Just an opening post for anyone coming into AmityMama looking for other Enki-inspired homeschoolers. I am always here, and look forward to 'seeing' everyone.
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Jo,
Hello! I am new to Enki, just got part of my Homeschoolers Teaching Guide and loving what I am reading! I believe a letter you wrote is in there? The name Torin sounds familiar!
Just wondering, is the yahoo group still up and running? I was told that when I get the teachers guide, I would also get an invite to join the group, but I didn't.
Looking forward to chatting!
-lisa
Glad you are enjoying your first Enki books! They are quite amazing, especially the teachers guide.
There are a few quotes from me in the guide, and the letter I wrote about the first conference is in the first book I believe.
The old discussion list was closed a couple of weeks ago, but there is a new list independently run by a group of us who use the Enki materials and other holistic/developmental approaches. If you pm me your preferred email I can have the list owner add you. That is where the majority of our discussion is happening now. I am hoping to inspire people to use this forum too, but of course we must be very cautious of copywrite issues in our discussions.
Not silly at all, it is a very small company and a fairly new philosophy founded by Beth Sutton based on the work of Steiner,Piaget, Montessori, and many others. www.enkieducation.org
The last post in my blog gives a bit more background about what I think of this type of education and the whole blog is about the co-op of kids that I lead using mainly the Enki materials.
EVERYone who is interested in holistic education methods is welcome in this forum. I like to blend several methods, but Enki does suit me particularly well!
There are lots of ways to delve into this style of education. Kytka's site www.waldorfhomeschoolers.com is a great place to learn about the waldorf style and there are tons of books on sensory integration (out of synch child is one) that would address that area.
If you can swing it, the Homeschool Teachers guides are definetly worth the money from the EnkiEducation site.
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I am here, but I am incredibly ill (kidney infection) and am barely functioning on the homeschool front. I've read the first 2 Enki homeschool guides, but have been using Donna Simmon's Christopherus 1st grade Syllabus.
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Jolene,
When I have more time I am going to spend time reading your blog.
Is Enki age appropriate for younger children or can it be applied to teens.
I struggle with being organized often times and get busy with my home business and trying to finish herbal school as well and I honestly struggle.
I have 2 children in public school that I woudl love to bring home but I just dont know how well I will help them learn at this point.
My 15 year old is h/s as well as pre k with Ben....
Does this curriculum work for many ages?
I am impressed with the Euro (such as Waldorf) education as they really seem to learn much more it seems.
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Enki is an awesome learning modality for any age- I'm finding it very helpful for my own learning. That said, the packages of 'curriculum' aren't available and who knows when they will be. I do think that the teachers guide for homeschool are invaluable for any age, though they address more of the philosophy than any specifics.
Waldorf materials are more widely available and are out there for the highschool ages too.
The only thing I know about Enki for highschool was what Beth Sutton told me at training. We spoke of what came after eighth grade and she felt very similarly to what I always felt in my own heart- that in highschool time is best spent on in depth learning of many varied subjects, internships, aprenticships, capstone projects, independent research, teaching of their passions to others... ect.
Personally I hope that my kids by then are ready for a combination of college level auditing of courses, aprentice work and are generally just passionate about life and learning, as I am sure is your goal as well. I don't know what, if any, type of curriculm material we would use then. But for now, having the Enki materials and many Waldorf sources gives me a ground to lay for them that is founded in development and wholeness.
I struggle with organization- really struggle. I wonder some days if I can possibly provide what these children deserve and need. I try to get perspective by watching them closely for a few hours... I usually- no always- wind up seeing tthat they are becoming whole, intelligent and happy people just being themselves and being together. I always feel better then
Juggling your school and raising the kids with homeschooling... oy! It's a serious job, big and overwhelming for certain. And you have a lot more of them
Feel free to ask specific questions, and if you are at all interested in introducing some waldorf style you can use Kytka's page www.waldorfhomeschoolers.com for a great start. donna simmons site is great too www.christopherushomeschool.org
Hopefully Enki is shipping at least the guides- worth their weight in gold!! www.enkieducation.org
I hope that my blog can help give some insight about a fraction of what Enki/Waldorf/Developmental/Holistic whatever-you-want-to-call-it homeschooling can look like. I'm having a lot of fun, and I'm growing immensly by doing it!
Welll....I signed up for this group...then forgot to subscribe to the thread (Ack!)....and got caught up in Just Surviving while my husband spent the last month working in New Orleans helping with the diaster relief. So....now he is home...and we are all settling back into our routines.
I don't know if I have introduced myself on Amity's....so here is my brief bio! :P
I live in Texas where I homeschool my three little ones. My husband and I have been together for 11yrs, and I basically threw a bomb in his lap when I was pregnant with our oldest and announced that we would be homeschooling! He's gotten used to it by now...in fact...is actually a big help and supporter!
My oldest is 6.5yrs old, and we are doing First Grade with him. My daughter is 5yrs, and my youngest is 4yrs; and one of my biggest challenges is not planning our whole family's life around the First Grader....it is just so tempting to plow ahead with all of these great ideas! But...I'm discovering (through major trial and error!!) that our family is still very much at the Pre-School/Kingergarten level....and our whole "family being" needs the nurshiment to mostly come from that level.
I discovered Waldorf Education about 4yrs ago. For the past three years, my primary materials have been the Enki Education materials....but this year...I'm finding that I need to diversify to meet my son for his Grade One work. I call it diversification...my DH calls it 'curriculum collecting' !! I have Barbara Dewey's books...Donna Simmons' Books....Eric Fairman's Grade One....and my new *love* is Allan and Susan Whitehead's Spiritual Syllabus (http://www.users.bigpond.com/goldenbeetlebooks/). The Whitehead's have 55 books in their Golden Beetle Collection....including the Spiritual Syllabus that discusses the individual subjects for specfic grades. Each book is 14.00, and they can be purchased individually. I'm very into the esoteric aspects of essetial energies and how these can be utilized in my children's homelife and education...and these really fit the bill.
I am currently finishing up our first Grade One Math block....and I am using some great math resources popular in the Waldorf community and available for sale from Bob and Nancy's bookstore (http://www.waldorfbooks.org). I'm using:
'Active Arithmetic' by Henning Anderson
'A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, ARt, and Science' by Michael S. Schneider
'Teaching Mathematics in Rudolf Steiner Schools for Classes I-VIII' by Ron Jarman
'The Power of Limits: Proportional Harmonies in Nature, ARt, and Architecture' by Gyorgy Doczi.
These have been really great for me to be able to open my eyes and see the mathmatical possiblities in our play everyday. While I've been learning to play around with forms and patterns...I've also been culling ideas from my curriculum sources to pull together our individualized math block. I'm very pleased with how this has come together.
At any rate....just wanted to pop in and say Hello!
I hope that my blog can help give some insight about a fraction of what Enki/Waldorf/Developmental/Holistic whatever-you-want-to-call-it homeschooling can look like. I'm having a lot of fun, and I'm growing immensly by doing it!
Hi Jolene, where would I find your blog?
Thanks!
-Lisa
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