Back To Basics ~ Homemade Happiness

Babyfood~



Making homemade, organic, chunky applesauce,

cooked, "Clean 15", sweet potatoes,

and organic, whole wheat, ABC pasta is easy and fulfilling.

(physically for baby and emotionally for the mama... or the nana!)

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Eco-Kids Tuesday

I Take My Tea With Honey

I take my tea with honey.

Organic Chamomile Lavender Tea, to be exact.

With Organic Raw Wildflower Honey!

I love this stuff!

The Handy Dandy Art Box

We have an art cabinet--full of papers, paints, stickers, googly eyes, foam and felt, toilet paper tubes, popcicle sticks and so much more.  But we keep a box full of art supplies right near us so we can grab it and the children can create at a moment's notice.

An Enchanted Childhood~ Daycare: January 10th-14th

We have been asked many times to write up our "lesson plans" so others could use them.  Honestly, we just spend a little time thinking about how we want the "school year" to look and go from there.  We wing-it a lot, doing impromptu things that add to our plans.  I am always amazed that anyone would think what we do is worthy of writing down for others to read, but here it goes!

This year, we are doing "Childhood Classics"--reading great children's books--you know, the kind every child should get to know, and then doing little activities to go with it.

This week we continued with our Goodnight Moon book study.  In the book, it says "and a picture of the cow jumping over the moon".  After re-reading the book and showing them the "cow jumping over the moon", I turned to a Mother Goose book and read "Hey Diddle Diddle".  The children were rather amazed to see the "cow jumping over the moon" in that book too!  We then colored a cow, painted a moon, and glued them to construction paper.  The following day we colored a coloring page of "Hey Diddle Diddle".

We decided to take a day break from our "study" and enjoy the foot of snow... inside (I am not up to taking several toddlers, a couple of preschoolers, and babies outside in this weather.  But we can bring the snow inside--in trays to play with!)  After playing for a while, we made a yummy treat--snow ice cream!  It was delicious.  And then we had to follow up our snow play with hot cocoa.. with whipped cream.  The children loved the special treats!  A recipe similar to what we did can be found here: Snow Ice Cream.



Later in the week, we did an little art project.  We talked about the various phases of the moon and then each child painted four moons.  They were surprised to hear that the "moon that looks like a banana" was called a cresent moon!

 

Sharing with: The Nighttime Sky (Discover and Explore)

Ways To Waldorf

In our daycare, we follow many of the philosophies of Waldorf and Montessori educations.

One of the main ideas behind Waldorf education is including children in many aspects of everyday life. Chores and other duties are a big part of that. 

When the children help Nana, our "helper elves" are learning that chores, such as dishes, are a part of daily life, as well as feeling important and needed.

{These Moments}

{these moments} - A Friday ritual inspired by SouleMama. Photos - no words - capturing moments from the week. Simple, special, extraordinary moments. Moments I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moments' in the comments for all to find and see. 

Baby Wearing: The Next Generation

In the past, I have posted many pictures (like the one below) of me wearing my baby...

But I'm not the only baby wearer around here...



Getting ready to take her baby outside for a walk.



These girls are my "Mamas in training".

The next generation of baby wearers.

Wearing a wrap that her grandma made out of two scarves.

I think that they will be great mamas someday!

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