• Last updated 9/17/12 by Laura Grace Weldon

Watch this darling math geek overcoming bullying by choosing self-acceptance. About Laura Grace WeldonLaura Grace Weldon is a writer, editor, conflict resolution educator, and marginally useful farm wench. She is the author of Free Range Learning: How Homeschooling Changes Everything. She lives with her family on Bit of Earth Farm. Check out life on the farm at http://bitofearthfarm.wordpress.com/ and keep up with Laura's relentless optimism at http://lauragraceweldon.com/blog-2/ Posted by: Laura Grace Weldon read more

• Last updated 9/16/12 by Beth Berry

This year is a big one for me. It’s a year I thought a lot about when my fourth (and final) daughter was born. “What will we be doing five years from now when we have both a kindergartener and a senior?” I would wonder while nursing or folding laundry or planning the school day for the other two I was homeschooling. “How will we possibly afford the Waldorf school for all four kids, how can I possibly homeschool them forever and how could I possibly make peace with sending them all to public schools?” It certainly never occurred to me that when this day came, we’d be... read more

• Last updated 10/19/12 by Melanie Mayo

Guest post by David Sewell McCann Sparkle Stories is offering a free story JUST for Mothering readers!  Visit their page here to listen to one of their favorite tales for free. When Albert Einstein gives advice about intelligence, we take it seriously. “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” We read his words, and all nod our heads in agreement because, well – he’s Albert Einstein – and because it simply rings true. We have witnessed our... read more

• Last updated 9/12/12 by Durga Yael

All illustrations © Durga Yael Bernhard. Please do not reproduce! ___________ About a year ago, I accepted a commission to illustrate a book about books.  Make Way for Reading: Great Books for Kindergarten Through Grade 8 (Michaelmas Press, 2012), compiled and edited by Karen Latimer and Pamela J. Fenner, began as two mothers’ search for quality books for their own children, and grew into a compilation of the best children’s literature according to the Waldorf educational model of child development. From picture books to young adult novels; from dragon tales to historic... read more

• Last updated 10/8/12 by SavvyHomeschool

In this week’s episode, we talk about how our first week of schooling went, finding balance between being out exploring and being home, and all about Tidal Homeschooling. Some links from this episode: History Odyssey Timelines Tidal Schooling Links Into the Thicklebit   To see the full show notes, including a LOT MORE links to all the resources mentioned, please visit our website: The Savvy Homeschool Moms, episode 16. To subscribe to or download our show, check us out on iTunes, or our website. You can also now find us on Pinterest and on Instagram we are... read more

• Last updated 10/19/12 by Melanie Mayo

Kid Pointz, a website that provides relevant resources, advice and tools for parents to help with a wide range of behavior challenges, has named Jo-Lynne Shane of “Musings of a Housewife” the next Kid Pointz blogger. In a targeted national search, Kid Pointz invited a handful of qualified mom bloggers to write about a variety of topics under the theme of positive parenting. You can read Jo-Lynne’s winning post here. “The goal of our national search was to creatively engage with influential mom and parenting bloggers,” said Marty Goodman, founder of Kid... read more

• Last updated 10/19/12 by Melanie Mayo

Thank you for Jo-Lynne Shane and Kid Pointz for sharing this guest post with us. Jo-Lynne was named Kid Pointz newest positive parenting blogger after a large national search, judged in part by Mothering.com Editor-in-Chief Peggy O’Mara. You can read all about her nomination here. To read more entries from the national search visit the Kid Pointz blog. If Last week was a crazy roller coaster ride of emotional highs and lows. None of it is really any of my business to share, but suffice it to say, I have a new outlook on life this week. I have... read more

• Last updated 10/8/12 by SavvyHomeschool

In this episode we chat about preparing for the first day of homeschool, read listener mail, foreign language study ideas and 6 quick tips and tricks! Some links from this episode: Homeschool Realm ~ Read Alouds for 6yr Old Boys Book List Library Books App  Teachers Pay Teachers The Kids Should See This   To see the full show notes, including a LOT MORE links to all the resources mentioned, please visit our website: The Savvy Homeschool Moms, episode 15. To subscribe to or download our show, check us out on iTunes, or our website. You can also now find us on ... read more

• Last updated 9/7/12 by Mothering Editorial

By Nadine Epstein Web Exclusive At age six, my son Noah was having recurrent nightmares. As a toddler he had witnessed several violent incidents that continued to haunt him in his dreams. We tried everything. I helped him keep a journal called GO AWAY NIGHTMARES! His grandparents bought him a dreamcatcher which we hung in his room. He met regularly with a play therapist. All of these things helped, but Noah still dreaded going to sleep at night. My friend Rosita and I were writing a book on Maya healing practices, and had become enchanted with the Maya penchant for... read more

• Last updated 10/19/12 by Melanie Mayo

This post is sponsored by Barefoot Books. Raising Imaginative Children: A Grassroots Approach Einstein famously said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge”. If he was right, it follows that good parenting is at least in part about supporting our children’s imaginative development – but how, especially in today’s fast-paced world where information increasingly dominates? Few products give the imagination center stage in children’s lives as effectively as a picture book. The simple act of being held spellbound by an... read more