This giveaway has ended; thanks for your interest!
Welcome to this weekend’s giveaway, sponsored by Lavender’s Blue Homeschool:
From Kelly at Lavender’s Blue:
“My goal is to support parents as they create a peaceful and connected family life.
I write about peaceful parenting, magical childhood, and homeschooling from a holistic perspective on the blog, where I also enjoy sharing favorite songs to sing and stories to tell. You can also connect with me on my Facebook page.
Most of us have more opportunity to create peace in the world through our parenting than through any other means. And homeschooling provides a powerful balance point in a world which is increasingly disconnected, rushed, overstimulated, and out of sync with the needs of children.
I think homeschooling parents are amazing. We’re taking on a big job with love and gusto and I think we deserve tremendous support!”
“I’m excited to offer a Waldorf-inspired kindergarten curriculum for parents who want to inspire their children’s learning through play, nature, art, song, and story.
My goal was to create a complete and beautifully integrated curriculum that helps parents feel confident, competent, and truly supported without having to pull everything together themselves.”
One Simple Homeschool reader will win the full Lavender’s Blue Homeschool Kindergarten Curriculum package (worth $217)!
This is a complete Waldorf-inspired curriculum with all the circle times, stories, painting (color) stories, crafts, and modeling parents need for kindergarten. It also includes audio recordings of all the songs and verses, and group consulting in a private facebook community.
How to Win
To be entered for a chance to win, leave a comment on this post answering this question: “How old are your children, and what’s one step you could take today to become a more peaceful parent?”
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Special offer:
Lavender’s Blue Homeschool is offering 20% off on all orders through Friday, October 4th. Use the coupon code “SIMPLEHOME” at checkout.
This giveaway has ended; thanks for your interest!
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My kiddos are almost 6 & 4, with a third due in just a few weeks. There is so much I need to work on to be more peaceful, but for starters, I need to make sure I’m getting enough sleep.
My boys are almost 4 and 5. There are a lot of things I should be doing to be a more peaceful parent, but one is to just go with the flow instead of always wanting to stick with the schedule.
I have an almost 4 year old son and a 19 month old daughter. Both are tremendous joys in my life, but there are definitely times when my attitude is anything but peaceful. I think by being slow to speak and taking a moment to evaluate the words that I’m speaking into their hearts, it could really make a difference in their level of peace and mine, in turn.
My kiddos are 3 and 2 months. One thing I can do to be a more peaceful parent today is to step back and remember what is most important! We just moved to another state, my husband started a new job, and adjusting to two kiddos hasn’t been easy for me. For whatever reason my way of dealing with all the changes is to try and have a lot order and organization in my home. I think it’s contributing to my 3 year old acting out. I need to lighten up and just be ok to sit on the floor and be silly with her instead of needing my bathtub to be scrubbed RIGHT NOW, my dishes put away RIGHT NOW, my laundry folded RIGHT NOW, etc. In 20 years I don’t want her to remember how clean and organized our home was, I want her to remember how much fun we had together!
My girls are 9,7,5 and 1. I think the biggest thing I need to do to become a more peaceful parent is to learn how to turn off my brain and just enjoy the moment I am in
My kids are 2, 4, &6. To be a more peaceful parent, I need to do nothing more than to remember to always speak to my kids like I would to my friends.
I have triplet 6 year olds, a 4 1/2 year old, all boys and a 20 month old girl. Bringing peace to our day is not easy. I wish I create more individual time with each child, find ways to immerse them more in hands on learning, and spend even more time doing research and reading with them as they are all curious scientists and explorers in the making. Peacefulness comes in our house when they have more opportunities to do what they enjoy and are passionate about.
My kids are 4 and 6 . I think that if i took more time to meditate every morning, I would be a more peaceful parent.
I have a four year old who want to do ‘school’ so badly with his older sister, who we homeschool. This would be perfect for him!
My son is 7mo old. I need to work on not letting our two cats put me over the edge. It would create more peace at home if I’m not yelling at the cats for ruining things. I use to have more patience with them but, since baby, my attentions have been more on him obviously.
My children are 8, 6, 5 and 2. I think if I focused more on being person-oriented rather than task-oriented, peace, joy and serenity would infuse our days.
I have a little boy who is 20 months old, and a baby girl of 4 months old. What ca I do to be a more peaceful parent? I would say stop trying to be a perfect mom, and accept the fact that I will make mistakes too. I just have to focus on loving my kids, and be there for them 😉
Our girls are 7, 6, 3 and 20 months. Surely it would be more peaceful, if at moments of stress, I took a deep breath before responding.
I have a three, five & seven year old. I think if I could learn to count to ten (or one hundred) before I react that would aid in me being a more “peaceful” parent
Lily 9 cedar 3. I could be a more peaceful parent by getting up early and centering myself before the day begins.
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My wife has her hands full home schooling our four children ages 7, 6, 4 and 2. I think having an hour or so to ourselves each day would help us be more peaceful parents, it would benefit the kids also. Having that time to nap, read, reflect, draw, exercise or whatever we please.
Our boys are 4.5 and 1.5 years old. Two things I know would help me to be a more peaceful parent are following the same daily rhythm and taking time away from the house/family to rejuvenate myself. I have been looking at homeschool curriculum options and really love Lavender’s Blue – this is a wonderful and appreciated opportunity!
I have 4 boys 4 1/2, 3, almost 2 and almost 4 months. For me to be a more peaceful parent is to try and sleep more, take some time with my husband and realize I do not have to do everything to be a good mother. Thank you for the opportunity I am new to homeschooling.
My beautiful Elizabeth is 3.5, my handsome Judah just turned one. One way I’m trying to be a more peaceful parent is getting exercise/ time to myself everyday ( 6am Yoga class= LOVE!), and by cutting down on rush rush outings.
I love your website, and would love to try the Kindergarten Curriculum next year with my Lizzy.