Waldorf Dolls

I made these for the girls for Christmas. I'm so excited for Christmas morning!

Neighbor and Church Gifts

43 bags of whole wheat pancake mix done :) I'm so grateful to have so many dear friends.

Saint Lucia Day!

Dressed as Saint Lucia she sets the table, getting ready for Daddy to come home.

Our Saint Lucia Celebration (rerun from 2010)

 

Yesterday was St. Lucia day. In our tradition St. Lucia and her Yule Gnome travel on the eve of her day leaving treats of maple candies to good little boys and girls. This St. Lucia Eve happened to also be the third Sunday of advent.

We read this story about St. Lucia by candle light with our St. Lucia and Yule Gnome doll as props.

The next day, on St. Lucia day, we baked her traditional buns. We use whole grain spelt instead of regular flour and we skip the saffron because it's so darn expensive. We enjoyed the buns during family game night. Yum! What a fabulous day!

 

Mouthwatering eh?

Waldorf Alphabet Using the Little House on the Prairie Series - Kk

Today's book is On the Banks of Plum Creek. Page 282, the chapter entitled Keeping House.

In this chapter Ma and Pa go to town and leave Laura and Mary to care for toddler Carrie. They are Keeping house by sweeping, carrying in wood as a storm brews and having a warm Kettle of tea on the stove.

Our big K is Laura sweeping the floor and our little k is the kettle on the stove.

There are also many words in this chapter with k in them such as walK, talK, twinKle, etc.

Waldorf Alphabet Using the Little House on the Prairie Series - Jj

Today's book is Little Town on the Prairie, chapter entitled The Fourth of July on page 63.

In this chapter the Ingalls family is awoken on the 4th of July to fireworks! They Jubilantly Jump out of bed in July! Pa jumping becomes our big J and Laura jumping becomes our little j.

Frohe Sankta Nikolaus Tag!

Happy Saint Nicholas day!! December 6th is the feast day of St Nicholas, the REAL Santa Claus. On this eve we place our shoes by the door and St Nick will leave a bit of fruit, nuts, chocolate or money for good little children.

Waldorf Alphabet Using the Little House on the Prairie Series - Ii

Today's book is our family favorite, Farmer Boy. The chapter is called Filling the Ice House on page 65.

In this chapter the Wilder boys cut ice from a nearby pond in order to stock their ice house. The large cut blocks of ice become our big I and the small i is represented by young Almanzo.

Waldorf Alphabet Using the Little House on the Prairie Series - Hh

Today's book is the first book in series, The Little House in the Big Woods. We are reading from the first chapter, also called The Little House in the Big Woods.

In this chapter we are introduced to the Ingalls family and the basic goings on in their lives which are all centered around their little House.

The House becomes our big H and the cHimney on the side is our little h. This is a great opportunity to introduce the notion that little h makes the c before it say "ch." Like the word CHimney.

Waldorf Alphabet Using the Little House on the Prairie Series - Gg

Today's book is On the Banks of Plum Creek. The chapter entitled The Glittering Cloud, page 192.

In this chapter Laura's family observe a Glittering Green cloud on the horizon. This is no ordinary cloud because it is actually a swarm of Ground infesting, wheat Gnawing, brown and Green Grasshoppers!

The Green and Glittering cloud on the horizon becomes our big G and the little gs are the bulgy eyed, Grass eating Grasshoppers!!!

Enjoy this chapter but be prepared to feel the creepy crawlies from those little gs!