Return to Homeschooling

     Wet on dry Viking ship painting

What an adventure--we are homeschooling again! Our family fully supports and embraces a variety of educational opportunities for our children, including public school, private Waldorf school and homeschooling.  This year, we have decided to jump back into the homeschooling realm with Wilson. What a pleasure it is for us to have Wilson at home, growing up with his little sister Linden, actively involved in the home, and enjoying the exciting 4th grade curriculum.

Ceramic Celtic letter tile

We have not been blogging as much lately.  Thanks for being patient with us!  The past two years have been fabulous...a new baby, a new home, and our wedding business has grown three-fold.  So thankful, and so blessed.  

Fractions - Castle story math

Our Syrendell time has been focused on workshops, consulting, private lessons, custom orders for our Etsy shop, our newsletter, and keeping in touch via social media: Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, Flickr and Instagram.  Now, we promise to start blogging more again! Please follow us through social media and sign up for our quarterly newsletter.

Form drawing

Enjoy some samples of Wilson's homeschooling adventures this year!

Trip to Lake Solano to observe river otters, geese, peacocks and squirrels and to sketch trees

             Spanish and German months of the year 

Trip to Baldo walnut farm in Rumsey, CA - squeezing our own pomegranate juice

        Violin lesson and learning how to play musical saws at Baldo Farm

Trip to the Maidu Museum and exploring Native American petroglyphs and grinding rocks in Roseville, CA

Autumn nature table

     Wet on dry watercolor of sea turtles

                   Visit to Cache Creek Lavender Farm in Rumsey, CA

Clay runes

              Hike in Stebbins Cold Creek Canyon outside of Winters, CA

 Scandinavian lucetting

       Wet on dry watercolor of a horse

        Homeschool ceramics class at the Davis Art Center

        Needlefelting a Thanksgiving cornucopia with the whole family

Ceramics

       Trip to Sutter's Fort in Sacramento, CA

     Interacting with baby animals at Impossible Acres Farm in Davis

Momix performance at the Mondavi Art Center at the University of California, Davis

Learning about energy and recycling at the Utility Exploration Center in Roseville, CA

  Weaving a Native American-style pine needle basket

   Perimeter of shapes

    Painting and folding a lantern for Martinmas

            Crayon drawing of Miwok Native Americans

Sketching and watercoloring the state of California

Sea animals - Crocheted an octobpus finger puppet and created a play

German retelling of Hansel and Gretel

Fractions tree

Entomology - Metamorphosis of a caterpillar in German

Marine Animals - Trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Ornithology - Kiwi bird

Trip to the San Luis Obispo Mission

Tap dancing

Trip to the Sacramento Capitol building

Major scales on the piano

Compass Rose

Geocaching and Letterboxing around Davis

Wet on dry watercolor of a jellyfish

Waldorf Homeschool U

Waldorf Homeschool U is here! Click the picture below to register. Every homeschooling family will want to be a part of this wonderful event.

Living the Waldorf Life

As a conscious parent your goals are to nourish your child as a whole individual, give them confidence to express themselves in their unique way, nurture creativity balance and independent thinking, allow them to focus on what interests them, cultivate a love for learning and more important- allow them enjoy being a child. “Living the Waldorf Life” by The Waldorf Connection, gives parents the opportunity to learn within a structured program that will guide but not overwhelm. It lays out the main elements to providing a simplistic, natural lifestyle for your family.

Complete with real life examples, tools, handouts and resources, this course 
will clear away the confusion and replace it with understanding. It will allow you 
to say, “Yes! I can do that.” It will show you how.

Wherever you may be on this path, “Living the Waldorf Life” will meet you there with practical nuts-n-bolts solutions, guidance and a chance to buddy-up with other parents just like you.
There is great cultural pressure to “hurry” our children into… everything. Academics, sports, classes, and basically a scheduled life.

This course is designed to provide you with tools to gain family & friends support as you take the path less traveled, so to speak. The course is simple to participate in, easy to implement, and affordable.


Check out all the details by clicking here!

Dye and Fiber Retreat

Samples of our work from 2012: woven baskets, handspun yarns, knitting, crocheting, glass pebble bowls, sprang, embroidery, space-dyed roving, tie-dyed clothing, plant-dyed ribbons and silks, copper-etching

This year's Dye and Fiber Retreat, hosted by Griffin Dyeworks will be on June 14-16 near Castaic, CA (just North of Los Angeles). Spend three blissful days camping, eating (there is a camp cook!), dyeing, knitting, spinning, weaving, and more. Classes and demos in a relaxed atmosphere. To register: www.griffindyeworks.com. Jennifer will be teaching the basics of freeform crochet and Tunisian crochet.

By the way...I used Grammarly to grammar check this post, because with a baby nursing in my lap, and children, cats and bunnies needing my attention (three litters born this month!), I have to type more quickly than ever!

Ricky learning how to make a drop spindle

Jennifer, Joey, and Linden selling supplies and teaching crochet

Our camping tent at the retreat.

Wilson learning how to space dye

Rick, Ricky and Joey weaving baskets

Global Waldorf Expo 2013!

Do you need guidance and support to help you in your homeschool planning, rhythm & parenting? Are you ready to receive practical ideas, guidance & inspiration for your homeschooling lessons and family rhythms?

If you said YES! I would like to invite you to the 4th Global Waldorf Expo, an amazing virtual conference so you can be on your way to increasing your level of knowledge with ease. By attending this event, YOU can take away nuggets of wisdom helping you make an even bigger difference in the lives of your children & family.

The 3rd Global Waldorf Expo will run May 17-19. Join 14 of the Top Teachers & Experts in Waldorf Education and Parenting for this No Cost Virtual Online Event. Creating Your Own Curriculum, Planning Your Block Rotations, Introduction to Waldorf, Storytelling, Music,

Building Character through Education and more.

Ready to reserve your seat? It’s Totally FREE. 

Here's the link:

http://thewaldorfconnection.com/dap/a/?a=8&p=www.globalwaldorfexpo.com/2013