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Blog entries posted during February 2011
Teach Your Children Well
by:
Stacey Bloomfield
1/6/2010 The way I parent is an extension of how I live my life. Being natural isn't only about baking your own bread and using cloth diapers; it's about how you introduce your child to the world. Educator David W. Orr said it best: “We can attemp...
02/28/2011
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Our Tomato Sauce
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Stacey Bloomfield
3/2/10 When we sit down to dinner at our house there is always an extra plate at the table, not for food but for decoration. These plates have bits and pieces of nature and crafts reflecting the seasons; as darkness fills the days, a candle is add...
02/28/2011
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Spring Exploring
by:
Stacey Bloomfield
3/17/10 “Look what I found, Mama,” my son says. In his hand is a dead leaf with an ant crawling on it. He turns the leaf over a few times and we watch as the ant rushes to the right side up of the leaf, finally giving up and jumping onto Alder's...
02/28/2011
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Vanilla Milk
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Stacey Bloomfield
4/21/10 I can't keep up with the tricycle as Alder pedals down the block. The evening is growing dark and the wind is picking up, but he is still going. We've stopped a few times on this trip to climb dirt hills and to look at flowers, but mainl...
02/28/2011
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The Heart of Homeschooling
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Stacey Bloomfield
5/10/10 Whenever someone finds out we are homeschooling Alder, they get this funny look on their face. Usually the first question is: How can we be homeschooling him if he isn't even 5 yet? Learning begins well before that mystical day known as...
02/28/2011
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Gardening with Kids
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Stacey Bloomfield
5/31/10 “I want beets and broccoli and lettuce and ...” Alder is listing what he wants to put in our garden. “Slow down,” I tell him, still looking for a pencil. “And we should plant kale because it's good too,” he goes on. “Can we plant...
02/28/2011
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A Day By a River
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Stacey Bloomfield
6/07/10 [This is based on a few conversations I've had lately] Me: We spent the day down at the river yesterday. Other Mom: The whole day? Me: Yeah, we met another Mama and her little girl and spent the day. OM: You came up with a whole day of...
02/28/2011
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My Baby
by:
Stacey Bloomfield
7/05/10 “How's the baby?” my dad asks me on the phone. I am looking across the playground at my almost four year old who is currently sitting and talking with a few other kids. He is my baby, but only the shadows of that baby exist any more. ...
02/28/2011
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The Day in a Jar
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Stacey Bloomfield
8/09/10 To one side of the road is a mud trail that runs strait up a steep hill, the other was a deserted ski resort circa 1980. We choose to amble up the over grown ski trails until we reached the great divide trail. It's just the two of us. ...
02/28/2011
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Trail Markers
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Stacey Bloomfield
10/01/10 The pines up here are tall and about a foot wide. We've escaped the expected-high temperature of 100 degrees in the city for the trails around Mud Lake. My son stands at the base of one tree pointing up at a blue diamond, then searches th...
02/28/2011
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Project: Paper Bowls
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Stacey Bloomfield
Papier-mâché: the name makes me cringe. After years as a teacher, I can tell you that there is no substance I hate more (with the possible exception of finger paint). As a naturally messy person, I usually avoid projects that bring their own...
02/28/2011
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