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we wilsons 9 28 2017 hobbit homeschool we ve just begun the hobbit and i m trying to employ some of the kinds of living book activities that we ve enjoyed in the past recipes crafts research and field trips etc we started creating our own hobbit books to fill in as we read and we enjoyed a hobbit style afternoon tea hobbit tea our little tea party was full of seed cakes pork pies and ale served on bright colored dishes and a green tablecloth we found hobbit inspired recipes that we followed loosely t his recipe for our pork pies but really we just stuffed them with some leftover pork roast this seed cake baked in small bowls to make multiple little cakes although we actually left out the seeds henry weinhard root beer made a nice ale for some of us and the rest had cocoa and we enjoyed decorating our pies with some of the tips we found in this cool video an unexpected tea seed cakes pork pies and blackberry tarts root beer for our ale hobbit book we like the waldorf practice of making books to illustrate what you have learned and kept using the idea even after we moved away from waldorf curricula for our hobbit books we stapled together 12 pages of construction paper leaving us 1 2 pages per chapter and we decided we can unstaple and add more if needed each child spent plenty of time making their books cozy looking and just the way they wanted they decided not to glue their bilbo s behind the door as we originally planned but keep him loose so that he can walk throughout the book we ll try to illustrate characters copy quotes and answer discussion questions in the book as we go for this first chapter we focused on the characters we found this cool interactive map of bilbo s journey printed it and glued it on the back cover for reference the beginnings of a hobbit book bilbo and his hobbit house gandalf and the bearded dwarves gandalf and the bearded dwarves who knows if i ll get around to sharing the rest of our hobbit adventures but i m keeping my ideas for living book activities in mind we ll try some dragon crafts and i m eye ing hobbit legos for christmas we have a hike planned later this month and i think that will be a nice venue for field trip reading i m also reading the cliff s notes so we don t miss out on important themes and we ll watch the movies when we re all done anyway we re off to a promising start affiliate links by laura at 7 05 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tags baking books books and crafts homeschool kids the hobbit tolkien 5 31 2017 bouncy bunny pattern give away i m excited to announce that many of my old patterns will be coming back to my shop and some new ones too i ll be adding a few each week this summer including some old favorites like smile crocodile and george and the dragon flip doll as well as some new loves like the bright ideas computer and bird on my shoulder i ll also have 7 limited time give aways this summer starting today as always the best way to find out about those is to subscribe to this blog by email or whatever feed reader you use i don t do mass emails and i don t blog that much so that s the best i can do so what s up first this week smile crocodile is returning to the shop with new friends elephant parade and cat and fish turnover plus bouncy bunny has been added to the shop but you can get her free this week june 1 7 2017 right here these bunnies are some of my kids favorites because they are so fun to bounce their legs stretch out long when they jump and those haunches are easier to make than they look bouncy bunny has long floppy legs filled with pellets and an elastic string to help her bounce elephant parade is a set of 6 elephants that hook together to form a parade play barrel of elephants form a circle or use them as a bunting smile crocodile is back this pattern comes in two sizes and is super fun in lots of colors cat and fish turnover is an optical illusion in a plush a goldfish on one side and a pretty kitty on the other the great news is that the regular patterns will be only 5 and flip dolls will be 7 in the shop so stay tuned by laura at 10 19 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tags flip dolls and other toys that zip stack hide grab and go patterns plush patterns smile crocodile summerpatterns 5 15 2017 orthodox liturgy quiet books ancient faith is still stocking the liturgy play mats and the printable pattern but i also made 7 quiet books with some of the same elements for my etsy shop they don t have quite as many features as the play mat but the do include real coins jingle bells and sticks dipped in real beeswax for the candles they are for sale on etsy now that these are all finished i m packing up my sewing machine for awhile to focus on painting i have a solo exhibit this fall so many of my paintings have been removed from etsy to be included in the show along with a whole lot of new work so expect to see about 30 new paintings in the shop in november orthodox liturgy quiet books ring the bell drop in pennies in the money box light a candle and place flowers by the icons swing the censer peek in the royal doors to see the bread and wine read the gospel book by laura at 1 43 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 5 10 2017 orthodox liturgy play mat pattern i haven t been doing much pattern design in recent years but our newest little one inspired a little project this past lent the orthodox liturgy play mat is kind of like a quiet book for use at home or church it is available to purchase through ancient faith if you re new to my blog you can find my other sewing patterns here and my orthodox educational printables here the liturgy play mat includes 12 ways kids can touch and participate in the liturgy children can ring the church bell feel the sun and find a bunny hiding in the grass on their way to church inside they can drop coins in the