Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
Written by Kari Patterson. "Note to self: By mid-May you are just so done." This is a memo I left to myself, last year around this time, when I was army-crawling across the finish-line of school, joylessly trudging through the final obligatory lessons. See, when the sun comes out and the …
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Written by Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane. It was Nature Day, and the kids were happily scattered across the property, smeared with mud, rosy-cheeked from the fresh air, happily lost in the world of all things wild. I came through the back door and into the kitchen to get some water. As I …
Written by Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane I mentioned before that this is our "Experiment Year," but little did I know then that I'd be trying something else I've never done before: Homeschooling while pregnant! Though I'm feeling great now, I spent three months wiped out with morning …
Photo by Jeswin Thomas Written by Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane By now most of us have put the textbooks aside to rest for a bit, in favor of more festive activities. I must admit we started our winter break rather spontaneously last Thursday, mid-day, after math and before language arts. I …
Written by Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane This year I ditched most of what we'd done before, and decided to take an Experiment Year. That is, a year to try new things, refuse to stress, return to JOY, and recover our lost love of learning. By the end of last year I found myself frustrated by …
