Loving and Learning in the Nest
Ever since writing my post about Charlotte Mason and kindergarten, I've been trying to get more familiar with Froebel's ideas. Friedrich Froebel lived in the late 18th century and early 19th century, and his principles on early education deemed him the affectionate title "the father of the Kindergarten." Unfortunately, Froebel did not have an outstanding way with words, as pointed out in an Read More
If you've followed My Little Robins for a while, you might have noticed the transformation that our early years "preschool" went through last year. I started out the year wanting a strict schedule to structure our days- and the pendulum swung the opposite way a few months later. Not only did we not have a schedule, we pretty much just played outside or in all day long (which was AMAZING for us, Read More
I’m in no hurry to teach Miss H how to read (I wrote about it last year, but it still holds true now that she’s four!) Lately, she’s showing some signs of reading readiness and it’s getting me a little giddy. You see, I view getting to teach my daughter to read as a huge privilege! Even though we won’t be doing formal reading lessons any time soon, there are some really important prereading Read More