money box light candles and place flowers by the icons an angel flies above as we read the gospel help the little girl bow her head as father censes the church open the royal doors to see the holy gifts and receive antidoron from the bowl use this play mat to teach children at home about what they ll see at church or tuck it in your bag to occupy little ones during long services either way this is a fun way to introduce children to the real ways we participate at church the pictures below are from the initial mat made for my daughter but the pattern and mats for sale on ancient faith have been cleaned up a bit by laura at 1 39 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 3 09 2017 painting sale 40 off i m cleaning house and saving money for a summer workshop on etsy use the coupon code workshop to get 40 off until easter thanks for your support by laura at 7 36 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 12 05 2016 paintings hi friends hope you re doing well during this beautiful season i ve put some of my paintings on etsy you can also purchase prints here by laura at 4 40 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tags art 10 07 2016 goodnight jesus pom pom balls in a can i ve returned to the how do i manage my crazy toddler in church stage of life i haven t been here for awhile and although i think i m more patient this time around i had forgotten how hard 18 months old can be i hold her while we sing and carry her around to see the icons and when she gets restless i keep her quiet with this little can of pom poms she s really into books lately so recently i tucked some of her favorites in my bag but later when she wouldn t stop moooooing i regretted bringing mr brown can moo to liturgy so i was super excited to see the new orthodox board book from afp goodnight jesus and really grateful to receive a copy to review of course afp has tons of great kids books and we usually bring a couple to church for the big kids but there aren t a lot of options for this little age like mr brown the best books for kids at this age are repetitive with a nice cadence and give the little ones a way to respond while mr brown s sound effects weren t so appropriate for liturgy the kissing encouraged by goodnight jesus will fit right in she snuggled in to read the book with me right away immediately pointing and saying zeezus in her sweet baby way the pages are nice and sturdy and i think that makes turning them more fun for littles the little poem leads you through a list of people to kiss goodnight starting with christ and mary then saints from the bible like john the baptist and the myrrh bearing women we also kiss a gospel book and cross then all the members of our family and a picture of those far away this is my first orthodox baby and i ve enjoyed seeing how quickly she learned to kiss the icons she still kisses them more consistently than she kisses me this book nicely ties together our love for christ with our love for the saints the scriptures our family pets and dolls the act of kissing is such a simple way to teach our children about love and tenderness and reverence and the participatory nature of our faith my big kids enjoyed the book too the oldest especially loved the picture of christ just about to break open the gates of hades and the other laughed and laughed at the fish blowing a kiss we all love the illustrations which are bright and beautifully done so it seems there is something in it for everyone and i think we ll all enjoy taking turns to read it to baby the book is uniquely orthodox because of course we like to kiss both people and things like icons and the gospel book still its also simple enough that i think christians of other traditions who can appreciate kissing will enjoy it too i m thrilled to have such nice books for our kids be sure to check it out at ancient faith publishing we also love what do you see at liturgy the only other orthodox board book i ve seen and perfect for toddlers too cross posted from many mercies by laura at 4 02 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tags baby books orthodox 10 06 2016 schooling it has been a while since i have posted anything it seems now that we re deep into homeschooling i have less time for blogging or craft tutorials here s a quick peek at our school year so far first day of school jumping right in learning about mosaics via bean art field trips to see local art shows at the ned and bigger field trips to see the matisse retrospective at okmoa enjoying dale chihuly at okmoa too blessing of the students for the new year at st nicholas orthodox church winning at the state fair for bean art and blue ribbons for blue haired mermaids nothing like external validation diagramming sentences with the sentence family seriously the girls beg to do this grammar program finishing our read aloud the cricket in time square with cricket crafts we made paper cricket cages and pipe cleaner crickets we didn t have a pattern for either so they re a little messy more trips to the ned minecraft legos bought with state fair winnings simple cubby dividers to cut out distractions during quiet work time i can t find the link where i originally found this idea but its pretty simple i bought one display board and cut it in half horizontally to make two cubbies we re seeing what works for now and adding as we go right now each girl has a handwriting chart and a math chart relevant to her grade they also have little flags attached with brads which they raise to quietly ask for help or let me know they re finished maybe eventually we ll paint we love the dividers although distractions continue that s all for now how s your school year going by laura at 4 20 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tags books and crafts homeschool kids older posts home subscribe to posts atom hello i m laura 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