by Becca Kunz | Sep 16, 2014 | Family, Homeschool, Parenting
Well, we officially started first grade homeschool today. What fun! “Big” kid circle time games include clapping, stomping and using beanbags to learn numbers, letters and poems. Learning verses and songs through movement. Beginning our year with form...
by Becca Kunz | May 26, 2014 | Family, Parenting, Uncategorized
Lately I have been feeling like a marathon runner. With three children under the age of 7, life is full! Very happily full, but full nonetheless. Much of my day is spent preparing meals, cleaning up messes, doing dishes and laundry, along with sprinklings of damage...
by Becca Kunz | Oct 2, 2013 | Festivals, Homeschool, In the Kitchen, Parenting
As part of our home schooling each year, we make dragon bread for Michaelmas, decorating the monster with dried fruit and nuts. We like to use pumpkin seeds for spikes! Michaelmas is celebrated in honor of Saint Michael, who was known to have slain a fierce and...
by Becca Kunz | Sep 25, 2013 | Family, Parenting, Uncategorized
Upon a recent trip to a nursing home to visit family in Oklahoma, I was struck by the very visceral memory of experiencing a nursing home as a child. The fragility and hopelessness. The masses of elderly souls in the hallways, bent over, sleeping in their wheel...
by becca | Jul 14, 2013 | Family, Parenting
I have not ever forwarded someone else’s blog post, but this story is too amazing to not share. For all you ultra sensitive parents (like myself), brace yourself, then go and give each of your children a big...
by becca | Jun 27, 2013 | Family, Parenting, Uncategorized
Two enormous ponderosa pines tower dutifully over the back corner of our home. I have always thought of them as our guardians, poised tall and firm throughout strong winds and heavy snows, protecting our humble home. It was under these trees where my daughter found a...
