Over the last few weeks, I have (what it feels like) taken the big leap of change and started to homeschool my daughter Megan. She had just 4 days at High School of her choice and hated everything there was to hate about public schools. Megan is a sensitive soul and I've always given her the choice for home schooling.
Sooooo...... everything she is learning is through creativity of some sort and how you can be creative with every moment that comes to you. No matter what comes your way you can change it for the better. As she is 11 years old and coming into her teenage years soon, I feel this is important to learn now and hopefully something she will not forget completely while in times of heart ache and wild emotions. God knows, I wish I knew all this when I was her age!
I feel I'm just beginning to really know my little girl. I know it sounds crazy, but really, what time did I actually spend connecting with her soul and dreams. Every day now I can let her guide the day. Whether its art and crafts, natural science,the cosmos and stars, creative writing, book binding, doll making, watching music videos, playing music, designing clothes and there is still so much to explore!! Megan still loves to learn as much as she can about the world and maths is now becoming one of her favorite subjects as she has learnt where the possiblities are for using such a subject. Sciences especially! We have found an amazing book by Floris Publishers called 'Maths in Nature, Space and Time' I've ordered so many wonderfilled books from this publisher lately and our days are filled with learning and creating together.
A list of books I have already are listed at the end of this post.
Please let me know about any of you homeschooling or have been homeschooled yourselves. I feel that I'm starting over again with the things I should have learned as a child, but we never stop learning do we.
We hunted around a few second-hand shops for more cupboards and bookcases, and this is what we found!! I had to divide it in two with the bookcase separate. Our ceiling in just 1'' too low!
Flowers from our garden.
Beautiful little soul, Megan.
http://www.florisbooks.co.uk/
Geology and Astronomy.
Mathematics in Nature, Space and Time.
Muscles and bones.
The age of revolution.
Botany.
The age of Discovery.
http://www.hawthornepress.com/
New eyes for Plants - for observing and drawing plants.
Colour Dynamics.
Words in Place - Reconnecting with Nature through creative writing.
http://www.steinerbooks.org/
Soul Development through Handwriting.
http://www.northlightbooks.com/
Keys to Drawing with Imagination
With all the books I already have on art, mythologies, fairytales, crafts etc. We should have a couple of years worth of learning ahead. But always looking out for more!
Megan will have her blog page up and running soon, so I'll let you all know about it soon.
A sketch for each month for 'Earth Pathways Diary' 2012.
This morning I went for a wander through the woodland behind my house, 6am and everything gleaming in the summer dew. A few photos of the woods and garden before I show you the newer sketches.
The few new.
There is a folklore tale that inspired me to draw 'The Keeper of Special Things'.
To cut a long story short, and once upon a time, a young princess was lured into a Kings ancient greek kingdom by the most beautiful bright and shiny jewels of crystal and gold. Not so long after, when her father found out he was so angry at her he changed her into a jackdaw. This is why the jackdaw loves bright and shiny things....but look at where she is now and what she has found. I might make this into a story to write soon.
