experiences, as often as we can. Visiting our local Lavender Fields was a glorious start to July ☀️, and we’re looking forward to seeing all the wonder that Lavender brings to us ✨

Follow along this week to see where our discoveries take us 🪻

#thewondrouscurriculum #wondrouschildhood #slowchildhood #homeschoolpreschool #preschoolathome

This coming week, we’re going to be ‘opening the door’ to Lavender - exploring it in all its purple summer glory.
💜

When introducing something new, it’s important to root it in real life experiences, as often as we can. Visiting our local Lavender Fields was a glorious start to July ☀️, and we’re looking forward to seeing all the wonder that Lavender brings to us ✨

Follow along this week to see where our discoveries take us 🪻

#thewondrouscurriculum #wondrouschildhood #slowchildhood #homeschoolpreschool #preschoolathome

Water play is always the way & not only is it great fun, but there is also so much learning and development that can come from it 💦

Having paint brushes, rollers and trays on your outdoor shelves is a way to encourage biiiiig mark making - enabling children to not only experiment with how movement can make marks, but is also allowing for their little bodies to strengthen those arm, shoulder and back muscles that they’ll need for writing in the future 💪🏼

Being able to mark make on such big scales outdoors also allows for movements that cross the midline - supporting that bilateral coordination, again, beneficial for writing but also reading and practical life skills!

I was lucky to get a great bundle of rollers and brushes free on Facebook marketplace, so it’s worth checking on there, at carboot sales and even in your own garden shed to see if you have any lying around 🤩

#markmaking #outdoorplay #toddlerplay #prewritingactivity #grossmotorskills

Water play is always the way & not only is it great fun, but there is also so much learning and development that can come from it 💦

Having paint brushes, rollers and trays on your outdoor shelves is a way to encourage biiiiig mark making - enabling children to not only experiment with how movement can make marks, but is also allowing for their little bodies to strengthen those arm, shoulder and back muscles that they’ll need for writing in the future 💪🏼

Being able to mark make on such big scales outdoors also allows for movements that cross the midline - supporting that bilateral coordination, again, beneficial for writing but also reading and practical life skills!

I was lucky to get a great bundle of rollers and brushes free on Facebook marketplace, so it’s worth checking on there, at carboot sales and even in your own garden shed to see if you have any lying around 🤩

#markmaking #outdoorplay #toddlerplay #prewritingactivity #grossmotorskills

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