homeschooling

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Thursday, February 27, 2014

The very busy spider by Eric carle and Sara and mom

Monday, February 24, 2014

Sunday, October 20, 2013

colchik

some great stuff for kids and their parents on http://www.colchik.com/ have a look:

I like to think that it is without doubt my Nordic grandmother who passed on to me her love of sewing and clothes. And the great-grandmother, of whom the only thing I have left is a knitted tablecloth in warm, imaginative shades, handed down to me her taste for colour and shape.

I acquired my technique as a stylist and designer at the ESMOD school of fashion and design in Paris, followed by three years with different fashion designers in Paris and Berlin. Following that, I worked on my own for several years in Paris, then in my workshops in Syria and Lebanon, during which, in the course of several collections, I was able to broaden my creative experience.

My three children and a few years dedicated to family life allowed me to immerse myself again in the delights of childhood – its universe, poetry and formidable energy. That's when I got the urge to create clothing which emphasizes the family bond.

From the far-reaching travels with my husband and our three boys, 18 months on the road travelling from Finland to China, from Uzbekistan to Ukraine, I brought back a thousand and one impressions, lines and colours which all together form the spirit of Colchik.

And then when we finally arrived home, I felt that the time was right. Some six months after parking our van in Babelsberg, close to Berlin, Colchik was born: clothes that stand up to the test of life, at your service.

http://www.colchik.com/

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Matriarchy

Matriarchies are not just a reversal of patriarchy, with women ruling over men – as the usual misinterpretation would have it. Matriarchies are mother-centered societies, they are based on maternal values: care-taking, nurturing, motherliness, which holds for everybody: for mothers and those who are not mothers, for women and men alike.
Matriarchal societies are consciously built upon these maternal values and motherly work, and this is why they are much more realistic than patriarchies. They are, on principle, need-oriented. Their precepts aim to meet everyone’s needs with the greatest benefit. So, in matriarchies, mothering – which originates as a biological fact – is transformed into a cultural model. This model is much more appropriate to the human condition than the way patriarchies conceptualise motherhood and use it to make women, and especially mothers, into slaves.

http://www.hagia.de/en/matriarchy.html

Sunday, January 27, 2013

olive us + my kids version ..

my kids olive us version..

Q. Is it called Olive Us as in I Love Us? Or, as in All of Us?
A. The second one. It’s Olive Us as in All of Us. Cute, no?
Q. Why Olive? How come she’s so special?
A. Olive is our 3rd child. Third children are notorious for not getting enough attention. Seriously, there are all sorts of books written about birth order and 3rd kids have a hard time of it. So we have been trying to come up with a project to highlight Olive’s talents. She’s great in front of a camera, so we thought it would be fun to create a little show where she’s the hostess. We knew the other kids would also want to be involved, so the name Olive Us was perfect!
The format of the show has changed since we first conceived it last summer — in fact, the episodes we’ve shot so far don’t feature a hostess at all. But we stuck with the name, and we still think of this as Olive’s project.
Q. How often will there be new episodes?
A. We try to post something new at least once a week — sometimes more! We’ll be posting new episodes, behind the scenes footage, commentary from the kids — maybe even bloopers. We hope you’ll subscribe so you don’t miss a thing!
Q. What is Olive Us about?

http://oliveus.tv/