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jo · 11-07-2005, 09:41 PM

Lisa, if you go to the top of the page you'll see a link for the Amitymama blogs...

here is a direct link :

http://www.amitymama.com/plog/jolene...ooling_journal
It's about the one day per week group I created right now, hopefully soon I will get into adding what we do outside of the group. We are still primarily a Kindy household like Kimberly said, and Sage is a Kindy/First because she Just turned 6 but had reached all of the big markers other than lost teeth. The combo seems to be working well... 1 day of formal first grade stuff, 1 day in the woods and three days in regular rhythmic household/kindy life.

Kimberly, Glad your here... as always you are my inspiration!!!

~jo

EmoMom · 11-09-2005, 03:37 AM

Kimberly -- I had borrowed your kindergarten Enki books for a little while. And the video. Remember? You drove to Denton to meet Natalie and me because of something to do with the North Texas Waldorf Initiative (that I used to maintain -- but no longer). Anyway, I'm "officially" home/un/schooling my 5yo now and thinking of Enki again, but the thought of those huge notebooks just fills me with fear. How easy is it to actually follow the curriculum?

Thanks!
Mary

educator_nic · 01-07-2006, 12:19 PM

Hi!

I am new here and am *hoping* that I'm doing this right. I'm from Australia and am homeschooling our 5 year old son. We spent the first half of 2005 in Japan and have been in Germany since. We will be in Germany for the rest of this year. I am looking at integrating the Enki approach with what we've been doing in 2005 and am excited about that. However, I've only JUST discovered it and am trying to gather as much information as I can. It seems at the moment that the curriculum is not currently available? I have sent an email to the Enki website but would love any feedback/guidance any of you can offer. I'm looking forward to being a part of this group!

Cheers
Nicole

jo · 01-09-2006, 08:04 AM

Hi Nicole,

You did post correctly, there is just a real lack of people working with Enki specifically who actually have the time to post at Amitymama. I am the owner of AmityMama and so when the old Enkiyahoogroup closed I started a forum in hopes that people would use it, but alas no one really does. The business behind Enki Education is in real upheaval right now, and I have no idea when it will get better. Do you have any of the Enki books that are available? I can recommend the teacher's guides as a wonderful resource but please do go into it knowing that you will be gathering from other sources still because currently not all materials are ready or for sale. I personally own Kindy and One and the teachers guide and wouldn't trade them for the world; however as we outgrow these grades we will probably look into creating our own materials combined with Live Ed or Christopherus etc.

Let me know how I can help you and I will try

~jo

taimarie · 01-19-2006, 05:25 PM

i can see this thread isn't being used much, but i just wanted to say hello. wanting to keep my enki conections even through all the upheaval. I am not using the resouces as a homeschooling mama (not yet- my first is due in may!) but have been attracted to it as a holistic teacher. I would love to hear about peoples experiences with groups or co-ops as there is a group here that is interested in forming and i would love be part of using the enki ideas in this way...
hope all the enki-ites are doing well...
taisa

TulaneMama · 05-20-2006, 02:04 AM

just saw this forum - I am interested in learing more and plan to check out the links. THanks!

violicious · 06-28-2006, 03:56 PM

hello,

i am planning on purchasing the enki kindy package for early childhood and kindy. wondering if there is still anyone out there on this thread. would love to converse and learn of anyone also purchasing this package for the same use. also is there a yahoo group? should we start one?

-brooke

jo · 06-28-2006, 04:23 PM

Hi Brooke,

Welcome to AmityMama!

I still use the Kindy resources for my younger two children and plan on it for the forseeable future. I used first grade for my older daughter last year, but this year am making my own plan for second grade from an amalgam of resources.

There is no active yahoogroup, there was one but it was deleted last autumn. As far as I know you can't use the name Enki in the title of any new group, because they want clarity that it is not Enki-endorsed.

If you have questions or want to chat though, bring them up!

~jo

empowered-birth · 06-12-2007, 08:00 PM

Hi! I'm Sally from SC, soon to move to VA. I discovered Waldorf last year (almost year, anyway) through mothering magazine. I have found WaldorfCurriculum and the Christopherus sites to be amazing! I agree with a lot of it, but I admit that some things are hard for me to swallow -- no academics! I was a K teacher, and got my training in a strong contructivist (inquriy-based math and science, whole language, etc) school. Still, the idea to not get books in kids' hands?

But, the rest of it I really dig!
Sooooo, then there's Montessori. I find it a big more to understand, mostly just thinking how mostly great it is, but that I'd need to either have gone to school as a kid in M, or gotten the teacher training in it -- it's so much!

Then i started spotting ENKI here and there, so I finally checked it out, and the website makes it sound to me a nice balance between the two. I could be wrong, so please correct me. I have read everything online there, but when I try to open the samples of what she has to buy, nothing comes.

can you tell me more about what it's like? Does she "lesson plans?" How is the day set up? I have a very small business with baby carriers and childbirth classes, as well as at some point taking doula clients, so i go go go during the day....

HELP!!!! I don't want to "start homeschooling" in the fall, but start sliding into it NOW. My 6yo DD went to a 1/2 day kindergarten in a play-as-learning school in my small town, so she has an idea of what "school" is like, but i don't think I have to do any "decompression".....maybe for me....

Sally

empowered-birth · 06-22-2007, 10:26 PM

I JUST ordered my K Enki program! My DD is actually 6 and a "graduate" of a 1/2 day K program in a typical ed program (though it is a private thing, and it's play-oriented). Based on a number of things, we decided that moving through K with Enki and moving on to 1st when things were more aligned would work best for us.

I would really like to hear what others are doing, how it is working.etc...
sally

KimberMama · 07-06-2007, 12:17 PM

Welcome Sally!

Hopefully you will soon receive your invitation to join Holistic Family, which is one of the support groups available for new users.

We're using Enki grade 2, and struggling to find a way to make it work for us with mixed ages and special needs. It's a fantastic philosophy, and hopefully we'll start a foundation guide study again this summer.

chrissymama · 07-22-2007, 10:42 AM

I am so interested in Enki! I joined the yahoo group and am going to try to do the prepurchase conference call this MOnday night. I have just decided to homeschool. I have a Kindergartener and a preschooler. Oh and a newborn, who just woke up and needs me so I've gotta jet for now. I am very interested in learning more about Enki.