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January 10, 2013

Wilson Home Education Update

As many of you know, my educational philosophy is basically to figure out what is best for each child through inspiration, love and diligence. This past year we had to of our children in the local charter school, one doing school online, and the oldest doing half online and half in a high school program with the local college that offers college credit.

This school year our oldest continues in that program and our next four children are all going to the charter school. We love that school! It is Montessori with a free and fun environment. Each of the kids enjoys going and they are very happy.

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We still do music lessons, but we have cut back on our other activities so that our lives are not so crazy. I have been teaching more classes on essential oils and so it has been good to simplify. I have my two babies at home, boys ages 2 and 4. I must also admit that I have a helper that drives the kids around and prepares food in our home. This enables me to do more of the things that I want to do right now.

My husband and I have been talking about next year. We want to scale back on the things we are each personally doing so that perhaps we can homeschool most of the kids again. We tend to do things seasonally and enjoy that. We are wanting to connect with our kids again in a different way by having them home, traveling, and reading some good, core books together.

Because I am focusing more on sharing messages of good health and empowering families with natural tools, I am going to be scaling back on this category for a while. A girl can only do so much icon smile Wilson Home Education Update

December 29, 2011

What We Learned This Christmas

This is just a fun post to tell you about the things we learned this Christmas and some things we will be doing differently next year.

Gingerbread Nativity

I saw an idea on Pinterest that I loved. It was to make a gingerbread nativity. I always balk at making gingerbread, because it takes so long and doesn’t turn out well most the time for me. I don’t use white sugar, so this may be why. I also don’t like to buy the unhealthy kits, because my kids always end up eating half of it before it gets discarded.

So when Bountiful Baskets offered gingerbread house kits without preservatives and hydrogenated fat, I immediately ordered some. We got creative and made this.

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November 23, 2011

Fostering Gratitude

A couple months ago, when the kids were complaining about some trivial things, my husband, Mike got out a huge piece of paper and announced we were going to make a gratitude list. We sat around as a family and thought of over a hundred things for which we are grateful. Then we posted it on the wall for awhile.

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We’ve found that we need to remind our children often of all we have, especially when they start using a more demanding tone and expecting to get things they want without working for them. We adults can fall into this trap as well, so it’s good for us all to remind each other that we have so many blessings.

One of the best ways to do this is through service. We’ve taken our kids to South America to help them understand what they have and the value of serving those less fortunate. But you don’t have to go to a third world country to accomplish this. Experience in service can be just as powerful when it’s close to home. I try to keep my eyes open for opportunities to help people and involve my children.

Here’s a video of my boys singing a beautiful song about sharing, that almost made me cry when I heard them sing it at their school. And below you can see the items we put on our list of 100 blessings.

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September 16, 2011

Don’t Overreact! The Power of Calm

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I was baking bread one day when I heard a commotion coming from downstairs. The children then came to tell me what was happening because they didn’t know where their friend was and had grown concerned. I  discovered that one of our darling little friends had broken a toy.

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February 20, 2011

Stepping Up When Mom’s Down

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A nasty virus has been going around our community and made it into our home. It passed from child to child, starting with a fever and fatigue, and ending with a pale face and cough. I got a sore throat, but no fever, so I thought I was doing fairly well.

Then a few days later, I experienced severe muscle pain in legs and hips, and a splitting headache. For a few days my emotions and energy levels were up and down. One minute I was feeling good and doing things, the next, I was crying or crashing in bed. It didn’t help that Mike was working a long string of nights.

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Mike & Ian snoozing

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September 29, 2010

Broccoli Pepperoni Calzones

This dinner is a big hit at my house, especially with the kids. They love to help with preparation. I love this recipe I found a couple years ago, and have amended it to my own tastes.

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March 28, 2010

Increase Your Child’s Recall

Did you know that smelling peppermint could increase recall by 28%? That’s significant, especially if we could harness that power when our kids really need it, like during tests or recitals.*

I pulled out my peppermint when I was writing the thesis for my master herbalist program. It cleared my mind and helped me focus better.

You can just open the bottle and smell it, or you can put 3 drops in a little water in a diffuser like this. Read more…

January 31, 2010

A Winter Adventure: Sledding & Scenery

My kids talked us into taking them sledding this past week. They really committed us. I’ve been putting off all types of requests of this sort because of after-holiday busy-ness. So we’ve basically been relying on family fun outside of our own making.

As we drove up the canyon, I became very glad we had gotten off our duffs and made it a priority to bond with our kids. The scenery was spectacular!

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January 3, 2010

Teaching Kids Through Travel: Our Trips to Bolivia

From the time our children were born, we’ve talked about exposing them to other cultures and by so doing, widening their vision of the world. We also wanted our children to understand the bounty that we enjoy in America and to internalize the importance of service. I’ve come to realize that children will learn these values if the parents exemplify them and are passionate about them.

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Bolivian children

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December 24, 2009

Our Annual Family Newsletter

Dear friends and family,

We love the Christmas season and the opportunity to receive and share photos and letters with loving friends and remember our Savior. This year, we turned the letter writing over to, ME! Raquel.

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November 27, 2009

Walking the Freedom Trail

History was never my favorite subject in school. Part of the reason is the way it was taught to me, by professors, out of textbooks – boring! It made me think that history was just a bunch of dates, names and facts that had no practical relevance to me. I couldn’t have cared less.

After reading A Thomas Jefferson Education, I think about “learning” differently, and I see history through new eyes. I have more of a desire to know WHY things happened and pass that desire on to my children. For this reason, I jumped at the opportunity to accompany Mike to his continuing medical education conference in Boston with our older kids. It was a chance to make history come alive for us.

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September 8, 2009

Making Applesauce: Family Style

After eating flavorless applesauce from the store, thinking about the homemade stuff makes me salivate. So when I found a smashing deal on small, tart apples at the farmer’s market, I had to go for it. Besides, my handsome honey loves tart apples.

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I was excited about throwing all these small apples in the pot and cooking the halves, but after we started cutting it was obvious there were lots of worms in them. We perservered and cut out bad parts for a while. Read more…

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